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Trust Solicitor (Healthcare & Regulatory)
The closing date is 21 July 2025
A detailed job description and personal specification have been attached below for candidates to consider.
Main duties of the job
A detailed job description and personal specification have been attached below for candidates to consider.
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A detailed job description and personal specification have been attached below for candidates to consider.
Job responsibilities
A detailed job description and personal specification have been attached below for candidates to consider.
Person Specification
All
* Solicitor/Barrister with current practising certificate
* Higher Rights of Audience for Civil Advocacy
All
* Solicitor/Barrister with current practising certificate
* Minimum 3 years relevant post-qualification experience as a Solicitor/Barrister/Legal Executive
* Experience of working within a legal team
* Experience of handling inquests in the Coroner's Court
* Experience of handling welfare matters in the Court of Protection
* Experience of handling matters in the family court and High Court Family Division
* Experience of managing clinical negligence claims
* Experience of providing advice on data protection and information governance law related matters
* Advocacy experience in a variety of settings
* Teaching/training experience
* Specific experience in healthcare law and providing advice to clinicians.
* Knowledge of the principles and processes of litigation within the UK Courts and Tribunal service.
* Knowledge of key legal issues in the NHS/healthcare, including, but not limited to: provision of s117 MHA 1983 aftercare and process of dispute resolution, provision of treatment under Mental Health Act 1983, Continuous Healthcare Framework 2023, Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards scheme, Children Act 1989 and relevant care planning regulations; NHS Act 2006; Health and Social Care Act 2008 and relevant regulations; Freedom of Information Act 2000 and relevant regulations; Data Protection Act 2018; Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018; The Tribunal Procedure (First-Tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008; Civil Procedure Rules 1998 with associated Practice Directions; Court of Protection Rules 2017; Coroners and Justice Act 2009; Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013 and Coroners (Investigation) Regulations 2013
* Knowledge of relevant statutory obligations.
* Understanding of clinical and corporate governance.
* Knowledge of other forms of litigation such as professional and regulatory processes.
* Able to prioritise your own workload
* Able to work under time pressure and set deadlines
* Ability to gather, write, and provide complex information for others to understand and interpret
* Ability to produce good quality written documentation including case summaries, draft orders, applications, position statements, skeleton arguments and threshold documents, and provide advice in respect of the written evidence being provided by the client.
* Ability to provide advice on law and practice in respect of aspect of the healthcare law, social care law and data protection law.
* Ability to exercise professional judgment and make operational decisions on allocated matters in the context of legal advice and assistance.
* Ability to provide supervision, guidance and support to colleagues across the team.
* Ability to analyse information and risk assess safeguarding situations
* Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information and situations
* Motivational, negotiating and persuasive skills, for example when there is a difference of threshold view in a strategy discussion
* Ability to work across a range of clinical systems, capturing relevant information from different systems
* Ability to influence range of colleagues including senior management and multi-disciplinary teams
* Ability to develop training materials and to deliver training in house to Trust staff, and to provide briefings to senior officers of the Trust and managers, where required on complex points of law and developments in law and practice.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people
* Flexible and adaptable to changing workload
* Able to work from across various sites and areas where the Trust provides its services and attend hearings and meetings in various parts of the UK.
* Attend the office over minimum 4 working days, with very limited opportunity to work from home.
* Calm and works well under pressure
* Higher Rights of Audience for Civil Advocacy
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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