We are excited to offer the opportunity to contribute to the delivery of our passionate and motivated AMHP Team.
We are seeking to recruit Lead Approved Mental Health Professional to join the Isle of Wight AMHP Service.
It is an excellent opportunity for an experienced qualified AMHP, who is ambitious about service development.
As an AMHP Lead for the Service, you will be responsible for providing routine and urgent 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 and supporting the AMHP Team manager to ensure the service delivers on its objectives. You will also provide and offer training, 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, and responsive and well led AMHP Service that is caring and maximizes people's statutory rights.
Flexible working arrangements can be considered in line with our flexible working policy.
As AMHP Lead the post holder will be responsible for the operational management and leadership of your team, ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the Service. This will include professional responsibility and accountability for ensuring that all key professional/ quality standards and performance indicators for the AMHP Service are met in a timely manner. Leading on the professional support and development of others, you will provide professional supervision for other AMHPs and manage performance in order to ensure quality standards are maintained. As AMHP Lead the post holder will be responsible for a mixture of managerial and senior 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).
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