Legal Services Facilitator

2 weeks ago

Gateshead, United Kingdom Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An opportunity has arisen for a Legal Services Facilitator (Band 5) within the Legal Services Department.
The main purpose of the facilitator role is to provide an efficient and comprehensive support service to the Legal Services team in preparing, typing and creating documents and support documentation for Court and Inquest proceedings and assisting in the Clinical Claims, Employment Liability claims, Public Liability claims, Inquests, Duty of Candour, Consent and Audit processes.
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
Manage (with support and supervision) their own caseload of Inquests, Clinical claims, and Employer’s Liability and Public Liability claims
Support and guide staff through claims and inquest processes.
Report new claims to NHS Resolution via their portal in line with reporting guidelines.
Prepare legal documents and associated papers and arrange circulation of information to relevant parties.
Attend internal and external meetings and hearings in relation to claims and inquests as a representative of the Legal Services team.
Monitor Duty of Candour compliance across the Trust and provide support to colleagues in relation to completion of duty of candour notifications.
Identify and highlight any learning from claims, inquests and duty of candour.
Assist in the preparation of written updates and reports to Divisional and Trust wide groups in relation to claims, inquests, duty of candour.
Attend Divisional and Trust wide meetings to present reports and updates, and provide feedback from meetings to the Legal Services team.
Co-manage, supervise and support the Legal Services Administrator.
Assist in the process of disclosure of patient records, including the collation, checking and redacting of patient records to ensure confidentiality is observed.
Deal with ad hoc legal queries and provide advice and support to staff in relation to a wide range of legal issues.
Assist in the collation of information in connection with Freedom of Information requests.
Coordinate and provide training to a range of Trust staff.
Participate in consent and audit processes.
Assist in the drafting and updating of Policies and Guidelines where appropriate.
Analyse data from NHS Resolution Scorecards and GIRFT data provided by external bodies.

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