General Counsel | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £83,571 - £96,376 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 May 2024 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L9 7AL |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6208752/287-CEF-24-24-A |
Summary
Are you the individual to help shape and develop the in-house legal team in LUHFT.
The Legal Service at LUHFT is a dynamic, growing and supportive team with the role providingan exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual to lead our Legal Services Department. As part of this, you will also act as the lead for the emerging Liverpool NHS Legal Services Collaborative with responsibility for the provision of legal services across a further two trusts commencing early in 2024.
Your work will make a positive difference to the quality of care we provide across the city, and the advice and expertise we provide. Coming on board now offers an exciting opportunity to shape and develop the provision of
in-house legal services for the NHS.
** Previous applicants need not apply**
The team’s work is impactful, and varied and includes:
• Providing expert advice to Board Members, Executive Directors, Senior Leaders and other staff within LUHFT and Legal
Services Collaborative member trusts in relation to relevant legal issues. This involves highly complex, highly sensitive, highly
confidential, and sometimes contentious information.
• Leading the further developing the innovative NHS Legal Services Collaborative for Liverpool; this is supported by NHS
England and the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System.
• Acting as the relationship manager for all external legal advice (clinical, commercial, workforce) and liaison with external
solicitors.
• Providing strategic direction, support and advice across in relation to legal services to all areas.
• Ensuring that risk management processes are followed for any risks identified through the legal and coronial process
All lawyers within the Legal Service Department provide advice, often to senior decision makers, personally and at pace. The team handles a fantastic range of interesting and challenging work in an environment where there is a good balance of autonomy and support. The focus of the team is on building relationships, understanding the organisations we serve and quality of output rather than time recorded or hours billed, which means there are plenty of opportunities to develop professionally.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Please refer to the attached Candidate Pack which provides additional information on the job description, main responsibilities and the essential criteria relating to this position.
This advert closes on Thursday 16 May 2024