£63,150 - £73,379 per annum, pro rata
This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving and growing team which provides advice and support to clients across Wales in respect of Inquests. As a senior lawyer, you will be a key member of the team, supervising others and delivering training whilst providing high quality legal services to our NHS clients. The role involves having your own caseload of complex Inquest matters and conducting advocacy.
Main duties of the job
Legal and Risk Services are looking for an experienced Inquest solicitor capable of working with minimum supervision. Candidates are sought that fit with the values of the NHS in Wales to be open and transparent about inquest investigations and to help ensure lessons are learned.
The post will be suitable for solicitors, barristers or legal executives with experience in Mental Health and Clinical Negligence, and advocacy in multi-day Article 2 inquests before juries.
As a senior member of the team, the candidate will also be expected to train, mentor and professionally supervise more junior members.
The ideal candidate for the above position must have good communication skills, a confident approach to work and can demonstrate our core values:
- Listening and Learning
- Working Together
- Taking Responsibility
- Innovating
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we have high standards and expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening & Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility & Innovating, whilst ensuring trust, honesty and compassion are implicit in everything that we do.
We are adaptable, agile and flexible and pride ourselves on being a learning organisation - one where it is safe to make mistakes, where blame is replaced by opportunity, learning and improvement. Innovation is built into everything that we do.
We recognise our people regularly and have an Appreciation Station, to encourage staff to applaud exemplary behaviour in one another, alongside an Annual Staff Recognition Award ceremony aligned to our values.
We respect and value our people and strive for a culture of compassion and inclusivity. We are a bilingual organisation, and we have a team of Change Champions who advocate ‘This is Our NWSSP’ our principal change programme. Similarly, PROUD is our new staff network welcoming LGBT+ colleagues and allies to come together in a safe space for discussions, event planning and the opportunity to build supportive networks.
We have a comprehensive benefits package where there is something for everyone, supporting health, engagement and wellbeing and includes an Employee Assistance Programme. We have over 30 Mental Health First Aiders and work in partnership with local and national organisations to ensure the well-being and resilience of our people.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Law degree & Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (or equivalent)
- A qualified lawyer who is either of the following: A qualified solicitor admitted to the roll of solicitors of England and Wales - A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) and where the specialist area of law described in the role profile includes civil litigation, the postholder is required to have been awarded the CILEx Civil Proceedings Advocacy certification. - A qualified barrister admitted to the bar in England and Wales.
- Relevant Legal Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- NHS/public sector background
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial relevant post qualification experience in relevant field/fields of law as specified in the role profile i.e. litigation gained through practice.
- Extensive experience in drafting documents.
- Experience of managing people.
Desirable criteria
- Extensive experience of reviewing large numbers of documents
- Extensive experience in drafting documents
- Experience of managing people
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- IT Skills/Computer literate to include the ability to learn new technologies and IT introduced.
- Ability to communicate in all formats on complex business and legal processes.
- Ability to negotiate in often difficult or emotional circumstances
- Ability to prioritise and organise own work whilst being an effective leader of the team
- Ability to recognise own capabilities
- Ability and enthusiasm to train, mentor and professionally supervise more junior members of the team
- Ability and enthusiasm to grow the work of the department and to build on and broaden the team’s reputation within and outside the NHS
Desirable criteria
- Experience of writing reports suitable for senior and executive level audiences
- Higher Advocacy Skills
- Experience of using social media to promote individual professional achievements and to enhance Legal and Risk’s reputation.
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Other
Essential criteria
- Willing to undertake further professional development
- Able to travel to undertake the duties of the post at various locations
- Demonstrate how your personal qualities match against our NWSSP core values: Listening and learning - Working together - Taking responsibility & Innovating
- Deliver excellent customer service to our internal and external customers, helping us to maintain the customer service excellence standard
We are committed to flexible working and equal opportunities.
If you are short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the email address with which you registered. Please ensure that you check your email account regularly.
Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.
When applying for this post it is essential that you read the Job Description and Person Specification (where available) and demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted.
Closing date: 27 Febraury 2025
For further information or to apply, please click on the 'Enquire/Apply' button below.
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