Head of Legal Services

2 weeks ago

Luton, United Kingdom Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are presented with exciting opportunities to provide high quality legal services across two hospital sites. We are looking a full-time in-house solicitor to become the Head of legal services to be assisted by the Deputy Head of legal services at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. These are interesting, varied and high profile posts with a degree of autonomy which requires the ability to motivate, provide high quality legal advice, build strong external relationships and support staff at all levels. You will be leading and working with a friendly, busy, in-house legal team cross site. You will be responsible for a variety of NHS and healthcare related work including contracts, healthcare advisory work, all claims, clinical negligence and inquests.

You will also be responsible for a substantial annual budget for the Trust. As such, applicants must be a fully qualified solicitor/ILEX holding a current practising certificate with significant experience in NHS negligence, inquests and healthcare advisory work, as well as managerial and budgeting skills.
We wish to recruit individuals, who are articulate, have clear styles of communication with well-developed presentation skills. You must take a great deal of pride in producing consistently high standards of work and have a proven record of excellent report writing and meeting deadlines. We have recently developed our Trust values and are looking out for individuals who demonstrate a strong values-based approach with very strong leadership and people skills.
As part of the legal team you will provide leadership across the hospital sites and you will support the Deputy Director of Quality and Safety Governance in the delivery of all legal aspects required by the Trust.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.

We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Please review all documents attached to this advert to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

1. JOB SUMMARY
The post holder provides and manages a dedicated legal service across both hospital sites, managing a workload of Inquest and clinical and non-clinical claims. They will work closely with instructed solicitors/ barristers and NHS Resolution; liaison with the HM Coroners and their officers in the management of inquests; dealing with the more complex police enquiries; providing support and legal advice to staff; assisting in the drafting of documents for legal purposes; responding to other general and legal enquires; and providing regular information to the relevant meetings and Executive team.
The post holder is required to attend court and tribunals on behalf of the Trust and will manage the legal team.
The post holder will ensure that learning from inquests, claims and other relevant processes is shared Trust wide, working closely with colleagues in the quality governance team to triangulate information. They are required to manage the Trust’s medico legal budget.
The post holder will also support the wider activities of the Quality and Safety Governance Department in particular in the quality agenda, will work closely with clinical and corporate services, and provide training in relation to inquests and other legal processes.
2. LITIGATION AND MEDICO LEGAL WORK
- To ensure that claims against the Trust are properly investigated and reports prepared for the NHS Resolution, in accordance with the NHS Resolution’s Clinical negligence Scheme and Risk pooling scheme for Trusts, current legislation and best practice.
- To ensure the maintenance of records and databases of all material associated with a claim including expert reports, pleadings, written statements, medical records, schedule of special damages, councils opinion etc. and any other relevant documents.
- To develop and maintain proper systems for obtaining statements to help thoroughly assess and evaluate claims, being sure to always reflect the Trust’s position in the light of the NHS Resolution’s proposed stance on liability and potential settlements claim.
- Apprise clinical directors, and other operational and nursing leads of all new claims affecting their area of responsibility and of the outcome of such claims enabling potential remedial action not already undertaken, to be reviewed.

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