Senior Legal Counsel

Nuffield Health; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health charity in the UK is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join their Legal team. This role involves advising on legal matters, drafting and negotiating contracts, and supporting corporate transactions. Ideal candidates will have at least 10 years of PQE in healthcare law and strong compliance expertise. The position offers a hybrid working model and a competitive salary.

Benefits

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in healthcare law in an in-house or specialist private practice setting.
• Ability to translate complex legal issues into practical business advice.
• Confidence working independently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Advise on legal, regulatory, and governance matters.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and clinical contracts.
• Support corporate transactions and enhance governance compliance.
• Deliver in-house training and legal updates to teams.
• Monitor legislative developments and advise on their impact.

Skills

Regulatory and compliance expertise

NHS contracting experience

Corporate transactional knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Proactive and commercially minded

Education

UK-qualified solicitor or barrister with 10 years' PQE

Job description

Overview

Senior Legal Counsel (Clinical & Corporate)
Barbican & Epsom | Hybrid Working (2 days a week) | Legal & Governance | Permanent
Competitive salary available, depending on experience
37.5 hours per week

Nuffield Health is the charity that's building a healthier nation, one day at a time. From award-winning hospitals and leisure facilities to flagship community programmes - we'll do whatever it takes to look after the UK's wellbeing. It starts with passion and commitment to quality. It starts with you.

We're looking for a Senior Legal Counsel (Clinical & Corporate) to join our Legal team and play a pivotal role in supporting our strategic goals while managing risk and ensuring compliance. Reporting to the Chief Legal & Governance Officer, you'll be part of a friendly, forward-thinking team in a dynamic organisation that values development and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Advise on legal, regulatory, and governance matters across our Hospitals and Clinical teams, including CMA compliance.

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial and clinical contracts (e.g. NHS and private medical insurer agreements).

• Support corporate transactions such as acquisitions, disposals, and strategic collaborations.

• Enhance governance and compliance through policy development and risk mitigation.

• Deliver in-house training and legal updates to clinical and hospital teams.

• Monitor legislative developments and advising on their impact.

• Deputise for the Chief Legal & Governance Officer on charity and company secretarial matters.

• Manage relationships with external legal advisors.

Qualifications

• A UK-qualified solicitor or barrister with at least 10 years' PQE, ideally gained in healthcare law within an in-house or specialist private practice setting. You bring:

• Strong regulatory and compliance expertise, ideally in healthcare.

• Experience with NHS contracting and commercial agreements.

• Corporate transactional knowledge.

• Ability to translate complex legal issues into practical business advice.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills.

• A proactive, pragmatic, and commercially astute mindset.

• Confidence working independently in a fast-paced environment.

• You'll thrive in our collegiate Legal & Assurance team, which includes Risk & Assurance, Data Protection, and Information Security.

Benefits

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options.

At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.

Apply today… It starts with you.