Job responsibilities
Are you looking for a more meaningful opportunity to add real value as a legal professional?
Location: Northampton
Full Time, 37.5 hours - Flexible working
You can achieve more at St Andrews Healthcare
We are St Andrew's. We are a mental health Charity and our purpose is to inspire hope for those living with complex mental health needs.
We are looking to a future with less stigma, more community support, more research and education, and we aim to be at the forefront of inspiring real change. We want to ensure we can all live in a society where everyone with complex mental health needs is heard, valued and has hope for their future.
Come and join us, and support us to help people transform their lives.
The role
The Lawyer will be a key member of a small, friendly team and will be expected to hit the ground running and work with a high level of independence on a range of matters ranging from healthcare law,commercial contracts, inquests, Court of Protection matters, Information governance, insurance claims, banking and finance, property and employment, as well as general charity governance and legal compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
Reviewing and advising on commercial contracts, including procurement contracts, customer contracts, IT contracts and other services contracts
Advising on all aspects of healthcare law including mental health law issues, Court of Protection, public law, inquests, CQC and other regulatory matters.
Advising on issues of regulatory compliance, risk management, charity law and data protection matters
Assisting the business development team with the legal requirements of tenders and the bidding process
Advising and assisting on the legal aspects of property sales, purchases, leases and general corporate transactions, including corporate finance and banking law.
Working alongside the clinical, business development & estates team to deliver their commercial strategies
Identifying risks and working with the Charity to mitigate/minimise those risks
Advising the HR teams generally on employment issues including policies, procedures and tribunals
Advising the research team with advice on research contracts and intellectual property matters.
Assisting with insurance issues, claims management and other contentious litigation matters.
Undertaking ad hoc activities and legal research tasks as assigned by members of the legal team and any other duties commensurate with the role
Keeping up to date with changing legislation and producing legal updates or policy amendments as appropriate
What we are looking for
- An experienced solicitor/barrister with 2+ years of legal experience
- Qualified solicitor (minimum PQE 2 years)
- Confident in decision making
- A proactive approach to engaging with diverse and multi-skilled teams
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, verbal, written and presentational.
- Able to communicate accurately and succinctly with stakeholders at all levels within the organisation.
- Good time management skills, including working to tight deadlines
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Enthusiastic and approachable.
- An ability and willingness to undertake research and provide advice on areas of law new to the post-holder.
- Personal resilience to deal with stressful situations and support staff at distressing times.
- Able to travel between St Andrews sites in Northampton, Birmingham and Essex.
In return
We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension, Sickness policy on par with the NHS, Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes, 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing to 41 after 10 years' service, Life cover, Electric Car lease scheme, Cycle to work scheme, Healthcare cash plan, Free parking, Paid DBS application, Access to free vocational qualifications. On-site facilities such as gym and swimming pool access and cafés all set within beautiful grounds.
Interested?
Please send your CV to slpendry@stah.org
