Interim Legal Services Manager (Maternity Cover)

Integrated Care System; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A position for an Interim Legal Services Manager at a leading healthcare institution in Sheffield. This pivotal role will involve overseeing legal claims and providing expert advice to ensure legal compliance within the NHS framework. Candidates must have extensive experience in healthcare law and a relevant master's degree.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in healthcare-related legal cases.
• Strong understanding of NHS Resolution and Coroners' legislation.
• Proven ability to manage complex legal matters.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a caseload of NHS Resolution claims and inquests.
• Provide expert legal advice to senior clinicians and managers.
• Represent the Trust in Coroner's Court.

Skills

Expertise in healthcare law

Analytical ability

Negotiation skills

Leadership

Education

Master's degree or equivalent qualification

NHS leadership or management qualification

Job description

Go back Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Interim Legal Services Manager (Maternity Cover)

The closing date is 13 July 2025

As Legal Services Manager, you will oversee a caseload of NHS Resolution claims and Coroners' inquests; you will provide expert legal advice, manage sensitive and complex cases, and support staff through challenging legal processes. This is a pivotal role in ensuring legal compliance, minimising risk, and embedding learning across the Trust.

We are looking for someone with extensive experience in managing healthcare-related legal cases with:

• A strong understanding of NHS Resolution processes and Coroners' legislation.
• Excellent communication and advocacy skills, with the ability to provide compassionate support.
• A proven ability to manage complex, sensitive, and high-profile legal matters.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role are:

• To lead and manage the Legal Services Team, including line management and caseload oversight.
• Handle legal claims and inquests from initial notification to resolution, ensuring compliance with NHS Resolution and Coroners' legislation.
• Provide expert legal advice and support to senior clinicians, managers, and directors.
• Represent the Trust in Coroner's Court and liaise with external legal bodies.
• Analyse legal data and produce reports to inform governance and learning.
• Deliver training on legal processes to senior staff across the Trust.

About us

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest providers of integrated hospital and community-based healthcare providing a comprehensive range of local and tertiary services.

You'll be part of an integrated Quality Governance Department committed to enhancing patient and staff safety.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of a maximum of twelve months due to maternity leave of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and statutory maternity provisions.

Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

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.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent level qualification and/or equivalent level of recent relevant experience.
• NHS leadership or management qualification

Experience

• Substantial, proven experience within the field of healthcare law, including managing litigation and inquests, for or on behalf of the NHS.
• Experience of the inquest process including supporting clinicians, providing representation and liaising with HM Coroner and officers including managing and maintaining relationships
• Experience in the management of litigation claims including the autonomous management of a litigation caseload
• Experience of managing staff, including recruitment and management of HR issues.
• Experience of negotiating with and influencing at all levels of seniority

Skills and Knowledge

• Expertise in healthcare law, including litigation and inquests
• Ability to analyse complex information from a range of sources
• Understanding of the internal and external context within which NHS bodies operate, with particular reference to healthcare law

Personal Qualities

• Ability to provide leadership and work with senior leaders
• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships across an organisation and with external partner
• Credibility and enthusiasm for healthcare law
• Ability to be self-motivated and self-directed
• Enthusiasm and interest in ensuring others are trained and developed in healthcare law.
• Values diversity and difference; able to operate with integrity and openness

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£53,755 to £60,504 a yearPer annum pro rata for part time staff