Trust Solicitor (Healthcare & Regulatory)

Job responsibilities

A detailed job description and personal specification have been attached below for candidates to consider.

All

Essential

• Solicitor/Barrister with current practising certificate

Desirable

• Higher Rights of Audience for Civil Advocacy

All

Essential

• Solicitor/Barrister with current practising certificate
• Minimum 3 years relevant post-qualification experience as a Solicitor/Barrister/Legal Executive
• Experience of working within a legal team
• Experience of handling inquests in the Coroner's Court
• Experience of handling welfare matters in the Court of Protection
• Experience of handling matters in the family court and High Court Family Division
• Experience of managing clinical negligence claims
• Experience of providing advice on data protection and information governance law related matters
• Advocacy experience in a variety of settings
• Teaching/training experience
• Specific experience in healthcare law and providing advice to clinicians.
• Knowledge of the principles and processes of litigation within the UK Courts and Tribunal service.
• Knowledge of key legal issues in the NHS/healthcare, including, but not limited to: oprovision of s117 MHA 1983 aftercare and process of dispute resolution oprovision of treatment under Mental Health Act 1983 oContinuous Healthcare Framework 2023 oCare Act 2014 oMental Capacity Act 2005 oDeprivation of Liberty Safeguards scheme oChildren Act 1989 and relevant care planning regulations; oNHS Act 2006; oHealth and Social Care Act 2008 and relevant regulations oFreedom of Information Act 2000 and relevant regulations oData Protection Act 2018 oMental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 oThe Tribunal Procedure (First-Tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008 oCivil Procedure Rules 1998 with associated Practice Directions oCourt of Protection Rules 2017 oCoroners and Justice Act 2009 oCoroners (Inquests) Rules 2013 and Coroners (Investigation) Regulations 2013
• Knowledge of relevant statutory obligations.
• Understanding of clinical and corporate governance.
• Knowledge of other forms of litigation such as professional and regulatory processes.
• Able to prioritise your own workload
• Able to work under time pressure and set deadlines
• Ability to gather, write, and provide complex information for others to understand and interpret
• Ability to produce good quality written documentation including case summaries, draft orders, applications, position statements, skeleton arguments and threshold documents, and provide advice in respect of the written evidence being provided by the client.
• Ability to provide advice on law and practice in respect of aspect of the healthcare law, social care law and data protection law.
• Ability to exercise professional judgment and make operational decisions on allocated matters in the context of legal advice and assistance.
• Ability to provide supervision, guidance and support to colleagues across the team.
• Ability to analyse information and risk assess safeguarding situations
• Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information and situations
• Motivational, negotiating and persuasive skills, for example when there is a difference of threshold view in a strategy discussion
• Ability to work across a range of clinical systems, capturing relevant information from different systems
• Ability to influence range of colleagues including senior management and multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to develop training materials and to deliver training in house to Trust staff, and to provide briefings to senior officers of the Trust and managers, where required on complex points of law and developments in law and practice.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people
• Flexible and adaptable to changing workload
• Able to work from across various sites and areas where the Trust provides its services and attend hearings and meetings in various parts of the UK.
• Attend the office over minimum 4 working days, with very limited opportunity to work from home.
• Calm and works well under pressure

Desirable

• Higher Rights of Audience for Civil Advocacy

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).