Job Description
Closing date: 15/02/ Term: Permanent Department: Health Litigation Location: Manchester The Firm Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Newcastle, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong. With more than people including partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation. Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services. Job role: Legal Administration Assistant Hours: 35 Hours, Monday- Friday As the winner of two Working Families’ awards for ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Recruitment ’ and ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award ’, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life. Department: Health Litigation Location: Manchester Benefits: At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people. Here are some examples of what we offer: 25 days’ annual leave Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days Flexible, agile and home working BUPA Permanent health insurance Flexible pension scheme Medicash EAP with access to counselling Enhanced family leave policies Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year Life assurance Annual travel season ticket loan Dress for your day policy Bespoke training and development opportunities Financial contribution towards home working equipment Role overview Introduction to the role: Reporting to the designated team leader, the Legal Administration Assistant is to provide administrative support to the solicitors within the team, assisting in the key client, file management and compliance processes. There may also be opportunities to spend time on secondment with a client. As a fundamental aspect of the role the Legal Administration Assistant will be required to adhere at all times to the data protection requirements established by the Health Business Group. Introduction to the team The Health Litigation team specialises in clinical negligence claims for NHS Resolution (formerly NHS Litigation Authority), NHS Trusts and other defendant clinical negligence clients. In addition to work for NHS Resolution, the team also undertake work for the Medical Protection Society. Our Health team can genuinely say it is award winning, having received major recognition over the last few years, most recently being named as Legal Services Provider of the Year by the Health Service Journal. Key responsibilities: Providing support to the team through the co-ordination of data information for clients File Management – creating and archiving files and ensuring compliance procedures are adhered to. Records - archiving and recovery of records as requested by fee earners. Preparing case bundles and documenting against agreed protocols Creating chronologies of medical records Password protecting documents/letters. E-mailing post and uploading documents to client’s CMS. Answering the telephone Some legal work on files with view to progressing to a paralegal role Additional duties Possibility of periods on secondment with a client at a future date