Senior Lawyer - GMPI Team

The Methodist Church in Britain; Cardiff; Híbrido; GBP 85.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Comprehensive benefits package

Agile working

Flexible working

Staff development and wellbeing

Inclusive workplace

Descripción de la vacante

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) seeks a senior legal professional to lead and oversee complex clinical negligence caseloads against GPs for Welsh health boards. The role supports the GMPI and Existing Liabilities Scheme, with an emphasis on training and supervising junior colleagues and enabling largely autonomous work with flexibility for home working.

The successful candidate will have substantial litigation rights in England & Wales (solicitor, CILExLitigator/Advocate, or

Formación

• Qualified solicitor with rights of audience in England and Wales, or CILEx Litigator/Advocate, or barrister admitted to the bar
• Substantial post-qualification litigation experience
• Experience drafting documents and presenting to non-legal staff
• Ability to train, supervise and develop junior team members
• Proven ability to build relationships with clients and manage complex caseloads

Responsabilidades

• Manage a complex caseload of clinical negligence litigation involving GPs and health bodies in Wales
• Assist the team manager with running the GMPI and ELS schemes
• Advise GPs on management of claims and related concerns
• Monitor claims data and contribute to strategic risk and change initiatives
• Train and supervise junior staff and mentor colleagues
• Develop client relationships and contribute to departmental reputation

Conocimientos

IT skills

Plain English communication

Negotiation

Prioritising and organising

Mentoring juniors

Stakeholder relationship management

Educación

Law degree

Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice

Descripción del empleo

This senior legal post sits in the GMPI and Primary Care Clinical Negligence team at NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, managing claims against GPs for Welsh health boards and trusts. The work centres on a complex clinical negligence caseload, supporting the team manager on the Scheme for GMPI and the Existing Liabilities Scheme, and advising GPs. The role includes training and supervising junior colleagues, with largely autonomous working and flexible or home working. Applicants need litigation and advocacy rights as a solicitor, CILEx Litigator and Advocate or barrister.

What the job involves

• Manage a complex caseload of clinical negligence litigation
• Assist the team manager with the day-to-day running of the Scheme for GMPI and the Existing Liabilities Scheme (ELS)
• Advise GPs and GP service providers in Wales on managing clinical negligence claims and concerns
• Support the team manager to review, monitor and assess claims data and information on claims against GPs
• Train, mentor and professionally supervise more junior team members on their casework
• Play a strategic role in the department and build close client relationships
• Work autonomously, with supervision available when needed
• Help deliver change across Wales

What’s required

Qualifications

• Law degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, or equivalent
• Relevant legal knowledge

Registration & licences

• Litigation and advocacy rights as a solicitor admitted in England and Wales, CILEx Litigator and Advocate (Civil), or barrister admitted to the bar in England and Wales

Experience

• Substantial post-qualification litigation experience in the relevant field of law
• Extensive experience drafting documents
• Experience of making presentations to non-legal staff

Skills & knowledge

• IT skills, including the ability to learn new technologies and systems
• Communicating in plain English with staff, directors and others on complex processes
• Negotiating in difficult or emotional circumstances
• Prioritising and organising own work while leading the team
• Ability and enthusiasm to train, mentor and professionally supervise junior team members
• Ability and enthusiasm to grow the department's work and build the team's reputation inside and outside the NHS

Other

• Demonstrating how personal qualities match NWSSP's values of listening and learning, working together, taking responsibility and innovating
• Willingness to undertake further professional development
• Ability to travel to various locations to carry out the duties
• Conscientious, confident, flexible and professional approach, and recognition of own capabilities

Nice to have

• Higher degree
• NHS background, knowledge of NHS structure and healthcare-related law
• Defendant clinical negligence experience
• Experience of making presentations to legal staff
• Experience of writing reports for senior and executive audiencesHigher advocacy skills
• Experience of using social media to promote professional achievements and enhance the firm's reputation
• Welsh language skills at levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading and writing

What’s offered

• Comprehensive benefits package, detailed on the NWSSP website
• Agile working, including working from home
• Flexible working
• Commitment to staff development and wellbeing
• Inclusive workplace focused on wellbeing and belonging