Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation is seeking application for  Claims and Paralegal Apprentices to join its Clinical Legal Services Team.  This is an exciting opportunity for motivated individuals 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 each Paralegal Apprentice to work for 12 months in each of the Claims and Inquests teams (on rotation).

The 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:

1. Clinical negligence and personal injury claims advice, management and support;

2. Coroner’s Inquests advice, management and support; and

3. Healthcare law advice, management and support.

• Experience of working in a pressurised environment
• Experience of producing written material to a high standard
• • Computer literacy including ability to analyse data using databases, Excel or related tools
  • • Ability to use initiative, work with minimal supervision and organise own workload priorities
    • • Ability to maintain absolute confidentiality both inside and outside the Trust
      • • Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal including good telephone manner
        
        
      • • Ability to quickly learn how to use new electronic information systems
        
        
      
      
    
    
  
  

• English and Mathematics GCSEs at grade 9-4 (A* to C or equivalent)

Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust,  or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.  

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.