Paralegal, Healthcare Legal Team (Band 6) United Kingdom
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a keen, enthusiastic, highly motivated individual to join the Healthcare Legal Team at North Bristol NHS Trust. The team are passionate about learning lessons from legal claims, inquests and advisory work and supporting staff in the delivery of outstanding healthcare and patient experience.
This role is to assist the solicitors/legal executive/s in the day to day case management of legal claims, inquests and healthcare legal advice.
The role will involve undertaking day to day management of inquests, clinical and non-clinical claims with appropriate supervision. You should have a minimum one year's experience as a Paralegal specialising in inquests, medical negligence and/or personal injury claims and/or equivalent experience or ILEX qualification or a Law degree.
As an organisation we offer opportunities for training and development, access to the NHS Pension Scheme, NHS discount, as well as access to onsite wellbeing and childcare facilities.
Interview Date: 21st August 2023
We are recruiting to the exciting role of a Paralegal - Healthcare Legal Team (Band 6).
The role is a full time post. This role will provide direct support to the solicitors within the in-house legal service in response to healthcare litigation, clinical negligence, personal injury, staff claims, occupiers liability and public liability claims, inquests and healthcare advice.
The successful postholder will undertake day to day management of clinical and non-clinical claims and inquests (with appropriate supervision), draft legal documents, undertake legal research of legislation and case law and assist in the provision of healthcare legal advice to clinical staff on a wide range of topics.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing team and provides an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge across a broad portfolio of legal claims, inquests and advisory work within a busy and supportive working environment.
North Bristol NHS Trust is one of the largest acute trusts in the South West of England. NBT is a National Health Service Trust, providing hospital and community healthcare services to Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset.
Southmead Hospital is a designated major trauma centre, as well as a regional referral centre for renal medicine, urology, vascular and transplant surgery, neurology and neurosurgery.
- Provide direct support to the Solicitors and/or Legal Executive within the in-house legal service in response to healthcare litigation, clinical negligence, personal injury, staff claims, occupiers liability and public liability claims, inquests and healthcare advice.
- Undertake day to day management of inquests, and clinical and non-clinical claims, with appropriate supervision.
- Draft legal documentation, undertake legal research of legislation and case law.
- Comply with the NHS Resolution’s Reporting Guidelines and manage Pre-Action Claims, with appropriate supervision
- Comply with the Coroner’s Rules and Regulations, and Coronial Law
- Sharing lessons learnt through claims, inquests and healthcare advisory cases to improve patient experience.
For further information about this post, please contact Natalie Smith (Associate Director & Head of Legal Services (Clinical)) on [email protected] or 01174149412
