Claims and Litigation Manager

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in London seeks a legal professional to manage claims and provide legal advice on various work-related issues. Responsibilities include overseeing inquests, clinical negligence, and ensuring compliance with legal policies. The role requires strong leadership skills to manage the legal services team effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing claims and litigation within a healthcare setting.
• Strong legal knowledge in clinical negligence and personal injury.

Responsibilities

• Manage all claims, litigation and inquests for the Trust.
• Provide legal advice on work-related issues.
• Ensure timely provision of information to Coroners.

Job description

Manage all claims, litigation and inquests and to provide or manage legal advice from enquiries within the Trust on a wide range of work-related legal issues.

• Providing legal advice in relation to and managing all inquests involving Trust patients, ensuring the timely provision of information required by Coroners and providing support to staff involved in this process.
• Managing all potential and actual clinical negligence, personal injury and property claims against the Trust and providing legal advice in relation to these where warranted.
• Managing ex-gratia payments for losses and damages claims by patients, staff and the public.
• Contributing information and reports to the risk management systems for learning lessons to support staff to deliver the Trust Risk and Governance Strategy and Objectives.
• Ensuring the Trust is adequately insured against defined risks.
• Bringing to the attention of Senior Management, issues relating to reputational risk.
• Reviewing policies for legal compliance and providing input on difficult complaint cases.
• Managing the legal services team to ensure the Trust’s legal services provision runs efficiently and safely and contributing to the development and leadership of the Trust’s legal services team.

The Legal Services team is based at Royal Bethlem Hospital and is a small, friendly and diligent group working closely on all cases.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Colan Ash, Job title: Head of Risk and Assurance, Email address: [e-mail], Telephone number: 07858 686560.