AMHP Lead | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 Additional AMHP payment of £2000.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2024 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK40 2NT |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6221328/363-LUT5789205-B |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Bedfordshire Countywide AMHP service to be a full time Band 7 AMHP Lead. Working as an AMHP Lead for the Service, you will be responsible for providing routine and urgent Mental Health Act assessments (MHA) under part 2 of the MHA (1983). You will be expected to provide triage support for the AMHP service, leading on day to day operational activities of the AMHP service on a rota basis and supporting the AMHP Operational manager to ensure the service delivers on its objectives. You will also provide and offer advice and consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues, regarding the use of mental health law and least restrictive options; to ensure the timely delivery of an appropriate, safe, effective, responsive and well led AMHP Service that is caring and maximizes people’s statutory rights.
Flexible working/part time working can be considered
You will be required to work closely with team members, service users, carers and other relevant stakeholders to support the continued development of the AMHP Service across the county; ensuring that the achievement of best quality and performance standards are met, in line with service user and carer expectations, ICB requirements and Trust objectives. This will include reinforcing the values and expectations of the organisation through collaborative and dynamic engagement with service users and carers that is both supportive and encouraging in nature.
As an AMHP Lead, you will be, supported to develop your leadership, management skills and your clinical practice, by providing a program of continued professional development, reviewed on regular basis to ensure your developmental needs are met.
Our mission is to make a positive difference in people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
The AMHP Service currently operates Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00hrs, out of hours the Emergency Duty
Team (EDT) carry out emergency MHA assessments.
Please see attached JD&PS for further information.
This advert closes on Thursday 25 Apr 2024
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