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Job summary

Main area
Administrative Services
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
287-CEF-30-25-A
Employer
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Aintree House
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/03/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Legal Administrator

Band 4

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Legal Services Department and we are looking for a motivated person to lead the administrative support to our in-house legal team at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post will suit someone who is interested in a career either within the legal or healthcare professions and who is looking to broaden their skills and knowledge within a dynamic and forward thinking team. We are currently in an exciting period of growth and collaboration with neighbouring Trusts and there is significant potential for career development for the right candidate.

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Main duties of the job

The role will provide a comprehensive, high quality and professional administrative service to the Legal Services department including acting as a first point of contact for all incoming post, telephone calls and enquiries, management of the department email inbox, new matter uploading, secretarial support and responsibility for processing of invoices.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.Ìý

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for the management of the administration processes and functions of the Legal Services office and delivery of high quality secretarial and administrative support across the Legal Services team.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Excellent standard of English language to GCSE/O Level or equivalent
  • Diploma level qualification/equivalent

Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of operating an administrative or secretarial service
  • Previous experience of working within a legal environment

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Computer literate with good knowledge/understanding and experience of Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent attention to detail with high level of accuracy and speed
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Ability to work on own initiative, to tight deadlines
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to prioritise own workload and adapt to work related situations
  • Able to diagnose procedural problems and implement solutions to continually review and improve the administrative service provided to the Legal Services department

Other

Essential criteria
  • Professional manner, adopting confident, firm yet friendly approach

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Employment Charter Status - Aspiring LevelNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran Aware

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Anna Reid
Job title
General Counsel
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 529 2300