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NHS England
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NHS England’s purpose is to create the conditions for an ambitious and high quality NHS. We empower our people and partners to solve problems, provide outstanding care for every patient and improve the nation's health.
Our 7 regional teams work directly with systems and NHS providers across the country. Each region acts as the interface between national strategy and local delivery, overseeing performance, supporting improvement and enabling transformation at scale.
Healthcare Lawyer
Closed for applications on: 3-Medi-2024 00:02
Statws y swydd wag: Closed
Closed for applications on: 3-Medi-2024 00:02
Manylion allweddol
Lleoliad
- Gwefan
- Wellington Place, Leeds or Wellington House, London
- Tref
- Leeds or London
- Cod post
- SE18UG
- Major / Minor Region
- Gorllewin Swydd Efrog
Math o gontract a phatrwm gwaith
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos
Cyflog
- Cyflog
- £62,215 - £72,293 pa
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 8b)
Arbenigedd
- Prif leoliad
- Healthcare Lawyer
Our Organisation
We share the core values set out in the NHS Constitution, which all colleagues are expected to demonstrate.
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement, whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
We are looking for a Healthcare Lawyer to join the Legal Team. The Legal Team is a part of NHS England’s Delivery Directorate and provides legal advice, support and expertise to the whole organisation to promote good decision making, controls and accountability to Parliament and to deliver better outcomes for patients. We provide an accessible, high quality legal service that enables NHS England to comply with the law, manage legal risk, make effective decisions and demonstrate itself as being a well-run leader of the NHS. The team is made up of a number of sub/mini teams known as Domains, each specialising in a particular area of law. This role sits within one of the Public Law domains.
The Healthcare Lawyer is a key member of the Corporate & Medicines domain, reporting into the Head of Public Law: Corporate & Medicines.
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The role of the Healthcare Lawyer is to support the Team in ensuring NHS England is a legally compliant organisation to advise upon and manage all aspects of legal risk and to make sure NHS England makes the most effective use of its legal powers for the benefit of patients.
You will provide advice on the underpinning legislation for NHS England and other applicable law, including advice to senior decision makers often personally and at pace, as well as maintaining and improving an agile advice service for others in the organisation. This frequently means having a fast, solutions focus, the ability to articulate risk and the provision of advice that facilitates informed and efficient decision making.
Candidates will also need a high degree of resilience, the ability to work on sensitive matters with diplomacy and discretion and highly developed communication skills that enable the delivery of accurate, concise and facilitative advice to the organisation. The abilities to prioritise effectively, despite multiple competing deadlines and to work without supervision analysing facts, applying the law and conveying advice in a concise and accessible way are key skills required for this role. You will need to build good relationships with others in the team, the rest of the organisation and external lawyers, working with the rest of the Domains to ensure the team is joined up and risks are escalated appropriately.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
The NHS is committed to building an inclusive personal, fair and diverse health and care system and a workplace where belonging, equity, diversity and inclusion are treasured. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
The main duties and responsibilities of the role are set out in the Job Description which includes the required and desirable criteria for the role. Please familiarise yourself with this document before applying.
Candidates for the role must have significant experience of advising in or for the public sector across one or more relevant areas of legal practice, including public law, and evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
The post holder will need the ability to advise on public law in a health setting and to provide senior decision makers with pragmatic, facilitative advice at pace in the context of NHS England’s legal landscape. The Public Law domains advise on public and health care law, including the exercise of NHS England statutory functions and duties, across a range of different areas. In particular, the Public Law: Corporate & Medicines Domain undertakes a wide range of legal work in relation to NHS England’s internal governance, its general statutory functions, finance (including the NHS Payment Scheme), Emergency Preparedness (EPRR) functions and advice to the Medicines Value and Access (MVA) team which facilitates the purchasing of medicines across the NHS. Candidates will need to demonstrate they have, or are able to develop rapidly, an understanding of the legal framework within which NHS England operates and an understanding of more than one of the domain’s areas of work[FP1] . In addition to public law experience, some knowledge and experience of contracts and public procurement would be an advantage (but not essential) as we support MVA medicines procurement.
The large volume and breadth of legal advice provided by the Legal Team means the postholder will need to work dynamically and at pace, delivering against competing priorities and deadlines, ensuring the Head of domain is kept informed of new, key or high-risk matters. The post holder will need to maintain high levels of accuracy whilst working to tight and often changing timescales, and plan and deliver legal projects and services on time.
The post holder will have oversight of their portfolio of work within the domain and be responsible for: outsourcing as well as providing legal advice personally; managing external legal advice and firms; meeting domain reporting requirements; securing the collation of domain data via our case management system to ensure quality and value for money legal advice.
The post holder will support the Head of Public Law: Corporate & Medicines to lead the domain and work with them to assure the Deputy Director of Legal of the smooth running of the domain, escalating legal risk and domain issues swiftly and effectively and supporting the Head to deliver domain and wider team objectives and deliverables.
The post holder will need to work well with, and learn from, others in the domain, the wider team, the wider organisation, external firms and others outside the organisation who we work with. The post holder will be a positive, supportive member of the domain and wider team, contributing to wider team projects and deliverables as required. The post holder will have a commitment to quality and the promotion of high standards in all they do. They will demonstrate self-awareness and consistently look to improve their work, seek and welcome constructive feedback and actively develop themselves with the support of their line manager.
Gofynion yr ymgeisydd
Manyleb y person
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive with extensive post-qualification experience and educated educated to master’s level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area of public law
Knowledge & experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of advising in or for the public sector across one or more relevant areas of legal practice (including public law)
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of advising an NHS or health related public body . Experience of advising on one or more of the relevant legal areas covered by the Corporate & Medicines domain. Experience of contracts and procurement (in addition to public law).
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Evidence of developed legal advisory and drafting skills, including evidence of effective communication of legal advice in writing and orally
- Evidence of the ability to: work efficiently with minimal supervision; prioritise effectively; and manage challenging deadlines .
Values
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Evidence that the candidate works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, contributes to team activities as well as individual work and involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
Dogfennau
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Fiona Payne
- Teitl y swydd
- Head of Public Law- Corporate & Medicines
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
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