# Legal Services Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/legal-services-manager/4757a244-63d1-42d2-bfe6-794cb87ef745 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/legal-services-manager/4757a244-63d1-42d2-bfe6-794cb87ef745.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - **Town:** Thornton Heath - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £63,665 - £70,887 per annum incl HCAS (Outer) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-27T09:40:30.595Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Senior_Manager/Senior_Manager-v7958140 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7958140?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Legal Services Manager leadership role at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. The postholder will support the Head of Legal in leading and developing the Legal Services Team, which sits in the Corporate Governance Directorate, and serve as the primary legal subject matter expert for the whole Trust. The postholder will need to be adaptive and resilient - balancing a hands-on approach to personally progressing day-to-day legal casework in conjunction with the wider Legal Services Team, with other responsibilities such as  sharing learning that will help lead to improved patient safety and experience, and raising the profile of the Legal Services Team, and the work it undertakes, across the organisation. Reporting to the Head of Legal Services, the post holder will ensure that the Legal Services Team provides efficient and effective legal services that aim to minimise clinical, financial, operational and legal risks of the Trust. This will include inquests, clinical claims, court of protection and all aspects of clinical legal advice, training and support. The postholder will provide some legal advice to the Trust under the guidance of the Head of Legal Services, including sourcing from external providers if appropriate. ### Main duties of the job The postholder will be responsible for supporting the Head of Legal Services with the leadership and development of the Legal Services Team members. This will include supervising and managing a caseload of work relating to clinical negligence, employers liability, personal injury and coroner-related work, including attendance and representation at some inquests. The postholder will provide leadership skills to develop and maintain strong service delivery, including providing some healthcare legal advice. The postholder will work with professional leads across the organisation to enable the Trust to demonstrate its compliance with national policies and standards. The postholder will support the Trust in improving the quality and value of services by learning from legal issues, including claims. The role requires leadership skills with practical experience in a healthcare law setting to ensure a suitable level of competency to work effectively, recognising when external advice or support is needed. The postholder will ensure there are mechanisms in place to identify and refer patient safety risks to the relevant teams for appropriate escalation and investigation and to drive learning from claims and inquests. The postholder will also lead the subject access requests team to comply with legal requirements for the disclosure of health records and personal data. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities ***Please see the attached supporting document  job description and person specification which contain more information about the role*** ## Job Details The Legal Services Manager leadership role at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. The postholder will support the Head of Legal in leading and developing the Legal Services Team, which sits in the Corporate Governance Directorate, and serve as the primary legal subject matter expert for the whole Trust. The postholder will need to be adaptive and resilient - balancing a hands-on approach to personally progressing day-to-day legal casework in conjunction with the wider Legal Services Team, with other responsibilities such as sharing learning that will help lead to improved patient safety and experience, and raising the profile of the Legal Services Team, and the work it undertakes, across the organisation. Reporting to the Head of Legal Services, the post holder will ensure that the Legal Services Team provides efficient and effective legal services that aim to minimise clinical, financial, operational and legal risks of the Trust. This will include inquests, clinical claims, court of protection and all aspects of clinical legal advice, training and support. The postholder will provide some legal advice to the Trust under the guidance of the Head of Legal Services, including sourcing from external providers if appropriate. ## Job Description The postholder will be responsible for supporting the Head of Legal Services with the leadership and development of the Legal Services Team members. This will include supervising and managing a caseload of work relating to clinical negligence, employers liability, personal injury and coroner-related work, including attendance and representation at some inquests. The postholder will provide leadership skills to develop and maintain strong service delivery, including providing some healthcare legal advice. The postholder will work with professional leads across the organisation to enable the Trust to demonstrate its compliance with national policies and standards. The postholder will support the Trust in improving the quality and value of services by learning from legal issues, including claims. The role requires leadership skills with practical experience in a healthcare law setting to ensure a suitable level of competency to work effectively, recognising when external advice or support is needed. The postholder will ensure there are mechanisms in place to identify and refer patient safety risks to the relevant teams for appropriate escalation and investigation and to drive learning from claims and inquests. The postholder will also lead the subject access requests team to comply with legal requirements for the disclosure of health records and personal data. ## Responsibilities ***Please see the attached supporting document job description and person specification which contain more information about the role*** ## Person Specification ### essential **Essential** - Proven and signficant leadership experience and/or formal management qualification - An in-depth understanding of NHS policy - Proven experience managing a caseload of medico-legal work - Demonstrable experience of Coronial process **Desirable** - Understanding of the background to and aims of patient safety and improvement methodologies - Qualified Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales - Understanding of NHS Resolution purpose and processes - Advocacy experience ### qualifications **Essential** - Qualified Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales ## Documents - [chs accomodation (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1725) - [croydon trust values (pdf, 324.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2317) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2414) - [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972) - [jd - legal services manager (pdf, 580.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10326973) - [map of croydon university hospital (pdf, 95.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=974) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.