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Litigation and Inquest Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 18 Rhagfyr 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | £26,530.00 i £29,114.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £26530.00 - £29114.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 29 Rhagfyr 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Chesterfield, S44 5BL |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9166-24-0612 |
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Clinical Negligence Claims Management Under the guidance of the Litigation & Inquest Co-ordinator, manage a portfolio of potential and confirmed clinical negligence claims Tasks include but are not limited to: Investigate and respond to all disclosure queries from claimants solicitors. Review all available healthcare records and liaise with the Patient Records Data Office, all Departments and Divisions to identify and locate all relevant records pertaining to a case. Where a serious incident/complaint identifies a breach of duty and there is the possibility of a large value claim report to NHS Resolution irrespective of whether or not a claim has been notified or a disclosure request received. Update the Assistance and Complaints Service (ACS) Team of any new claim where there has previously been a complaint. Set up and maintain the Trust file for each claim. Ensure that all clinical negligence claims are logged on the DATIX database and update the information as required until the claim is closed. Ensure that confirmed clinical negligence claims are reported to National Health Service Resolution and that the Trust meets the time scales set down in NHS Resolution reporting requirements. Act as the Trusts named point of contact with NHS Resolution, Trust solicitors and claimants solicitors. Liaise with NHS Resolution, all solicitors (both defendant and claimant) and staff involved to facilitate the efficient handling of clinical claims. Ensure all clinical negligence claims are investigated and managed efficiently in accordance with Trust Policy, pre-action protocol and civil procedure rules. With support from the Litigation & Inquest Co-ordinator identify across all staff groups, colleagues who are likely to have information and knowledge which would be material and useful to the Trust in the conduct of the claim. Where staff have left the Trust undertake reasonable searches to locate them and request their comments. Ensure that following requests for limitation extensions from a claimants solicitor, healthcare records are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and NHSR is consulted for approval or refusal where appropriate. Assigning work to and requesting comments on allegations, evidential reports/statements from all appropriate Clinicians. Provide the Litigation & Inquest Co-ordinator the clinicians statements for proof reading, before disclosing; and ensuring that these are provided within the deadlines to prevent any unnecessary delays to the process. On occasion provide cover for the Litigation & Inquest Co-ordinator in supporting to the Trusts Solicitors, the Trust, and Royal Primary Care staff at internal and external case conferences. Providing emotional signposting to staff involved in clinical negligence claims and supporting as appropriate. Ensure that the Executive Medical Director and the respective Divisional Leadership Team are kept fully informed of a claim as it develops. Gain timely approval of Pre-Action Protocol documents from the relevant Executive colleagues. Provide Divisional Leadership Teams and Litigation and Inquest Co-ordinator with regular updates on claims statistics along with a monthly Reportable Issues Log that can be shared with members of the Trusts Quality Delivery Group. For further information please see the Job Description.