Job summary
Reporting to the Healthcare Legal Services Lead (Speciality) and Senior Legal Manager and working under their own initiative at a senior level, the Legal Manager will:
- Be responsible for the management and provision of expert legal advice across all sites for the designated Speciality Team. Be responsible for the instruction and management of out-sourced legal services; ensuring the efficient and effective management of all advice on a broad range of legal matters.
- Be responsible for the daily management of all Medical and Non Medical Claims.
- Be responsible for ensuring staff across all services and sites are adequately advised and supported.
- Assist in the management of the to day to day running of the designated Speciality Team, including managerial support of the Legal Admin Team and the Legal Administrative Team Leader.
- Jointly lead on the critical evaluation of the Trust's policies and practice to interpret whether these provide assurance and promote the Trust's patient safety and patient-centred values.
- Assist in preparing board reports and briefs on high profile matters.
- Jointly lead on triangulation and identification of relevant incidents, inquests, claims, advisory and complaints.
- Deputise for the Lead and Senior Legal Manger as appropriate
- Jointly lead on staff training
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Healthcare Legal Services Lead (Speciality) and Senior Legal Manager and working under their own initiative at a senior level, the Legal Manager will:
- Be responsible for the management and provision of expert legal advice across all sites for the designated Speciality Team. Be responsible for the instruction and management of out-sourced legal services; ensuring the efficient and effective management of all advice on a broad range of legal matters.
- Be responsible for the daily management of all Medical and Non Medical Claims.
- Be responsible for ensuring staff across all services and sites are adequately advised and supported.
- Assist in the management of the to day to day running of the designated Speciality Team, including managerial support of the Legal Admin Team and the Legal Administrative Team Leader.
- Jointly lead on the critical evaluation of the Trust's policies and practice to interpret whether these provide assurance and promote the Trust's patient safety and patient-centred values.
- Assist in preparing board reports and briefs on high profile matters.
- Jointly lead on triangulation and identification of relevant incidents, inquests, claims, advisory and complaints.
- Deputise for the Lead and Senior Legal Manger as appropriate
- Jointly lead on staff training
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Knowledge and qualifications
Essential
- Education to Degree level or equivalent plus further management experience or training to post graduate diploma level or equivalent.
- Expert understanding of the legal policy, and inspection framework
- Statistical knowledge, data-handling and research skills
- Expert knowledge of the CPR
- Evidence of CPD
- High level of knowledge of the MCA 2005
Desirable
- Leadership qualification
- Sound understanding of health and social care
- Qualified solicitor
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of litigation/inquests in the NHS
- Advocacy experience
- Substantial experience in the preparation of reports including analysis of themes and benchmarking data
- Experience of clinical and/or corporate governance
- Experience of delivering and delivering training or workshops
- Experience of writing reports, delivering presentations and training to all levels within the organisation
- Experience of policy development and implementation across complex organisations
Desirable
- Experience of successful project delivery
- Experience of teaching
- Post-qualification experience as a practising in-house legal expert within an NHS environment
Computer literacy
Essential
- Word processing skills
- Database skills
- Spreadsheet skills
- Presentation package skills
Desirable
- Literate to intermediate/advanced level in statistics, trend analysis
Skills
Essential
- Expert written and oral communication skills
- The ability to negotiate and communicate complex information influencing change to senior individuals within and out with the organisation
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Court advocacy skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to convey complex and sensitive contentious information
- Skilled in the ability to analyse complex information and made complex decisions on liability
- Ability to lead the Trust through difficult contentious legal cases
- Empathy and the ability to deal with highly emotive cases
- Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams
- Training compilation and delivery to a variety of audiences, topics to vary and include complex legal themes
Person Specification
Knowledge and qualifications
Essential
- Education to Degree level or equivalent plus further management experience or training to post graduate diploma level or equivalent.
- Expert understanding of the legal policy, and inspection framework
- Statistical knowledge, data-handling and research skills
- Expert knowledge of the CPR
- Evidence of CPD
- High level of knowledge of the MCA 2005
Desirable
- Leadership qualification
- Sound understanding of health and social care
- Qualified solicitor
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of litigation/inquests in the NHS
- Advocacy experience
- Substantial experience in the preparation of reports including analysis of themes and benchmarking data
- Experience of clinical and/or corporate governance
- Experience of delivering and delivering training or workshops
- Experience of writing reports, delivering presentations and training to all levels within the organisation
- Experience of policy development and implementation across complex organisations
Desirable
- Experience of successful project delivery
- Experience of teaching
- Post-qualification experience as a practising in-house legal expert within an NHS environment
Computer literacy
Essential
- Word processing skills
- Database skills
- Spreadsheet skills
- Presentation package skills
Desirable
- Literate to intermediate/advanced level in statistics, trend analysis
Skills
Essential
- Expert written and oral communication skills
- The ability to negotiate and communicate complex information influencing change to senior individuals within and out with the organisation
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Court advocacy skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to convey complex and sensitive contentious information
- Skilled in the ability to analyse complex information and made complex decisions on liability
- Ability to lead the Trust through difficult contentious legal cases
- Empathy and the ability to deal with highly emotive cases
- Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams
- Training compilation and delivery to a variety of audiences, topics to vary and include complex legal themes
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
