Trust Healthcare Solicitor

The post holder will work across the Trust and with other partner organisations:

To undertake investigation of clinical and non-clinical claims.

To attend Court and Coroner's Court and to provide advocacy on behalf of the Trust and NHS clients.

To ensure consistent management and professional leadership of the Trust's dedicated Legal Services Department; this will include supervision and line management of the Legal Team.

To identify trends and areas of concern that relate to patient safety or risk liaising with clinical leads as well as escalating to the Safety Event Group.

Work with Maternity Services to provide appropriate data in relation to Safety Action 10 to support the Trust in its submission and declaration to the Maternity Incentive Scheme.

To provide advice and training on specialist litigation issues.

This will include a proactive approach to claims processing, including reducing the amount of work contracted out to panel solicitors by increasing internal capability to handle pre-action disclosure within the Trust. The post holder will also be expected to deal with a number of claims if they involve complex and/or sensitive issues including those submitted by Litigants in Person.

This post is to provide the Trust with expert legal and practical advice in the area of healthcare law requiring excellent time management, prioritisation, professionalism and pragmatism with the ability to clearly communicate highly contentious, highly complex and highly sensitive information in a demanding environment that is frequently emotive, and patient focused.

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people


• We are one team


• We care


We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.