You must be an experienced healthcare/regulatory solicitor, ready to impact the Trust positively, with a preference for in-house experience or a move from private practice.

You will lead the Legal and Resolution team, ensuring effective legal services, influencing service delivery, and promoting compassionate responses to patient complaints.

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North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) delivers emergency and non-emergency medical services across the North West of England. Their ultimate mission is to provide timely, efficient, and high-quality care to patients in urgent need, while also offering support through planned patient transfers and community health initiatives. Their purpose is to save lives and improve health outcomes by ensuring rapid and effective medical responses.

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North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

We deliver urgent and emergency care through 999, 111 and patient transport services.

Head of Legal, Resolution and PALS (Senior Solicitor) We are looking for a senior solicitor to join the NWAS Legal and Resolution team. Working alongside the Assistant Director of Legal, Resolution and PALS you will lead and manage all aspects of the Legal and Resolution team to ensure that there is a high functioning and effective legal and complaints service. NWAS is committed to employing compassionate, inclusive and adaptive leaders. We offer a dynamic recruitment process, enabling applicants to work together, be at their best to make a difference, in line with our trust values and leadership philosophy. We are looking for an experienced healthcare/regulatory solicitor to be at the forefront of what the team does and the positive impact which it has across the wider Trust. This is a hugely rewarding role where you will be able to influence the development and delivery of services and ensure that patients receive compassionate and quality responses to complaints. If you are already in an in-house role and wanting to continue your development or are wanting to make a move in-house from private practice we’d be really interested in receiving your application. North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides 24 hour, 365 days a year accident and emergency services to those in need of emergency medical treatment and transport. Our highly skilled staff provide life-saving care to patients in the community and take people to hospital or a place of care if needed. We also provide non-emergency patient transport services for those patients who require non-emergency transport to and from hospital and who are unable to travel unaided because of their medical condition or clinical need. Alongside the other emergency services, we also work to ensure the safety of the public and treatment of patients in the event of a major incident. We also deliver the NHS 111 service in the North West. NHS 111 replaced NHS Direct in 2013. This service was introduced to make it easier for people to access local NHS healthcare services in England. It provides non-emergency medical help fast, and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Please ensure that you have fully read the job description and person specification before applying for this role. Applicants are requested to be available on 24 October 2024 for the selection process.

Head of Legal, Resolution and PALS (Senior Solicitor)  We are looking for a senior solicitor to join the NWAS Legal and Resolution team. Working alongside the Assistant Director of Legal, Resolution and PALS you will lead and manage all aspects of the Legal and Resolution team to ensure that there is a high functioning and effective legal and complaints service.  NWAS is committed to employing compassionate, inclusive and adaptive leaders. We offer a dynamic recruitment process, enabling applicants to work together, be at their best to make a difference, in line with our trust values and leadership philosophy.  We are looking for an experienced healthcare/regulatory solicitor to be at the forefront of what the team does and the positive impact which it has across the wider Trust. This is a hugely rewarding role where you will be able to influence the development and delivery of services and ensure that patients receive compassionate and quality responses to complaints.  If you are already in an in-house role and wanting to continue your development or are wanting to make a move in-house from private practice we’d be really interested in receiving your application.  North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides 24 hour, 365 days a year accident and emergency services to those in need of emergency medical treatment and transport.  Our highly skilled staff provide life-saving care to patients in the community and take people to hospital or a place of care if needed. We also provide non-emergency patient transport services for those patients who require non-emergency transport to and from hospital and who are unable to travel unaided because of their medical condition or clinical need.  Alongside the other emergency services, we also work to ensure the safety of the public and treatment of patients in the event of a major incident.  We also deliver the NHS 111 service in the North West. NHS 111 replaced NHS Direct in 2013. This service was introduced to make it easier for people to access local NHS healthcare services in England. It provides non-emergency medical help fast, and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  Please ensure that you have fully read the job description and person specification before applying for this role.  Applicants are requested to be available on 24 October 2024 for the selection process.

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