Crynodeb o'r swydd
- Prif leoliad
- Legal Services
- Gradd
- Band 7
- Contract
- Cyfnod Penodol: 5 mis (Ends on the 31st of January 2025)
- Oriau
- Rhan-amser - 22.5 awr yr wythnos
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 249 - 6460340
- Cyflogwr
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- Great Western Hospital
- Tref
- Swindon
- Cyflog
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 25/08/2024 08:00
Teitl cyflogwr
Legal Services and Inquest Manager
Band 7
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
5 Month - Fixed Term Contract
A fantastic and exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, experienced and enthusiastic individual to work within the Insights and Learning team at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon as the Legal Services and Inquest Manager.
Would you like to be part of a dynamic and highly motivated team to improve patient care, whilst ensuring effective working relationships across the trust. The ideal candidate must have a flexible proactive attitude as they will work alongside clinical teams across organisational and professional boundaries to support the delivery of high-quality patient centered care.
You should have experience and understanding in all aspects of healthcare law, demonstrable organisational skills and be able to work autonomously and as part of a team. Previous experience of working within a health care setting would be desirable.
A flexible approach is needed to manage the changing picture of healthcare legal services in line with the National agenda.
You will join an existing Legal Services and Inquest Manager to support the service for a period of maternity leave cover.
GWH is in an excellent location, convenient for the M4, surrounded by the Wiltshire countryside and with good links to the Cotswolds, Bath, Oxford and Bristol.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
- To ensure a legal services framework agreement is in place and is up-to-date.
- To provide healthcare legal advice to all groups of staff based on the analysis and interpretation of complex information to enable the Trust to make informed decisions, instructing Trust solicitors where formal advice is needed for highly complex matters in accordance with the Trust Protocol for Accessing Legal Services.
- Using specialist knowledge interpret existing and new legislation to keep the Trust Board and Senior Management updated on relevant legislation and legal framework.
- To ensure that medical, nursing and managerial staff affected by claims and inquests are kept updated with regards to progress, decision-making and that they are fully prepared and supported.
- To liaise with Trust solicitors, defendant solicitors, the NHS Resolution, the Coroner’s court, Police and other external bodies as appropriate.
- To present highly complex, sensitive and contentious information relating to legal matters to groups of staff and senior managers at meetings or in other circumstances, overcoming often significant barriers to acceptance in potentially hostile or antagonistic environments.
- To provide regular reports to the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee, the Executive Committee and to the Patient Quality Committee on legal services, legal claims and inquests.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:
- Service We will put our patients first
- Teamwork We will work together
- Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
- Respect We will act with integrity
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
To work with the wider Inquests and Learning team to implement and embed the Patient Safety Incident Review Framework in relation to legal services.
Please see attached JD for full responsibilities.
Manyleb y person
Education, Qualifications and Training
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Educated to masters level or equivalent
- Legal diploma (post-graduate level)
- Relevant IT packages
- Claims management Training
Meini prawf dymunol
- Claims management diploma
- Risk management qualification
- Management/leadership training
- Project management
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Legal Services
- Claims management
- Inquests
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Previous Health and Safety Role
- Previous risk management experience in any setting
- Previous experience in clinical governance
Knowledge and Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Excellent communication skills
- Confident public speaker
- Dealing with complex/contentious issues
- Project management skills
- Analytical skills
Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Helen Winter
- Teitl y swydd
- Head of Insights and Learning
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01793605391
Rhestr swyddi gyda Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust yn Gwasanaethau gweinyddol neu bob sector