Healthcare Regulatory Lawyer

1 month ago


South Yorkshire, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time
Job Title: Healthcare Regulatory Lawyer

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Healthcare Regulatory Lawyer to join our team. As a key member of our fitness to practice team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and efficiency of our processes.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. Provide specialist legal advice to the fitness to practice team, including the application of the triage test, investigation planning, and management of complex/high risk investigations.
  2. Attend and provide legal and case management advice at the triage and investigations drop in, and attend and provide advice in complex case meetings.
  3. Lead on high profile and complex cases, providing support and direction on case preparation strategy and approach.
  4. Ensure the Regulations, Rules, guidance, and relevant case law are applied appropriately, and assist the Senior Fitness to Practice Lawyer in providing operational and strategic advice to the senior leadership team.
  5. Provide support to operational managers and Head of Fitness to Practice (Investigations) in the assessment of case plans, statements of case, and sanction bids prepared by our external legal provider.
  6. Provide instructions to the external legal provider in relation to any fitness to practice hearings and meetings.
  7. Assist the Senior Fitness to Practice Lawyer in identifying training needs and designing and delivering training on our Regulations, Rules, case law, and other relevant legal matters to the fitness to practice team.
  8. Assist in the design and delivery of regular case law updates to the fitness to practice team and wider teams.
  9. Review internal fitness to practise policies, procedures, and processes to ensure legal compliance.
  10. Review case outcomes as part of quality assurance processes, including but not limited to the Decision Review Group.
  11. Assist in ensuring that the fitness to practice processes are legally robust by identifying legal risks early and working with other teams to ensure that those risks are managed appropriately.
  12. Develop strong relationships throughout the organisation, collaborating with the in-house legal team and using your legal expertise and knowledge to provide solutions-focused support.
  13. Participate in project teams and working groups as necessary to further the work of the fitness to practice team and our objectives.
Requirements:
  1. Qualified lawyer, registered with the Bar Council/SRA/CILEX.
  2. Experience in a public sector or regulatory context and ideally in fitness to practice, with familiarity of data protection law, High Court appeals, and judicial reviews.
  3. Strong legal analytical skills, with the ability to draft clear and comprehensive written legal advice and to present information on complex issues clearly and succinctly for a range of different audiences.
  4. Knowledge of investigative methods, rules of evidence, human rights, tribunal, regulatory caselaw, and procedure, and experience in taking witness statements.
  5. Able to assimilate, understand, interpret, and explain complex legislation.
  6. Evidence of having worked successfully as a team member, with the ability to provide positive support and encouragement to colleagues.
  7. Demonstrable evidence of an ability to analyse, manage, and problem-solve complex and sensitive issues.
  8. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of fitness to practice, regulatory case law, and best practice, including any guidance issued by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) and briefing colleagues accordingly.

This is a full-time position, working on a hybrid basis from a central Sheffield office. You will be required to attend the office usually on a fortnightly basis.

We are unable to provide individual feedback to all applicants. Please assume that if you do not hear from us within 72 hours, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We thank you for expressing an interest in this role and wish you the best in your search for employment.



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