Legal Secretary
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
As a Legal Secretary, you will be an integral part of the Legal Services Team, managing claims, inquests, and in-house legal advice requests. You will act as a first point of contact for various enquiries and provide comprehensive administrative, secretarial, and IT support to lawyers. This role involves collating medical records for disclosure and collaborating with team members for accurate data recording and document production. The department handles a broad range of medico-legal matters, including claims, inquests, and Subject Access Requests.
Essential criteria
- RSA Typing Skills 3
- Legal secretarial qualification or equivalent experience
- Understanding of structure of NHS and medical specialties
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Inphase database
- RSA Typing Skills 3
- Legal secretarial qualification or equivalent experience
- Understanding of structure of NHS and medical specialties
- Knowledge of Inphase database
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Legal Secretary
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
As a Legal Secretary, you will be working as an integral part of the Legal Services Team ensuring that claims, inquests and requests for inhouse legal advice are registered and acted upon in a timely manner in accordance with relevant guidelines and policies; working unsupervised and able to take decisions using experience and knowledge.
As part of this role you will be required to:
- act as a first point of contact for telephone/email enquiries from departments, Consultants and other senior staff, solicitors and other legal personnel and patients
- provide a comprehensive administrative, secretarial and IT service of the highest quality to lawyers, ensuring that all information is accurately recorded
- collate medical records and documentation from multiple electronic and hard copy sources and prepare for disclosure in accordance with the relevant SOP
- work collaboratively with team members to ensure accurate data recording and production of reports and documents as requested.
Main duties of the job
The department is responsible for managing a broad range of medico-legal matters affecting the Trust.
We have a team of experienced specialist lawyers handling claims and inquests, providing in-house legal advice and supporting training to staff and to
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