Band 8b Legal Services Manager

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust ("BCHC") has a great opportunity for a Legal Services Manager to join us on a permanent full-time basis. The successful applicant will be a solicitor with a current Practicing Certificate looking for a diverse and challenging work environment within a dynamic and growing team., The Legal Services Manager role is based within our Information Governance & Legal Services Team, reporting to our Head of Information Governance & Legal Services. Our Legal Services Team is directly involved in and responsible for all the legal aspects of BCHC's activities, supporting all directorates including Clinical Directorates and specialist teams within our Corporate Directorate. We also work with and procure external Legal Services to support the Legal Services Team.
As the Legal Services Manager for BCHC, you will work collaboratively with our wider Corporate Governance Team and internal clients within BCHC, to ensure that legal tasks are carried out and coordinated efficiently. With your professional, confident and diligent manner, you will display exceptional communication skills in working with internal and external partners. You will also have excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise your workload, pay high attention to detail, and undertake your day to day role with minimal supervision.
As a practising solicitor you will represent BCHC in court proceedings, particularly in the Coroner's Court and the Court of Protection, and oversee claims made against the Trust.

+ A practising Solicitor with a current Practising Certificate
+ Significant experience of working within a legal team
+ Experience of managing legal staff / lawyers
+ Relevant experience of handling requests from HM Coroner
+ Experience of presenting in court and at inquests
+ Experience of producing reports
+ Relevant experience of providing training/raising awareness of legal issues
+ Experience of drafting legal documents
+ Experience of negotiating settlements with damages and costs
+ Experience of using database and word processing software
+ Knowledge of relevant statutory obligations
Desirable:
+ Relevant experience (a minimum of three years' relevant post qualification experience gained in an in-house setting within England & Wales)
+ Good internal knowledge of the NHS
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you., Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a 'Great Place to Work'. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Benefits of working for us:
+ Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
+ Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
+ Discounts for local and national retailers
+ Dedicated well-being services for all employees
+ Flexible working where possible