Regional Legal Counsel

NHS; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a qualified solicitor or barrister for the role of Regional Legal Counsel. The role involves providing high-quality legal advice, managing a varied caseload, and acting as a strategic partner within the business. The ideal candidate has significant post-qualification experience and is comfortable across multiple legal domains. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

33 days annual leave

Wellbeing support and activities

24 hour GP Service

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience in law.
• Comfortable working across multiple areas of law.
• Ability to prioritize and handle competing demands.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality legal advice and manage a varied caseload.
• Act as a strategic legal business partner to internal stakeholders.
• Support legal policy development and internal training.

Skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Legal risk management

Interpersonal skills

Education

Qualified solicitor or barrister

Job description

This is a role for a qualified solicitor or barrister with significant post-qualification experience and an entitlement to practise law in England and Wales. As a Regional Legal Counsel, you will provide high-quality legal advice, aligned to one or more operational regions within Elysium Healthcare. You will have a high degree of autonomy in your work and will be a strategic business partner, supporting the operational functions and business to achieve its strategic priorities.

Main duties of the job

As a Regional Legal Counsel, you will provide timely, high-quality legal advice across key areas of law, manage a varied caseload with autonomy and sound judgment, act as a strategic legal business partner to internal stakeholders, support legal policy development and internal training, contribute to cross-functional projects and initiatives, communicate legal risk clearly to non-legal audiences, and assist the General Counsel on complex and/or high-value legal matters. You will be responsible for the delivery of legal advice that is business-focused, accurate and appropriate, allowing the company to reduce its risk of exposure while achieving its commercial and business objectives.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Job responsibilities

Are you a qualified solicitor or barrister with significant post qualification experience and an entitlement to practise law in England and Wales? If so, join Elysium Healthcare as a Regional Legal Counsel!

As Regional Legal Counsel you will provide high-quality legal advice, aligned to one or more operational regions within Elysium. You will have regard to the need for appropriate management of legal risk and delivery of legal services to Elysium, advising across a range of areas of law which affect the regional functions.

Your day-to-day workload will include advising on a wide range of matters including in the areas of commercial, corporate, dispute resolution, employment, procurement, construction, property and planning law.

As a strategic business partner, you will support the operational functions and business generally to achieve its strategic priorities and be integral to the delivery of its objectives. Reporting to the General Counsel, you will have a high degree of autonomy in the work you deliver.

As part of a wider legal, risk and governance team, you will work cooperatively and collaboratively with other members of the team to provide support and solutions to all levels of the business, including frontline staff, heads of departments, strategic leads, and operations and executive directors.

As a Regional Legal Counsel, you will:

• Provide timely, high-quality legal advice across key areas of law.
• Manage a varied caseload with autonomy and sound judgment.
• Act as a strategic legal business partner to internal stakeholders.
• Support legal policy development and internal training.
• Contribute to cross-functional projects and initiatives.
• Communicate legal risk clearly to non-legal audiences.
• Assist and work alongside the General Counsel on complex and/or high-value legal matters, for example on commercial contracts, strategic procurements, corporate or property acquisitions/disposals, material litigation, and regulatory compliance.
• Have responsibility for the delivery of legal advice that is business–focused, accurate and appropriate so allowing the company to reduce its risk of exposure at the same time as achieving its commercial and business objectives.
• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements whether in respect of complex and/or high-value legal matters or in support of more day-to-day business.
• Advise the business on the resolution of commercial disputes.
• Assist the General Counsel on the development of appropriate company policies, processes and/or training for the areas covered by the legal team.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary project teams, offering legal analysis and problem-solving input to support strategic objectives.
• Instruct, supervise and manage external lawyers as and when required.
• Act as a key business partner to the regional functions, including creating and strengthening relationships with key colleagues.
• Provide regular updates to the General Counsel on workload, emerging risks, and key matters.
• Provide general legal advice and support to the regional HR teams on complex employment law issues as and when required.
• Support other lawyers within the legal team as and when required (e.g. to cover annual leave).

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Be a qualified solicitor or barrister with significant post-qualification experience and an entitlement to practise law in England and Wales.
• Have a hands-on approach to legal work and be comfortable working across multiple areas of law – for example, commercial, corporate, competition, litigation, property, employment.
• Possess an ability to identify and minimise corporate legal risk.
• Have strong communication and interpersonal skills both verbally and in writing.
• Be a self-starter, proactive and commercially minded.
• Demonstrate skills of creative problem solving, with a can-do attitude.
• Work well under pressure, with the ability to prioritise and handle competing demands.

What you will get:

• Competitive annual salary
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• 24 hour GP Service to ensure you are the best you can be.
• Access to Stream, to help you manage your finances.
• Career development and trainingto help youachieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Packageso you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• You will be a qualified solicitor or barrister with significant post-qualification experience and an entitlement to practise law in England and Wales. You will have a hands-on approach to legal work and be comfortable working across multiple areas of law, possess an ability to identify and minimise corporate legal risk, have strong communication and interpersonal skills, be a self-starter, proactive and commercially minded, and demonstrate skills of creative problem solving with a can-do attitude.

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.

Depending on experienceSalary expectations will be discussed at interview stage.