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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

About

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex and Kent.

We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Contact

Address: Trust Head Office; West Wing; CEME Centre; Marsh Way; Rainham; Essex; RM13 8GQ
Contact Number: 0300 300 1530

Find out more

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Ref: 395-CC065-24 Vacancy ID: 6017624

MHA/MCA Co-ordinator

Closed for applications on: 15-Feb-2024 00:02

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 15-Feb-2024 00:02

Location

Site: Goodmayes Hospital
Address: Barley Lane
Town: Ilford
Postcode: IG3 8XJ
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (4 days per week, office based and some agile)

Salary

Salary: £28,407 - £34,581 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 5)

Specialty

Main area: MHA/MCA DoLs

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be responsible to support the efficient running of the MH Legislation Office ensuring that systems and processes are maintained and contributing to development.

To provide advice on use of the MHA and MCA DoLS in some areas and seeking guidance from the Dep MH Legislation/Office Manager, or MH Legislation Manager(s) as necessary

To maintain, administer and monitor case record files and folders for detained and community patients and those subject to a DoLS (later Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS).

To scrutinise MHA documentation, identifying any errors in the lawfulness of completion and seeking correction as well as providing guidance on correction to the MH Legislation Administrators. Where necessary escalating concerns to Dep/MH Legislation Managers

To check DoLS documentation to ensure the completed form is correct and seek appropriate correction where necessary. Raise any concerns to Dep/MH Legislation Managers.

To ensure the co-ordination of the tribunal appeals process and providing guidance to staff where necessary. Support the arrangements as necessary. Liaising with professionals (e.g. Responsible Clinicians, Social Workers (Care Co-ordinators), nurses, Tribunal staff, etc.) and ensuring that any issues are raised with the Deputy MH Legislation Manager/Office Manager or if necessary escalating to MH Legislation Managers

To co-ordinate the Hospital Managers appeals and review process and support hearing arrangements where necessary. Liaise with the Associate Hospital Managers and staff as necessary and raising any issues with the Dep/MH Legislation Managers

To ensure the maintenance and monitoring of the MHA and DoLS electronic systems. Including the patient record (RiO and Caredoc), email inbox(s).

To observe the office environment ensuring that health and safety, fire regulations etc. are maintained and any issues brought to the attention of the Dep/ MH Legislation Manager(s)

To manage and provide supervision, appraisal and direction to B4 MH Legislation Administrators where appropriate with regard to MHA and DoLS administrative work and where directed by Dep/MH Legislation Managers

To provide support and work closely with the Deputy/MH Legislation Managers by providing IT, statistical and other information/data as necessary

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

Equal opportunities employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.

We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [email protected].

Correspondence with us

You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.

As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.