Clinical Negligence Senior Lawyer

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Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.

Job Overview

We are seeking to recruit a senior experienced lawyer in the field of clinical negligence to join our growing team. If you would like to make a positive difference and work in an organisation which truly values its staff, this will interest you.

We are looking for people who have experience in clinical negligence litigation.

The ideal candidate must have good communication skills, a confident approach to work and can demonstrate our core values:

• Listening and Learning
• Working Together
• Taking Responsibility
• Innovating

Your role will initially be based at Companies House

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have a varied case load including birth injuries, multi-party claims and spinal injuries. You would be a senior member of one of our 4 clinical negligence teams and would support more junior members of staff, play a key strategic role in the department, and build close client relationships. We represent all the Health Boards and Trusts in Wales and pride ourselves on our relationships with our clients and the quality of our service. We are committed to innovation and efficiency. Our senior lawyers play a key role in delivering change across Wales. We are committed to the development and well-being of our staff.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.

Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.

Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.

Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone. To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process please visit https://nwssp.nhs.wales/working-for-us/

NWSSP work in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications And Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Law degree & Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (or equivalent)  A qualified lawyer who is either of the following: - A qualified solicitor admitted to the roll of solicitors of England and Wales. - A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) and where the specialist area of law described in the role profile includes civil litigation, the postholder is required to have been awarded the CILEx Civil Proceedings Advocacy certification. A qualified barrister admitted to the bar in England and Wales.  Relevant Legal Knowledge

Desirable criteria

• NHS/public sector background

Experience

Essential criteria

• 1. Substantial relevant post qualification experience in relevant field/fields of law as specified in the role profile i.e. litigation gained through practice. 2 Extensive experience in drafting documents. 3.Experience of managing people

Desirable criteria

• 1. Extensive experience of reviewing large numbers of documents 2. Defendant litigation/ experience in relevant field of law 3. Experience of making presentations to legal staff

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

• IT Skills/Computer literate to include the ability to learn new technologies and IT introduced.  Ability to communicate in all formats on complex business and legal processes.  Ability to negotiate in often difficult or emotional circumstances  Ability to prioritise and organise own work whilst being an effective leader of the team  Ability to recognise own capabilities  Ability and enthusiasm to train, mentor and professionally supervise more junior members of the team  Ability and enthusiasm to grow the work of the department and to build on and broaden the team’s reputation within and outside the NHS.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of writing reports suitable for senior and executive level audiences  Higher Advocacy Skills.  Experience of using social media to promote individual professional achievements and to enhance Legal and Risk’s reputation  Welsh speaker

Other

Essential criteria

• Willing to undertake further professional development  Able to travel to undertake the duties of the post at various locations.  Demonstrate how your personal qualities match against our NWSSP core values: - Listening and learning - Working together - Taking responsibility - Innovating

We are committed to flexible working and equal opportunities.

If you are short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the email address with which you registered. Please ensure that you check your email account regularly.

Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

When applying for this post it is essential that you read the Job Description and Person Specification (where available) and demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

• JD & PS English (PDF, 511.2KB)
• JD & PS Cymraeg (PDF, 719.9KB)
• O.H. Functional requirement form (PDF, 640.5KB)
• NWSSP Recruitment Services Privacy Notice (PDF, 696.3KB)
• NWSSP - About Us (PDF, 6.6MB)
• NWSSP - Our Benefits 2023 (PDF, 487.5KB)
• NWSSP - Buddion (PDF, 491.0KB)
• PCGC -Amdanom (PDF, 6.7MB)
• Guidance Notes for Applicants April 2024 (PDF, 278.7KB)
• IMTP Summary 2024-2027 (PDF, 13.7MB)
• IMTP Summary 2024-2027 - Cymraeg (PDF, 13.7MB)

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Sarah Watt Job title Head of Healthcare Litigation Email address Sarah.Watt@wales.nhs.uk