Legal Coordinator - Healthcare Regulatory

Department: Health Care and Public Law - Newcastle

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Newcastle

Description

DACB's Health, Care and Public Law Team provides legal advice and training to a wide range of organisations operating in the health and social care sector, including NHS Trusts, independent sector providers, charities, commissioners and investors.

The team is highly rated in Legal 500 and Chambers and recognised as a "very broad range of specialists and all, without exception, first class experts and great to work with"

We currently have an opportunity for a paralegal to join our team, with particular focus on working with our regulatory lawyers in delivery of advice and training to clients.

The Team plays an important role in DACB's broader Health practice, which is widely recognised as the leading strategic, commercial and regulatory legal adviser to the health and social care sector in the UK.

Key Responsibilities

Supporting the local team and the national Health, Care and Public Law Team, your day to day responsibilities will include:

• Administration and management of a comprehensive technical mental health law training programme delivered to clients from a range of health and social care providers;
• Assisting in the organisation of internal and external events, seminars, conferences and training sessions;
• Document collation and management, particularly in relation to complex regulatory investigation and enforcement proceedings and due diligence projects, including use of electronic document management systems to support with data sharing and data rooms, bundling, indexing and redaction;
• Attending meetings with team members to assist and take notes;
• Supporting administrative tasks (including financial administration and billing) as required

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Knowledge, relevant experience or a keen interest in the Health sector is an advantage.

We also expect the successful applicant to have/be:

• Attention to detail and a concern for quality;
• An outgoing, confident communicator with good oral and written communication skills;
• An enthusiastic, flexible, self-motivated and committed team player, happy to work on larger matters as part of a team with shared responsibilities;
• Strong organisational skills, together with the ability to manage deadlines and work under pressure;
• Ability to concentrate on routine tasks;
• Reliable, responsible and capable of following instructions;
• Strong interpersonal skills essential;
• IT literate;
• Team oriented and collegiate with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team

Additional Information

As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we're committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage (including the application, assessment or interview process), please contact recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com in confidence with the vacancy reference in the subject line, and we'll be happy to help.