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Paralegal Jobs in Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Title: Paralegal
Company: Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom
To work within the Legal Services Department handling a large and varied caseload covering a range of legal matters, but with an emphasis on coronial, clinical negligence and medico-legal matters. To provide advice, guidance, and support to the Trust in relation to legal proceedings and processes.
Under the management of the Head of Legal Services, to play a key role in providing professional legal support, advice and assistance on a Trust wide basis; to include interpreting various law and legal cases to provide advice and guidance.
To support the Trust’s involvement in inquest proceedings and support the medico-legal lawyers within the department by liaising with the Coroner’s Office, ensuring that documents are provided to the Coroner in accordance with deadlines, keeping administrative systems and processes up to date in terms of data recording, drafting witness statements, preparing witnesses for giving evidence, attending inquest hearings in a supportive capacity and highlighting emerging risks to the legal department and preparing/suggesting strategies on how to mitigate risk;
To support with other general legal matters when required at the direction of senior members of the department, which may include assisting and advising on legal queries from other departments, taking instructions, reviewing records and reports, drafting witness statements for tribunals and courts, preparing bundles and managing other administrative processes as needed to support the lawyers.
Contribute to the development of the Trust wide legal policies and procedures and the delivery of the legal strategic plan
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Angela Cunningham Job title: Head of legal services Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01256486775
