Claims and Inquests Paralegal Apprentice | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking applications for a Claims and Paralegal Apprentice to join its Clinical Legal Services Team. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to obtain a Level 3 Paralegal qualification via a 24‑month apprenticeship, whilst gaining unique and valuable practical experience in a dynamic and busy in‑house legal department. The intention is for the Paralegal Apprentice to work for 12 months in each of the Inquests and Claims teams (on rotation). Main duties of the job The Trust’s Clinical Legal Services team, which sits within the Trust’s Quality & Assurance Directorate and is led by the Trust’s Head of Clinical Legal Services, provides the following three core services to the Trust: Clinical negligence and personal injury claims advice, management and support; Coroner’s Inquests advice, management and support; Healthcare law advice, management and support. The Claims and Inquests Paralegal Apprentice will undertake, subject to supervision, the day‑to‑day administrative tasks required to support the Trust’s Clinical Legal Services Team, focusing particularly on the core Claims and Inquests services. The post‑holder will be expected to cross‑cover for the Claims and Inquests Managers as well as the other Claims and Inquests Paralegal Apprentice, when necessary, to support team resilience. About us Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best‑known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high‑quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs. We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients. Job description Job responsibilities: Details of the main responsibilities of the roles are set out in the Job Description and Person Specification, a copy of which is attached. Important Note: Apart from the minimum educational requirements set out in the Person Specification section of the Job Description, there are some additional restrictions and exclusions, which are set out below. Existing legal qualification/training: If, for example, an individual holds a law degree, they will not be eligible for a paralegal apprenticeship because they have already completed a formal legal qualification that surpasses the entry level training that will be provided by a paralegal apprenticeship. Candidate cannot be enrolled in any other form of education: individuals cannot undertake an apprenticeship while enrolled in any other form of education, whether full‑ or part‑time. This is a condition outlined by the government and applies across all apprenticeship programmes. Predicted grades not sufficient: Our minimum educational entry requirements are set out in the Person Specification section of the Job Description. Applicants should self‑assess against the criteria, but they do need to have those qualifications in hand at the time of application – predicted grades are not sufficient. Interview for shortlisted applicants is planned to take place, in person, on Wednesday 17 December 2025. This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025. #J-18808-Ljbffr