Legal Administrator - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Kennedys Law

Description

Kennedys Healthcare Division:

Advise the NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts, and medical malpractice insurers of private hospitals, clinics, and practitioners on EL/PL and clinical negligence claims. The team provides guidance on medical insurance coverage, health law advice, and regulatory matters. They also represent clients at inquests and judicial reviews. The team has a presence across London, Cambridge, Birmingham, and our global offices.

Team:

The Kennedys Healthcare division advises the NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts, and medical malpractice insurers of private hospitals, clinics, and practitioners on EL/PL and clinical negligence claims. The team offers expertise in medical insurance coverage, health law advice, and regulatory matters. They represent clients at inquests and judicial reviews. The team spans across London, Cambridge, Birmingham, and some of our global offices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deal accurately with e-filing of documents
• Operate the Firm's quality procedures and information security systems as specified in the current edition of the Quality Procedures
• Ensure the confidentiality and security of all practice and client's documentation and/or information
• Undertake electronic file closure and archiving when required and assist with locating closed files when required

Additional Responsibilities:

• Follow correct procedures, instructions, and protocols
• Assist with postal duties in the morning and in the evening if post is received at offices, and electronically distribute all other post and DX
• Deal with administrative requirements in relation to files for all members of the team
• Enter and update key data to case management systems - contacts, court details/dates, and tasks
• Prepare for signature all correspondence and documentation in line with the New Instructions process
• Contribute to the provision of the team's working practices and systems
• Scanning and printing documents
• Electronically coding post and saving to Kase
• E-filing documents using iManage
• General administrative and selective tasks, including assisting the wider support team when the need arises
• Undertake any other duties which from time to time may be allocated

Additional Information:

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.