Job summary
The Integrated Legal Team at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Paralegal to join itsteam in a key role to support the delivery of in-house case management of the most complex cases. If you are looking for a role that is unique, wide-ranging, keeps you motivated and offers potential for development of your legal knowledge within the NHS, then SPFT's Integrated Legal Team would be an ideal team for you. The Team delivers expert in-house legal services across Claims, Inquests, Mental Capacity Law and Mental Health Law as well as wide-ranging Healthcare Law. This role is a key part of the ongoing development of the Integrated Legal Team to ensure the in-house legal service provision is of the highest standard in the most complex cases, trust-wide.
Main duties of the job
To provide day to day legal case management of the most complex of the Trust's cases that are subject to Coronial Investigations or Court of Protection, High Court etc proceedings. Working to ensure excellent quality complex case management including considered, compassionate clinical staff support for the duration of the applicable legal process, whilst ensuring the Trust's legal compliance, and identifying improvements and learning opportunities.
About us
The Integrated Legal Team was formed in September 2021 to bring all legal support services within one composite, integrated, in-house team.During the last 20 months it has gone from strength to strength, working within an ever changing legal landscape . It is a busy, wide-ranging teamwith excellent in-house knowledge and committed team members who are passionate about the support service that they provide trust-wide. Asthe team is constantly developing it is a fast-paced, interesting team to work within.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will deliver a high quality Senior Paralegal service, in the most complex of cases, trust-wide (see fullJD)
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will deliver a high quality Senior Paralegal service, in the most complex of cases, trust-wide (see fullJD)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Law degree or extensive legal experience coupled with other legal qualification.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 4 years' experience of legal case management.
- Minimum of 3 years' legal case management within or for the NHS.
- Minimum of 2 years' experience of Coronial Investigation case management.
- Minimum of 2 years' experience of case management of Court of Protection/High Court or other equivalent jurisdictions.
- Experience of analysing clinical information and other complex data.
- Experience of directly working with clinical staff at times of distress.
- Demonstrable knowledge of relevant legislation and its application.
Desirable
- Experience of attending and presenting information in a Court hearing.
Skills
Essential
- Communicating, responding to and managing highly sensitive and complex information.
- Ability to deal day-to-day with highly emotionally challenging information often involving patient death.
- Ability to present highly complex and emotive information clearly and openly with clinical staff
- Ability to present information clearly.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Able to hold professionals and peers to account.
- Demonstrable understanding of medical and legal terminology.
- Ability to complete tasks to their successful conclusion within required timescales.
- Good performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction and holding others to account.
- Ability to prioritise conflicting demands where there is a high level of unpredictability and under high pressure.
Approach/Values/Personal attributes
Essential
- Mobility to travel across sites coupled with a flexible approach to hybrid working.
- Can use constructive criticism and openly seek to review and reflect on own style and presentation.
- Resilient and self motivated with drive and vision that is able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities across competing agendas.
- Commitment to the aims and values of the NHS combined with high personal integrity
- Commitment to working collaboratively within a team
- Empathy towards the needs of people using mental health and related services, and a vision of how services can make step changes for improvement
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Law degree or extensive legal experience coupled with other legal qualification.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 4 years' experience of legal case management.
- Minimum of 3 years' legal case management within or for the NHS.
- Minimum of 2 years' experience of Coronial Investigation case management.
- Minimum of 2 years' experience of case management of Court of Protection/High Court or other equivalent jurisdictions.
- Experience of analysing clinical information and other complex data.
- Experience of directly working with clinical staff at times of distress.
- Demonstrable knowledge of relevant legislation and its application.
Desirable
- Experience of attending and presenting information in a Court hearing.
Skills
Essential
- Communicating, responding to and managing highly sensitive and complex information.
- Ability to deal day-to-day with highly emotionally challenging information often involving patient death.
- Ability to present highly complex and emotive information clearly and openly with clinical staff
- Ability to present information clearly.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Able to hold professionals and peers to account.
- Demonstrable understanding of medical and legal terminology.
- Ability to complete tasks to their successful conclusion within required timescales.
- Good performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction and holding others to account.
- Ability to prioritise conflicting demands where there is a high level of unpredictability and under high pressure.
Approach/Values/Personal attributes
Essential
- Mobility to travel across sites coupled with a flexible approach to hybrid working.
- Can use constructive criticism and openly seek to review and reflect on own style and presentation.
- Resilient and self motivated with drive and vision that is able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities across competing agendas.
- Commitment to the aims and values of the NHS combined with high personal integrity
- Commitment to working collaboratively within a team
- Empathy towards the needs of people using mental health and related services, and a vision of how services can make step changes for improvement
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
