The Conwy and Denbighshire NHS Trust (COCH) provides a broad range of healthcare services, including acute, emergency, and elective care, to the populations of Conwy and Denbighshire. Their mission is to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care that ensures the best possible outcomes for their patients. The Trust’s purpose is to enhance health and well-being in their communities through compassionate and effective healthcare services.

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Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

You must have experience in a legal environment, preferably within a hospital legal team, and be adept at supporting inquest investigations.

You will obtain reports and statements for coroner's inquests and support witnesses before and during the inquest hearing.

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Healthcare

Chester

Working Full time 37.5 Hours per week - Applications will be considered on a Fulltime or job share basis
 
We have an exciting opportunity to be part of the experienced legal team at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
 
The Legal Services team falls within Corporate Services and works closely with colleagues across the Trust to resolve legal issues and contributes to the governance structure.
 
We are recruiting for fixed term maternity cover for 12 months until March 2026. The role can be worked on a full time or job share basis and will involve obtaining reports and statements for coroner's inquest investigations and providing support for witnesses in the lead up to and at the inquest hearing.
 
The successful applicant(s) will need to have prior experience of working in a relevant legal environment and ideally have experience of working in a hospital legal team supporting inquest investigations.
 
Primary responsibility lies in obtaining reports and statements to support coroner's inquest investigations and providing support for witnesses in the lead up to and at the inquest hearing.
 
The full remit of the job can be found within the job description.
 
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
 
<ul>
<li>The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.</li>
<li>Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.</li>
<li>Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.</li>
</ul>
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
 
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
 
See Job Description for further details.
 
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
 
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
 
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
 
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
 
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
 
Good luck with your application.

Working Full time 37.5 Hours per week - Applications will be considered on a Fulltime or job share basis

We have an exciting opportunity to be part of the experienced legal team at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The Legal Services team falls within Corporate Services and works closely with colleagues across the Trust to resolve legal issues and contributes to the governance structure.

We are recruiting for fixed term maternity cover for 12 months until March 2026. The role can be worked on a full time or job share basis and will involve obtaining reports and statements for coroner's inquest investigations and providing support for witnesses in the lead up to and at the inquest hearing.

The successful applicant(s) will need to have prior experience of working in a relevant legal environment and ideally have experience of working in a hospital legal team supporting inquest investigations.

Primary responsibility lies in obtaining reports and statements to support coroner's inquest investigations and providing support for witnesses in the lead up to and at the inquest hearing.

The full remit of the job can be found within the job description.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:


The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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