Paralegal (Secondment) - Healthcare & Public Law

Job role: Paralegal

Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:30 (37.5 hours per week)

Happy to talk flexible working

Hill Dickinson are proud to be named as a Top Ten Employer for Working Families 2025 for the second year running and so, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.

Team: Healthcare and Public Law

Location: Preston / Manchester

Role overview

Our dedicated Healthcare and Public Law Team are now looking to recruit a Paralegal to join our rapidly growing team. The role will involve undertaking a wide range of advisory and mental health work for the NHS.

This role will involve a full-time long-term secondment to a clients’ legal team in Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust – Preston. Secondments are requested by clients from time to time as additional support. Training will be given.

Key responsibilities:

• A long-term secondment to an NHS trust
• Drafting witness statements
• Research and drafting advice
• Organising medical records
• Preparing chronologies of medical records
• Preparing bundles of documents for use at Inquests
• Note taking at Inquests, meetings and conferences
• Meeting with clinicians and nursing staff ahead of inquests
• Running a case load of inquests and claims
• Attending court
• Answering the telephone and assisting with queries
• Assisting with administration tasks when required

What are we looking for:

Important criteria:

• The ability to work independently in addition to as part of a team
• Ability to deliver technically accurate and appropriate advice to clients, colleagues and others
• Adheres to guidelines and procedures, whilst showing appropriate initiative
• Demonstrates competence in own area of expertise
• Demonstrates understanding of client needs/expectations
• Ability to interact and communicate with client and keep them up-to-date
• Excellent communication skills

It would be beneficial for you to have some of the following:

• Regulatory/health law experience

If you don't meet all of the criteria above but feel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson, we encourage you to apply and if successful, we can help you develop along the way.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.

We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.

Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.

At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.