Mental Health Administration Officer | North London NHS Foundation Trust

• To provide an efficient, effective and complete Mental Health Act administration service for patients who are formally detained; ensuring that the requirements of the law are met and that the rights of patients subject to the Act are safeguarded.

The MHA offices provide statutory Mental Health Law compliance on behalf of the Trust under the Mental Health Act.

The role is a specialised administration role around Mental Health Law.

The Job Description and person specification have full details.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

The post holder will be aligned with our values

• We Are Kind
• We Are Respectful
• We Work Together
• We Keep Things Simple
• We Empower
• We Are Proudly Diverse

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Please see the JD & PS for full overview of main responsibilities.

To provide an efficient, effective and complete Mental Health Act administration servicefor patients who are formally detained;ensuring that the requirements of the law are met and that the rights of patients subject to the Act are safeguarded.

If you have applied for this post before and have been unsuccessful then please do not reapply.

This advert closes on Thursday 28 May 2026