Mental Health Act Team Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 03/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an existing post for an experienced and charismatic leader with sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act, responsible for the overall management of a busy Mental Health Act office and its staff. The role requires an in-depth understanding of mental health law and its implementation, serving as a primary point of contact for advice. You will manage a team of coordinators, ensuring a positive and organised environment, and contribute to staff supervision and complaint investigation. Strong communication skills and proficiency in clinical information systems are essential for engaging with various stakeholders and providing accurate compliance updates.
Essential criteria
- Current NMC First Level Nurse registration or degree level qualification in law or a health related or social sciences discipline
- Evidence of post graduate specialist training relevant to the role.
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification in a mental health law related course
- Significant clinical or management experience
- Providing professional supervision to experienced staff and resolving departmental and cross organisational disputes
- Project management skills
- Analysing complex set of data and accurately reporting findings
- Administrating and co-ordinating the application and documentation of the MHA
- Experience of participating in and managing change and overseeing on going service development.
- Mental Health legislation
- QI methodology, root cause analysis, process mapping & redesign techniques
- Requirements of NHS trusts, NHSE/I, CQC in mental health act compliance
- Knowledge of current reforms proposed in the MHA and implications for MH service providers
- Ability to use Trust information systems and IT packages
- Facilitate involvement of service users, carers and other professionals in audits
- Current NMC First Level Nurse registration or degree level qualification in law or a health related or social sciences discipline
- Evidence of post graduate specialist training relevant to the role.
- Post graduate qualification in a mental health law related course
- Significant clinical or management experience
- Providing professional supervision to experienced staff and resolving departmental and cross organisational disputes
- Project management skills
- Analysing complex set of data and accurately reporting findings
- Administrating and co-ordinating the application and documentation of the MHA
- Experience of participating in and managing change and overseeing on going service development.
- Mental Health legislation
- QI methodology, root cause analysis, process mapping & redesign techniques
- Requirements of NHS trusts, NHSE/I, CQC in mental health act compliance
- Knowledge of current reforms proposed in the MHA and implications for MH service providers
- Ability to use Trust information systems and IT packages
- Facilitate involvement of service users, carers and other professionals in audits
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Previous applicants need not apply
This is an existing post for an experienced and charismatic leader with sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act who will be take on the overall management of a very busy Mental Health Act office and formidable staff. As a team manager you should have an in-depth understanding of the mental health law and its implementation as you are sometime the first post of call for advice from mental health professionals, nearest relatives. Due to challenges faced and the different roles and duties undertaken by the MHAO staff, the role requires someone who is disciplined, well organised and has the ability to engage in difficult conversations.
The team has recently adopted a new way of working following the centralisation of the four local offices into one location at the Maudsley hospital. The team comprises one Band 7, two Band 6s, four Band 5s and eight Band 4s covering the newly created functional workstreams responsible for receiving scrutinise patients detentions and consent, co-ordinating mental health tribunal and Associate Managers hearings. You will directly line-manage team leaders, who in turn manage Band 5/4 coordinators and you will be working alongside the Trust MCA lead and a B7 Service Level Agreement (SLA) support manager.
Main duties of the job
This role demands excellent verbal and written communication skills
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