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Job Description
Band: 5
Hours: 37.5
Contract Type: Fulltime permanent
We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Paralegal to join our team at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
The main scope of this role will be to manage an allocated caseload of claims and inquests and provide support where required to the activities of other members of the team.
In this vital role you will be instrumental in identifying and reporting on trends and risk management issues ensuring the Trust remains proactive in addressing potential risks. Your collaboration with risk management and health and safety advisors will be key in maintaining a safe and compliant environment.
Additionally by escalating issues to the Head of Legal Services or Senior Paralegal you will play a critical role in the decisionmaking process supporting continuous learning and improvement within the organisation.
For full details please see the attached job description and person specification available here.
Qualifications :
Essential
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in the Health or Legal sectors
Experience
Essential
- Ability to communicate information to individuals/groups/committees in a comprehensive way.
- Confident in preparing and delivering basic written reports.
- Confident to deliver training presentations and/or reports to individuals groups and or committees.
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team with integrity and confidentiality managing own workload and demands
- Ability to handle difficult or complex situations with compassion and sensitivity.
Desirable
- Experience of legal processes including coronial and claims management.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of law and legal practice
- Competent in the use of a wide range of software eg: Microsoft Office Risk Management system Sharepoint
Additional Information :
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our onsite Nursery access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days our onsite Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ Race Equality and DisAbility and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education opinions culture ethnicity race sex gender identity and expression nation of origin age languages spoken veterans status colour religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
