Inquest And Claims Administrator

St Marys Hospital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to Work

Car lease schemes

Season ticket loan

Onsite leisure facilities

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust seeks a Medico-Legal Administrator to support the Claims and Inquest team in managing clinical negligence, inquests, and liability claims. You will coordinate a busy caseload, prepare papers, and maintain precise case records while liaising with clinicians, patients, and external bodies.

The role emphasizes confidentiality, deadlines, and high-quality administrative support within a specialist legal services unit committed to patient care and service

Qualifications

• Law degree required and CILEx qualification or equivalent expected.
• Experience in NHS legal department or similar service preferred.
• Familiarity with Ideagen and NHSR Claims Wizard is essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the Trust caseload of losses and compensation claims.
• Support clinical negligence and employer/public liability claims.
• Assist with inquest documentation and prepare papers/minutes.
• Maintain accurate electronic case records and liaise with clinicians, patients, solicitors and HM Coroner's Office.

Education

Law Degree

CILEx Associate or Graduate (or equivalent)

Tools

Ideagen

NHSR Claims Wizard

Incident reporting systems

Job description

Job overview

We are looking for a Medico-Legal Administrator to join our friendly, experience and supportive Legal Services team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

This is a varied role supporting the management of clinical negligence claims, inquests, employer and public liability claims, and losses and compensation claims.

No two days will be the same and you'll work closely with senior clinicians, managers, NHS Resolution, HM Coroner's Office, solicitors and patients, providing high- quality administrative support and helping ensure complex legal matters are managed efficiently and within strict deadlines.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop specialist knowledge within an experienced team while making a meaningful contribution to patient care and the Trust's legal services.

Main duties of the job

• You will provide comprehensive administrative support to the Claims and Inquest Manager and Claims and Inquest Coordinators, across a broad range of medico-legal work.
• Your responsibilities will include coordinating the Trust caseload of losses and compensation claims, supporting clinical negligence and employer/public liability claims, assisting with the collation of inquest documentation, preparing meeting papers and minutes, maintaining accurate electronic case records, and liaising with clinicians, patients, solicitors, HM Coroner's Office and other internal and external stakeholders.
• The role requires excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage confidential information sensitively while working to statutory and legal deadlines.
• You will prioritise your own workload, respond to enquiries and contribute to the smooth running of a busy specialist department.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Law Degree
• CILEx Associate or Graduate (or equivalent).

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of continued learning/development
• Capsticks diploma in clinical risk and claims management

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience of working within an NHS legal department or similar service.
• Experience of using Ideagen and incident reporting systems
• Experience of using NHSR Claims Wizard

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in the healthcare Sector
• Data Protection Act

Right to work

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on

We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).

Vacancy Closing Date

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.