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Job reference: 002269
Salary: Band 8C (£63,570 - £74,710)
Job closing date: 15/08/2019
Job Type: Administrative Services
Location: Anderson House
Employment type: Fixed-term
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 10/07/2019
Employer (NHS Board): NHS National Services Scotland
Department: Litigation Team B

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As a vital part of NHS Scotland, 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 CLO delivers legal services to all Health Boards throughout Scotland, in litigation, employment, commercial contracts and commercial property.


The post holder for this 18 month fixed term contract will provide legal services to a number of NHS clients as part of a litigation team across the range of litigation work. 


The requirements for the post are as shown below and in the accompanying job description.


The post holder should have recent and relevant post-qualifying experience. In addition, he/she should possess a sound knowledge of reparation law and legal practice, acquired through a degree in law, postgraduate diploma in legal practice and 2 years’ traineeship, plus further relevant post qualifying experience in the Court of Session and Sheriff Court. Particularly desirable will be experience in clinical negligence work.


The CLO is located at Anderson House in Leith, Edinburgh.


Any candidate who have lived/worked overseas for more than 12 months in the preceding 5 years will also be required to provide a criminal record check from the appropriate overseas agency.
    

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 Michael Stewart on 01312757848.


Further information on NSS is available from: www.nhsnss.org


Closing date for completed applications is Thursday 15th August 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.

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