AMHP Lead

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Bedfordshire Countywide AMHP service to be a full time Band 7 AMHP Lead, covering maternity leave for 9months. 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 people's 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.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be the Duty AMHP for the AMHP Service in Luton and Bedfordshire; providing operational management to a team of AMHPs and junior staff. They will also offer expertise to multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure the timely delivery of a safe, effective, and responsive and well led AMHP Service that is caring and maximizes people's statutory rights.

As AMHP Lead, the post holder will be responsible for undertaking clinical duties including undertaking of MHA assessments. With an enhanced level of knowledge and expertise in relation to the use of the MHA (1983, as amended 2007) and other mental health related legislation, such as the Mental Capacity Act (MCA, 2005), Human Rights Act (2008) etc. You will be expected to act as an expert within your field, providing advice and consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues to support decision making and ensuring people's statutory rights are met. As AMHP Lead you will be expected to work with the Operational Service Manager on the overall development and transformation of the AMHP Service, ensuring it is fit for purpose.

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.