Overview
Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Birmingham, Hong Kong, Leeds, Limassol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Monaco, Newcastle, Piraeus and Singapore. With more than 1000 people including 200 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.
Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.
Job role: Paralegal - Healthcare and Public Law
Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:30 (37.5 hours per week)
Hill Dickinson are proud to be named as a Top Ten Employer for Working Families 2024 and so, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.
Team: Healthcare and Public Law
Location: Preston / Remote (1 day a week at Preston Hospital with travel across Lancashire and South Cumbria when required)
Benefits: At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.
Here Are Some Examples Of What We Offer
* Annual leave starting at 25 days
* Annual bonus scheme
* Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
* Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
* 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
* Optional private medical insurance via BUPA
* Annual fitness allowance
* Flexible pension scheme
* ISA saving scheme and independent financial advice
* Electric or hybrid vehicle lease scheme
* Medicash
* EAP with access to counselling
* Enhanced family leave policies
* Access to confidential, expert support via Fertifa in relation to reproductive health and wellbeing
* Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year via Bright Horizons
* Life assurance
* Group income protection
* Annual travel season ticket loan
* Hybrid working and dress for your day policy
* Bespoke training and development opportunities
* Financial contribution towards home working equipment
Role Overview
Introduction to the role: Our dedicated Healthcare and Public Law Team are now looking to recruit a Paralegal to join our rapidly growing team. The role will involve undertaking a wide range of advisory and mental health work for the NHS. This role will involve a remote long-term secondment to a clients’ legal team in Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - Preston. Secondments are requested by clients from time to time as additional support. Training will be given.
Introduction To The Team This role provides the opportunity to join the fastest growing part of Hill Dickinson - the Health Business Group and support the Head of Health, Andrew Craggs, and his team. With a team of over 100 lawyers and national coverage we are one of the leading firms providing legal advice and supporting the NHS and independent healthcare organisations.
Key Responsibilities
* A long-term secondment to health clients as described above
* Drafting witness statements
* Research and drafting advice
* Preparing Power Point slides and documentation for training events
* Organising medical records
* Preparing chronologies of medical records
* Preparing bundles of documents for use at Inquests and Court of Protection
* Note taking at Inquests, meetings and conferences
* Meeting with clinicians and nursing staff ahead of inquests
* Running a case load of inquest and claims
* Generally assisting associates, senior associates, legal directors and partners with their workload
* Preparing of minutes following team meetings
* Answering the telephone and assisting with queries
* Assisting with administration tasks when required
* A number of client orientated tasks that will be chargeable and will carry a billable hours target
What Are We Looking For
Important criteria:
* The ability to work independently in addition to as part of a team
* Ability to deliver technically accurate and appropriate advice to clients, colleagues and others
* Adheres to guidelines and procedures, whilst showing appropriate initiative
* Demonstrates competence in own area of expertise
* Demonstrates understanding of client needs/expectations
* Ability to interact and communicate with client and keep them up-to-date
* Excellent communication skills
It would be beneficial for you to have some of the following:
* Regulatory/health law experience
If you don\t meet all of the criteria above but feel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson, we encourage you to submit an application and if successful, we can help you develop along the way.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.
We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.
Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.
Disability Support
We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.
Values
Trust - Respect - Innovation - Collaboration
At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.
All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
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