Senior Legal Services Officer (subject to banding)

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust for a Senior Legal Services Officer who can play a key role in the delivery of a comprehensive legal service.

The legal services team is a small, niche and professional team which is responsible for the portfolio of clinical negligence and public/employers liability claims, Inquests, court of protection and the provision of healthcare advice.

This role is integral to the legal department and amongst other duties, the successful candidate will have the day to day management of staff, have oversight of claims and assist with inquest and court of protection work. A good knowledge of the processes and procedures associated with the management of clinical and non-clinical claims and coronial law is essential for this role.

The successful candidate should expect to work in a fast paced environment, operating to key deadlines with a passion for the law. In return you will receive training and support to further develop your technical and leadership skills and make a genuine contribution to improving the patient experience.

Main duties of the job

• Investigate and manage potential and actual clinical negligence, employers/public liability and property expenses scheme claims against the Trust in line with statutory requirements and the NHS Litigation Authority rules. To analyse trends from claims received and provide management information (risk management feedback, themes and financial costing) to enable learning from claims to enhance patient and staff safety.
• Actively manage the Trusts Coroners inquest caseload from initial statement/document gathering to attending court.
• Provide administrative support to the Director of Corporate Affairs for legal services issues.
• Line manage and provide continuous development of the Legal Services Assistant and Administrator.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Glenfield

Leicester

LE3 8TB

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Glenfield

Leicester

LE3 8TB

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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