This Senior Lawyer post sits within the Legal Services team at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, delivering the Trust's legal advice and representation in-house. The work centres on clinical negligence and third-party claims, inquests, healthcare advice, disclosure requests from coroners, police and other authorised bodies, and internal and external training. The role stands out for its in-house setting across more than one hospital site and an on-call rota for urgent police requests. Applicants need experience in at least one core area, and clinical negligence experience is an advantage.
What the job involves
- Manage clinical negligence and third-party claims, working with clinicians and divisions to defend claims
- Represent staff at inquests in the Coroner's Court, working with local Coroner's Officers
- Provide healthcare advice on clinical and non-clinical situations
- Handle disclosure requests from coroners, police, local authorities and other authorised third parties
- Deliver internal and external training on core legal work areas
- Handle other court cases
- Support and advise staff
- Report on and analyse claims and other core areas
- Take part in the on-call rota for urgent police requests
- Contribute to clinical governance and learning
- Take part in own professional development
- Carry out other reasonable requests from the Head of Legal Services
What’s required
Qualifications
- Law degree or equivalent
- Qualified solicitor or legal executive with current legal experience
- Strong evidence of continuing personal and professional development
Registration & licences
- SRA registration, if qualified as a solicitor
Experience
- Managing claims (clinical negligence claims an advantage)
- Experience in at least one other core area: inquests, healthcare advice, other court cases or disclosure
Skills & knowledge
- Demonstrable case management experience
- Collaborative working within an in-house legal team across sites
- Managing competing priorities in a stressful environment, with resilience
- High attention to detail
- Reliable point of contact for clinicians who need support
- Initiative in offering solutions, willingness to learn and drive to take forward a project independently
Other
- Ability to adapt to assist with other core areas of work
Nice to have
- Experience of reporting and analysing data to show trends and learning
- Ability to supervise junior staff
- Experience of managing third-party claims, including employers' and public liability claims
- Experience of working in-house for a large NHS organisation
- Knowledge of medical terminology from working with clinicians in an NHS setting
- Interest in strengthening reporting on core areas and analysing data to show added value
- Interest in developing the Legal team's intranet page to communicate with staff
What’s offered
- Generous annual leave allowance
- NHS pension scheme
- Flexible working opportunities
- Discounts at local shops and restaurants
- Access to two on-site nurseries
- Discounted public transport
- Reward and recognition scheme
- Health and wellbeing initiatives
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