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An exciting and new opportunity has arisen for a Legal Services Manager to join the legal team at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. As one of the best performing Trusts in the country, the successful candidate will manage a stimulating caseload of clinical negligence claims, employer and public liability claims, inquests and will provide legal advice on healthcare matters to staff within the Trust.

We are looking for a highly motivated, robust and committed individual with excellent communication skills to join our busy team. The ideal candidate will have NHS, claims and Inquest management experience. You must have a pro-active approach to work, be a team player, and able to successfully manage conflicting pressures and a challenging workload.

The successful candidate will be responsible for their own caseload and will liaise with a number of key stakeholders, both internally and externally, to include NHS Resolution, panel solicitors, Coroner’s officers, clinical staff and other departments within the Legal Services Department.

The ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate a clear understanding, of the Civil Procedure Rules and the claims process, understand the principles of investigations and claims management and be able to analyse and present information clearly and concisely.

Interview date: 31 May 2023

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
• We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
• Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
• Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.