The Integrated Legal Team are a busy Team seeking a Junior Paralegal to assist with the delivery of the Legal Responsibilities within the Trust, including Inquest and Claims management, Mental Capacity Act, and Mental Health Act compliance work. To work closely with members of the Integrated Legal Team to assist with the day-to‑day administrative processes involved in managing and progressing Inquests, Claims, and to support compliance with the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act.
Main duties of the job
* Compilation, bundling and redaction of records
* Support with document management
* Arranging meetings on behalf of Team Members
* Witness tracking
* Admin support across the Integrated Legal Team
* Acting professionally at all times on behalf of the Integrated Legal Team
* Respond to internal and external enquiries, either written, email, face to face or telephone using empathy and judgement and taking appropriate action including giving (or withholding) potentially complex and sensitive data as appropriate
* Maintaining confidentiality at all times and making file notes for legal purposes
* Work confidently with a variety of information management systems and computer software packages
* Send and receive sensitive information within and outside the Trust securely and without delay, using relevant protection and encryption systems
* To assist the Integrated Legal Team with a wide range of legal enquiries and reports, prioritising and escalating to the Claims and Legal Services Manager, as appropriate
* Liaise with the Health Records Department in relation to the availability of medical records
* To provide cover and support across the Integrated Legal Team
* Support improvements and initiatives within the Integrated Legal Team
* Work within the procedural guidelines
* Ensure deadlines are met and take appropriate action to make sure that work is completed to given timescales
* Willingness and ability to learn new administrative processes and procedures appropriate to the job role
About us
The post is part of the wider Integrated Legal team, and will be a hybrid post, with opportunities to work both at Trust HQ and remotely.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a more detailed overview of the role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education
* Good standard of secondary education; GCSE at Grade C or above including Maths and English (2)
* Legal related qualifications eg: legal diploma or degree
Knowledge/Experience
* Ability to analyse complex data
* Experience of producing documents to a high standard of presentation with good accuracy
* Experience of working as part of a team
* Experience of maintaining office systems
* Dealing with difficult and sensitive information
* Strong interpersonal skills - able to communicate effectively with managers and external stakeholders.
* Organisational Skills
* Mental Effort
* Emotional Effort
* Experience of legal processes
* Experience of legal processes within the NHS or similar setting
* Understanding of medical and legal terminology
* Previous experience of data input
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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