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Legal Support Officer - Band 4 

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Corporate Nursing and Integrated Governance Unit for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Legal Support Officer.

You will require commitment, passion and motivation in assisting the Head of Legal Services. You will need vision and excellent organisational skills. To succeed in the role you will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to enable you to work with varying levels of managers, clinicians and administrative colleagues. You will need to be able to demonstrate excellent time management skills as you will need to balance the demands of a very busy workload.

If you believe you have the skills, enthusiasm and ambition to join our team, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Preparation of Coroner's Investigations and Compensation Claims

• Compilation, bundling and redaction of records.
• Support with document management.
• Arrangement of meetings on behalf of Team Members.
• Witness Tracking.

General:

• Admin support across the Legal Team.
• Respond to internal and external enquiries, either written, email, face to face or telephone using empathy and judgement and taking appropriate action including giving (or withholding) potentially complex and sensitive data as appropriate.

• Maintaining confidentiality at all times and making file notes for legal purposes.
• Work confidently with a variety of information management systems and computer software packages.
• Send and receive sensitive information within and outside the Trust securely and without delay, using relevant protection and encryption systems.
• To assist the Integrated Legal Team with a wide range of legal enquiries and reports, prioritising and escalating to the Claims and Legal Services Manager, as appropriate.
• To provide cover and support across the Legal Team
• Support improvements and initiatives within the Legal Team.
• Work within the procedural guidelines.
• Ensure deadlines are met and take appropriate action to make sure that work is completed to given timescales.
• To participate in the Trust's supervision and appraisal system.
• Ensure attendance at training as appropriate to the needs of the role.

Working for our organisation

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners. 

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate: 

• Safety 
• Care 
• Respect 
• Communication 
• Learning 

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population. 

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people. 

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.