# Inquest and Claims Administrator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Location:** St Mary's Hospital (The Bays)
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Administrator
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £34,186 - £37,389 pa inclusive
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-05T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-29T14:10:44.025Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8403314
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8403314?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking for a Medico-Legal Administrator to join our friendly, experience and supportive Legal Services team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

This is a varied role supporting the management of clinical negligence claims, inquests, employer and public liability claims, and losses and compensation claims.

No two days will be the same and you'll work closely with senior clinicians, managers, NHS Resolution, HM Coroner's Office, solicitors and patients, providing high- quality administrative support and helping ensure complex legal matters are managed efficiently and within strict deadlines.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop specialist knowledge within an experienced team while making a meaningful contribution to patient care and the Trust's legal services.

### Main duties of the job

- You will provide comprehensive administrative support to the Claims and Inquest Manager and Claims and Inquest Coordinators, across a broad range of medico-legal work.
- Your responsibilities will include coordinating the Trust caseload of losses and compensation claims, supporting clinical negligence and employer/public liability claims, assisting with the collation of inquest documentation, preparing meeting papers and minutes, maintaining accurate electronic case records, and liaising with clinicians, patients, solicitors, HM Coroner's Office and other internal and external stakeholders.
- The role requires excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage confidential information sensitively while working to statutory and legal deadlines.
- You will prioritise your own workload, respond to enquiries and contribute to the smooth running of a busy specialist department.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Extensive experience of working within an NHS legal department or similar service.
- Experience of using Ideagen and incident reporting systems
- Experience of using NHSR Claims Wizard

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in the healthcare Sector
- Data Protection Act

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Law Degree
- CILEx Associate or Graduate (or equivalent).

**Desirable**

- Evidence of continued learning/development
- Capsticks diploma in clinical risk and claims management

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 394.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10734947)
- [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427)
- [functional request form (pdf, 152.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10734948)

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