Role Summary
We are inviting applications from Allied Health Professionals, Nurses or those with a Social Work qualification. We are looking for experienced clinicians who are keen to further their specialist skills in the Mental Capacity Act and who are looking for the opportunity to be part of a new Trust wide implementation process to support the delivery of LPS. On the job training and development will be provided as well as ongoing support particularly in regard to LPS.
The focus of the role initially will be to support the Trust to demonstrate improving compliance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA). You will be required to develop, deliver and support all staff throughout the Trust at all levels to build their confidence and competence with using and implementing the MCA. This role will help to ensure patients with complex vulnerabilities due to mental capacity issues are protected from harm, receive the correct support and have appropriate adjustments made to ensure their journey is individualised, safe and therapeutic. You will be a source of advice in relation to MCA matters, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and act as a point of contact when the Trust is involved in any Court of Protection cases. You will be working with the acute hospital and community hospitals including children’s services in the Trust
About the Role
We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
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More detail about the role
I am very pleased to share with you this exciting job opportunity to become a Band 6 Mental Capacity Act/Liberty Protection Safeguards (MCA/LPS) Senior Practitioner, as part of the new MCA team.
- Do you have a professional clinical qualification?
- Are you looking for a new opportunity working flexibly with no weekends?
- Would you like to be part of a brand new team implementing new legislation to support Mental Capacity across the Trust?
- Are you keen to progress your career and develop your skills in Mental capacity?
We are recruiting for a Band 6 role to join the evolving MCA/LPS team.
We are inviting applications from Allied Health Professionals, Nurses or those with a Social Work qualification. We are looking for experienced clinicians who are keen to further their specialist skills in the Mental Capacity Act and who are looking for the opportunity to be part of a new Trust wide implementation process to support the delivery of LPS. On the job training and development will be provided as well as ongoing support particularly in regard to LPS.
Working Pattern: The positions could be a full time position or job share/part time position to support those who wish to maintain their clinical commitments. As a team we cover office hours Monday – Friday and this role would not include weekend working or shift working.
Interview Date: 1st November 2022
For further information please contact Pete Deadman, Northern Services MCA/LPS Lead peter.deadman@nhs.net on 07341 789949 / 01271 341521 or Anna Brimacombe, Head of Safeguarding anna.brimacombe@nhs.net on 07854 371818
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
