Mental Health Act Reviewer, Mental Health Act Operations
- Care Quality Commission
- Full Time
- Work from Home
Job Description
Grade B - GRADE B £39,784 (National Framework) or £45,456 (London Framework - homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) - There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £581 per annum for those working from home and an Operational Car Working Allowance of £506 per annum.
Contracted Hours: Full time 37 hours per week - part time/job share/condensed hours will be considered
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025 at 11.59pm
Location: Homebased - with weekly travel - East of England - primarily Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
Due to the nature of the role, regular travel will be required within the East of England. Applicants from outside of the area are welcome to apply but, because of the nature of the role, the location of applicants and their ability to visit inpatient mental health services across the East of England, will be carefully considered to ensure role and individual responsibilities are manageable.
This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Are you committed to helping us monitor the Mental Health Act in England?
When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on.
Why this could be a great role for you....
You will have an opportunity to use your knowledge of the MHA and the Code of Practice; your passion for ensuring people's rights are respected; and experience of the care and treatment of people detained under the MHA. You will work closely with your regional colleagues, working flexibly to monitor the use of the MHA in order to highlight the experiences of people detained under the Act. As part of CQC's national MHA Operations team, your findings will inform our national approach to monitoring the MHA. This is an exciting time to join our MHA Operations team as we prepare to update our MHA monitoring approach to enable us to monitor the changes proposed in the Mental Health Bill.
What we can offer you...
Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through:
- 27 days' annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays
- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
- Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
- Discounted gym vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two!
- Equipment for homeworking
We want to support you to succeed and be your very best, with opportunities for training and development along with the support of experienced managers and mentors.
We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.
What we're looking for from you...
You must have a passion and commitment to improve the experience of detained patients. It's likely you have experience of working in or with inpatient mental health services. Confident about acting autonomously; you will need an in-depth knowledge and working understanding of the MHA and the Code of Practice, together with a proven track record of talking with detained patients.
You will be able to gather and analyse a range of complex information in order to understand people's experience and to monitor the use of the MHA and Code of Practice. You will be confident in identifying and escalating risks to patient safety.
You will be a skilled communicator, both orally and in writing and able to tailor your communication to a wide variety of different audiences. You must be able to travel and visit hospital inpatient settings across your region.
Please note this role is subject to a satisfactory DBS Check
The full job description can be viewed by clicking the link below:
For an informal discussion or further information on the role, please contact, Jayne Norgate, MHA Operations Manager at Jayne.norgate@cqc.org.uk.
Individual adjustments...
We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: recruitment@cqc.org.uk
CQC is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of: age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
Our Values
Excellence - Meeting our challenge to be a high-performing organisation
Caring - Treating everyone with dignity and respect
Integrity - Demonstrating our passion for 'doing the right thing'
Teamwork - Enabling us to be the best we can
