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As a vital part of NHSScotland, NHS National Services Scotland’s mission is to enable and support the delivery of better health and better care, working in partnership. We do this by providing a range of specialised support services that enable NHS Boards to focus their efforts on delivering health improvement and patient care.
The Central Legal Office (CLO) provides comprehensive legal services to Health Boards and Special NHS Entities in Scotland, covering all aspects of litigation and employment law, property transactions and commercial contracts.
This post involves providing a high quality legal secretarial and administrative support service to a team of Employment Solicitors. This service will include arranging consultations, audio/copy typing of all relevant legal documentation, assisting in maintaining diaries, file management, dealing with telephone enquiries and any other duties as required.
To undertake the full range of duties, you will ideally have proven legal secretarial experience, knowledge of legal and secretarial processes to HNC level, excellent audio and copy typing skills are essential (min speed 65wpm) and a knowledge of legal terminology being desirable.
We are looking for a secretary who is efficient in using Microsoft Office, especially Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint. Applicants with good general secretarial experience/aptitude may also be considered for a training post.
The successful candidate(s) must comply with the Mandatory Induction Standards and with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers.
Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits.
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Louise Davies, Legal Personal Assistant on 0131 275 7833 or louise.davies21@nhs.net
Further information on NSS is available from: www.nhsnss.org
Closing date for completed applications is Friday 12th July 2019.
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
NHS National Services Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies