Job summary
This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
This post is suitable for a registered nurse, AHP, social worker or Safeguarding Practitioner who will act as a clinical expert for all aspects around Mental Capacity and provide core leadership, training, and support staff in applying the principles of Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (2007); the Care Act (2014) and Liberty Protection Safeguards (2020).
The post holder will act as a clinical expert for all aspects around Mental Capacity and provide core leadership, training, and support staff in applying the principles of Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (2007); the Care Act (2014) and Liberty Protection Safeguards (2020).
The primary purpose of the role is to ensure that patients who lack capacity to consent to care or treatment who need to access acute health care services receive the highest possible standard of care.
The post holder will actively promote and facilitate evidence based practice and quality assurance within the Trust, raising the profile of patients who cannot consent to care or treatment within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The MCA / DoLS / LPS Lead Practitioner will be located within the Safeguarding Adults Team. The role requires a professional with excellent team working and communication skills; you will provide patient centred care and deliver effective evidence based care to a defined demographic population with diverse health care and social needs.
The successful candidate will need to be prepared to adapt to the changing needs of the Trust as they arise.
The team are committed to providing the right candidate with a development programme that will not only enhance their academic qualifications and professional interests, but will also provide an excellent foundation for professional development, as well as gaining an insight into the intra-organisational structure and processes.
If you are looking for a new challenge and are passionate about improving the services delivered to patients across the NHS, this is the role for you.
Aligned with our Trust vision and values of putting quality and safety first and at the heart of everything we do in our clinically led organisation at South Tees, we are looking to recruit an MCA Lead Practitioner to include Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and the transition to Liberty Protection Safeguards.
About us
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge and understanding of current MCA, DoLS/LPS legislation, guidance and policies from a local and national perspective including the Care Act [2014], Mental Capacity Act [2005] and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards [2009].
- Knowledge and understanding of anti-discriminatory practice
- Robust knowledge in the area of safeguarding policy, guidance and legislation.
- The ability to analyse and collate complex data and to write high quality, analytical reports.
- Effective teaching, facilitation, assessment, and feedback skills oAbility to work across professional boundaries.
Desirable
- oExperience of quality assurance, audit, and policy development
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Valid Professional registration with a professional body such as (NMC) / Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) /Social work registration or Significant Safeguarding Practitioner Experience
- Educated to degree level in a relevant subject with additional specialist professional knowledge to master's level equivalent
- Recognised teaching qualification
Desirable
- Leadership qualification or will attend the Trust's leadership and development and improvement programme (4.5 days).
- Master's Degree (or working towards) in a relevant speciality
- Teaching Qualification
- Academic evidence of safeguarding knowledge
Experience
Essential
- Proven excellent understanding of operational Mental Capacity and LPS, local and national policies, procedures and agendas, clinical and integrated governance / quality assurance.
- Demonstrable experience of working with Mental Health, Mental Capacity and DoLS cases and working in partnership with external agencies.
- Demonstrable experience of Mental Health, Mental Capacity and DoLS/LPS services, issues and providing supervision.
- Demonstrable experience of teaching/course facilitation of Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Training.
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking training programmes via virtual platforms
- Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints
- Experience of undertaking training programmes via virtual platforms
- Previous experience of working within the NHS, or similar large, complex organisation.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge and understanding of current MCA, DoLS/LPS legislation, guidance and policies from a local and national perspective including the Care Act [2014], Mental Capacity Act [2005] and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards [2009].
- Knowledge and understanding of anti-discriminatory practice
- Robust knowledge in the area of safeguarding policy, guidance and legislation.
- The ability to analyse and collate complex data and to write high quality, analytical reports.
- Effective teaching, facilitation, assessment, and feedback skills oAbility to work across professional boundaries.
Desirable
- oExperience of quality assurance, audit, and policy development
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Valid Professional registration with a professional body such as (NMC) / Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) /Social work registration or Significant Safeguarding Practitioner Experience
- Educated to degree level in a relevant subject with additional specialist professional knowledge to master's level equivalent
- Recognised teaching qualification
Desirable
- Leadership qualification or will attend the Trust's leadership and development and improvement programme (4.5 days).
- Master's Degree (or working towards) in a relevant speciality
- Teaching Qualification
- Academic evidence of safeguarding knowledge
Experience
Essential
- Proven excellent understanding of operational Mental Capacity and LPS, local and national policies, procedures and agendas, clinical and integrated governance / quality assurance.
- Demonstrable experience of working with Mental Health, Mental Capacity and DoLS cases and working in partnership with external agencies.
- Demonstrable experience of Mental Health, Mental Capacity and DoLS/LPS services, issues and providing supervision.
- Demonstrable experience of teaching/course facilitation of Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Training.
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking training programmes via virtual platforms
- Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints
- Experience of undertaking training programmes via virtual platforms
- Previous experience of working within the NHS, or similar large, complex organisation.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
