The Legal Services Team at NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board has a new and exciting opportunity for a Paralegal to join its team in a key role to support the delivery of in-house case management of the community DOL applications and also assisting with some of the most complex cases. If you are looking for a role that is unique, wide-ranging, keeps you motivated and offers potential for development of your legal knowledge within the NHS, then NHS Sussex's Legal Services team would be an ideal team for you. Job responsibilities The Team delivers expert in-house legal services across Claims, Inquests, Mental Capacity Law and Mental Health Law as well as wide-ranging Healthcare Law. The Team has already undergone considerable change and development. This new role will be a key part of the transformation of legal services to ensure the in-house legal service provision is of the highest standard. Play a key role in the processing of DOLS applications, ensuring statutory timescales are met and are line with DOLS Code of Practice. Knowledge of UK court procedures and the ability to draft court documents. Communicate with providers, assessors and members of the public. This role will suit someone who is a strong team player and who wants to provide an excellent service for NHS Sussexs service users. Admin support across the Integrated Legal Team. Acting professionally at all times on behalf of the Integrated Legal Team. Respond to internal and external enquiries, either written, email, face to face or telephone using empathy and judgement and taking appropriate action including giving (or withholding) potentially complex and sensitive data as appropriate. Maintaining confidentiality at all times and making file notes for legal purposes. Work confidently with a variety of information management systems and computer software packages. Send and receive sensitive information within and outside the Trust securely and without delay, using relevant protection and encryption systems. To assist the Integrated Legal Team with a wide range of legal enquiries and reports, prioritising and escalating to the Claims and Legal Services Manager, as appropriate. To provide cover and support across the Integrated Legal Team. Support improvements and initiatives within the Integrated Legal Team. Work within the procedural guidelines. Ensure deadlines are met and take appropriate action to make sure that work is completed to given timescales. Find the full person specification and job description on the NHS Jobs website: www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/D9146-ICB-6570TG-A Band Band 6 Salary £37,338 to £44,962 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time For questions about the job, contact: Miriam Farley miriam.farleynhs.net 07721644068 About us NHS Sussex ICB are committed to enabling team members to work in an agile and flexible way. We adopt a flexible first approach to working patterns. We empower our people to work where, when, and how they choose with minimum constraints to support their wellbeing to sustain good work life balance and to optimise performance and delivery. We celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. Agile working is not just related to working from different locations or at different times. It is about effectively utilising technology to improve work practices and to work differently to increase our overall effectiveness to improve health outcomes for our population. Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please contact the Recruitment Team at scw.peopleresourcenhs.net to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you. NHS Sussex has committed to achieving Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2045. As a member of staff you will be encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working that will help us achieve that goal.