Interim Head of Legal Services | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust - Canterbury - ref. n48865115
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an interim Head of Legal Services within East Kent Hospitals.
The post holder shallprovide the Trust with expert legal and practical advicein the area ofhealthcare law requiring excellent time management, prioritisation,professionalismand pragmatism with the ability to clearly communicate highly contentious,highly complexandhighly sensitiveinformation in a demanding environment that isfrequentlyemotive,and patient focused.
Working across the Trust and with other partner organisations;- 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 provide advice and training on specialist litigation issues.
- To work autonomously within delegated levels of authority. Freedom totake actionbased on own interpretation of professional/relevant policies and law,advisingthe organisation on how these should be interpreted and implemented.
- Advising the organisation how tointerpret law/cases when managing/responding to legal claims. The role is a specialist role whichis able toact within broad occupational policies and only seeking advice as necessary from external specialists.
- Tomaintainones,own high professional standards and actively seek opportunities to develop self and others within the Legal Team.
- To be professionally responsible for own workload and workload of the Legal Team, including ongoing prioritisation of workload of the whole team.
- To work within the business standards code of practice for senior managers.
- To use managerial and judgement skills to analysehighly complexsituations and formulateappropriate solutions/responses.
- To work within Trust policies and procedures
We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country.Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
For more details please refer to the job description and personal specification located under 'supporting documents'.
This advert closes on Friday 25 Oct 2024