AMHP Lead

AMHP Lead Luton, East of England, England

East London NHS Foundation Trust
Full Time Luton, East of England, England 41659 - 47672 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Band 7, plus AMHP payment of 2000 per annum.

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 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 peoples statutory rights.

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, commissioner 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.

The AMHP Service in Bedfordshire and Luton is commissioned to carry out statutory assessments under the Mental Health Act, (1983 MHA) for consideration of compulsory admission to hospital, Community Treatment Orders, Guardianship and related duties and to consider breathing space referrals within the Bedfordshire and Luton locality. The AMHP Service carries out this function on behalf of the Local Social Services Authorities (LSSAs) in Bedfordshire and Luton Luton Borough Council (LBC), Bedford Borough Council and (BBC) and Central Bedfordshire Borough Council (CBC) under s75 arrangements.

The AMHP Service currently operates Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00hrs. You will need to be a car driver, with the flexibility to travel across the county when required.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to 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.

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further information.

AMHP Lead
East London NHS Foundation Trust

www.nhs.uk
London, United Kingdom
Amanda Pritchard
$5 to $25 million (USD)
10000+ Employees
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1946
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