Paralegal

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Legal & Risk Services is a division of the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, based in Cardiff, which provides a litigation and comprehensive legal advisory service to the NHS. The above position provides a unique opportunity to develop your skills in an informal but challenging environment.

We are seeking to recruit paralegals to assist the Clinical Negligence Teams in the day-to-day management of the clinical negligence claims against the NHS in Wales. Working closely with solicitors and legal executives there may also be the opportunity of gaining experience within the following areas of law:

• Clinical negligence
• Inquests
• Personal injury
• Employment law
• Commercial law
• General advice on health related issues

The successful candidates will work under the close supervision of a Senior Lawyer and will undertake a variety of tasks such as reviewing documents including medical records, identifying and instructing medical and non‑medical experts, assisting with drafting pre‑action formal documents, undertaking legal research, entering relevant information on to the case management system and drafting advices to clients.

• Listening and learning
• Working together
• Taking responsibility
• Innovating

Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both internal and external customers. Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.

• Willing to undertake further professional development
• Experience of working in a team/s
• Understanding of the need to adhere to office guidelines and procedures
• Working to deadlines
• Law Degree (or equivalent)/Cilex qualification
• Analytical negotiating ability
• Ability to liaise and communicate with both internal and external personnel at all levels confidently
• IT skills/computer literate, ability to learn new technologies and IT introduced
• Ability to prioritise and organise own work
• Ability to recognise own capabilities
• Experience dealing with confidential, sensitive data and maintaining storage of sensitive records
• Experience of dealing with defendant/claimant personal injury or clinical negligence
• Defendant/Claimant personal injury or clinical negligence experience
• Knowledge of courts and litigation process

• Welsh Speaker
• Friendly and flexible approach to work
• Document drafting
• Defendant/Claimant personal injury or clinical negligence experience
• Experience dealing with confidential, sensitive data and maintaining storage of sensitive records
• LPC or equivalent
• Structure of the NHS

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focusing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people. We are committed to flexible working and equal opportunities.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland 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.

Welsh language skills are desirable. The following documents are available for download:

Job Description & Person Specification, Swydd Ddisgrifiad & Manyleb y Person, Occupational Health
- Functional requirements form, NWSSP Recruitment Services Privacy Notice, NWSSP – About Us, NWSSP – Our Benefits 2023, NWSSP – Buddion, PCGC –Amdanom, Guidance Notes for Applicants Nov
25, Intergrated Medium Term Plan , Intergrated Medium Term Plan  – Cymraeg.

Further details / informal visits contact:
Ross Flay, Senior Solicitor,