Administrative Assistant

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a keen, enthusiastic individual to join the Healthcare Legal Team at North Bristol NHS Trust as an Administrative Assistant.

The role is to provide administrative support to the solicitors, legal executive and paralegals in the team, who work on legal claims, inquests and healthcare legal advice.

The role will involve logging legal activity (to include setting up new claims, inquests and advice) on DATIX (and/or similar system), preparing court bundles, preparing and sending out disclosure of medical records, corresponding on a day to day basis with NHS Resolution, Coroners' officers, external solicitors and litigants in person and providing general administrative support to the team.

We are recruiting to the exciting role of an Administrative Assistant - Healthcare Legal Team (Band 3).

The role is a full time post. The role will provide administrative support to the solicitors, legal executive and paralegals in the team in response to healthcare litigation, clinical negligence, personal injury, staff claims, occupiers liability and public liability claims, inquests and healthcare advice.

**The main duties and responsibilities are**:
- Disclosing medical records on legal claims;
- Setting up new files and logging new matters;
- Providing assistance to Healthcare staff and the legal team in relation to claims and inquests e.g. following up statement and comment requests with Trust staff, co-ordinating meetings, preparing disclosure, preparing Court files.
- Liaising on a day to day basis with our insurers NHS Resolution, Coroners' officers, external solicitors and internal staff.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an expanding team and provides an excellent opportunity to develop your administrative skills and knowledge across a broad portfolio of healthcare legal work.

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 administrative support to the solicitors, legal executive and paralegals in the Healthcare Legal team.
- Log legal activity (to include setting up new claims, inquests and advice) on DATIX and/or similar system.
- Prepare Court bundles.
- Prepare and send out disclosure of medical records.
- Liaise effectively on a day to day basis with our insurers NHS Resolution, Coroners' officers, external solicitors, staff internally and others as required.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details in relation to the role.