For this senior role reporting to the Director of Corporate and Legal Affairs, we are seeking an experienced legal professional to lead a dedicated, high‑performing legal service, inquests, and claims management function for the Trust. The postholder will provide strategic and operational management for the UHL Legal Services Team. The post holder will ensure that expert, highly‑specialised legal advice is available to Trust clinicians and senior managers as required on a range of complex and sensitive legal issues. They will identify trends for Trust‑wide learning from claims and inquests and requirements for improvement, working closely with other senior Trust leaders. The post holder will also be involved in Freedom of Information Act work.
Responsibilities
* To be responsible for leading and managing all aspects of the Legal Services function, ensuring that there is a dedicated, high‑performing, effective legal service that delivers best practice Trust‑wide and when engaging with external organisations.
* To provide strategic leadership and direction for the team to maximise learning and quality improvement, and have overarching responsibility and accountability for all work carried out in the Legal Services Department.
* To ensure that expert, highly specialist legal advice is available to clinicians, senior managers and members of the Trust Board on a broad range of highly complex, confidential and sensitive legal matters, including the provision of general advice relating to healthcare matters, and the application of legal services legislation and regulation Trust‑wide.
* To manage and monitor all claims and inquests, and identify any trends for Trust‑wide learning. To provide detailed reports on legal services trends and performance.
* To undertake internal reviews of FOI responses when requested in line with the Trust's FOI Policy, providing an independent judgement on legal and procedural FOIA compliance and reviewing any relevant judgements or regulatory decisions from the Information Commissioner's Office.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023‑2030).
Strategic Goals
We have four primary goals:
* high‑quality care for all,
* being a great place to work,
* partnerships for impact, and
* research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities. Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
* we are compassionate,
* we are proud,
* we are inclusive, and
* we are one team
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: https://www.uhleicester.nhs.uk
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