Legal Counsel - Health

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification which sets out the main responsibilities of the role. Provision of legal advice on a wide range of queries affecting our NHS Trust clients and staff members, sometimes in urgent and time-critical situations, requiring high level of knowledge and analytical skills and ability to communicate contentious, complex and sensitive issues clearly. Management of a caseload of clinical negligence claims including high value birth injury (Obstetric) matters. Review and scrutinise expert reports and advice from panel solicitors, applying challenge and feedback as appropriate. Management of a caseload of the most complex, difficult and high risk inquest matters. To advise, prepare and support members of staff who are required to give evidence. Attend inquests as the Trust's representative, liaising with families or other IP legal representatives, conducting witness examination as required and making formal legal submissions to HM Coroner as appropriate. Review of commercial contracts, SLAs and agreements to identify areas of risk and advise Trust appropriately. Production of reports for, and attendance at, senior Trust meetings as required. Deputise for General Counsel in their absence across all matters. Oversees delivery within Healthcare Legal Services including planning and tracking of workloads and appropriate escalation to General Counsel. Line management, supervision and mentoring of the Legal Services team (Healthcare) including direct line management of other solicitors. When submitting your application please confirm whether you have used a generative AI tool (for example, Microsoft Copilot or ChatGPT) in preparing your application and, if so, briefly describe how you used it.