Deputy Head of Legal Services
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing Legal Services Department within Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. The role involves providing in-house legal advice, managing medico-legal issues, and supporting clinical teams. You will deputise for the Head of Legal Services, including line management responsibilities, and contribute to risk management and clinical governance processes. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in healthcare law and team management, with excellent communication and organizational skills.
Essential criteria
- Experience in a legal team
- Handling Inquests in Coroners court, including advocacy
- Handling Clinical and non-clinical personal injury claims
- Teaching/training experience on legal topics
- Experience as a line manager/supervisor
Desirable criteria
- oExperience of working in Legal Services in the NHS
- Educated to degree level
- Healthcare related legal or clinical qualifications
- Qualified legal professional with current practising certificate for England & Wales
- Undergraduate or post graduate qualification in law
- Principles and processes of civil litigation, UK Courts and Tribunals, Civil Procedure Rules
- Key medico-legal issues in the NHS/healthcare
- Principles of clinical and corporate governance in the NHS
- Experience in a legal team
- Handling Inquests in Coroners court, including advocacy
- Handling Clinical and non-clinical personal injury claims
- Teaching/training experience on legal topics
- Experience as a line manager/supervisor
- [contact details removed] in Legal Services in the NHS
- Educated to degree level
- Healthcare related legal or clinical qualifications
- Qualified legal professional with current practising certificate for England & Wales
- Undergraduate or post graduate qualification in law
- Principles and processes of civil litigation, UK Courts and Tribunals, Civil Procedure Rules
- Key medico-legal issues in the NHS/healthcare
- Principles of clinical and corporate governance in the NHS
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Deputy Head of Legal Services
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a well-established and high-performing team within the Legal Services Department.
You will need to have recent and significant experience in the field of healthcare law and management of people within a legal team environment. You should be self-motivated and enthusiastic, with excellent written and verbal communication skills, an eye for accuracy and detail, and a desire to ensure high quality care and services to patients, staff and the public.
You will deputise for the Head of Legal Services in all matters, and be responsible for line management of Legal Services staff as required.
You will be responsible for providing legal advice and services to Trust staff across a wide range of matters, including supporting clinical teams in learning from claims and inquests, and contributing to other patient safety initiatives.
An ability to work with minimal supervision and manage day to day systems, processes and teams whilst managing a personal workload is essential.
Main duties of the job
To provide professional in-house legal advice and services across a range of matters, but particularly in relation to medico-legal issues; undertake factual investigations of Clinical Negligence, Public Liability and Emp
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