Claims and Inquests Paralegal Apprentice

Job SummaryGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation is seeking applications for a Claims and Paralegal Apprentice to join its Clinical Legal Services Team. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to obtain a Level 3 Paralegal qualification via a 24-month apprenticeship, whilst gaining unique and valuable practical experience in a dynamic and busy in-house legal department. The intention is for the Paralegal Apprentice to work for 12 months in each of the Inquests and Claims teams (on rotation).Main duties of the jobThe Trust's Clinical Legal Services Team, Which Sits Within The Trust's Quality & Assurance Directorate And Is Led By The Trust's Head Of Clinical Legal Services, Provides The Following 3 Core Services To The Trust Clinical negligence and personal injury claims advice, management and support; Coroner's Inquests advice, management and support; and Healthcare law advice, management and support.The Claims and Inquests Paralegal Apprentice will undertake, subject to supervision, the day to day administrative tasks required to support the Trust's Clinical Legal Services Team, focusing particularly on the core Claims and Inquests services. The post-holder will be expected to cross-cover for the Claims and Inquests Managers as well as the other Claims and Inquests Paralegal Apprentice, when necessary, to support team resilience.About UsGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Janet Placid Job title: Directorate Office Manager Email address: janet.placid1@nhs.netFor more information or to arrange an informal chat with the recruiting manager, please contact Janet Placid