Legal Administrator

Kennedys Healthcare division advise the NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts and medical malpractice insurers of private hospitals, clinics and practitioners on EL/PL and clinical negligence claims. The team advise on medical insurance coverage, health law advice, and regulatory matters and represent clients at inquests and judicial reviews. The team have a presence across our London, Cambridge, Birmingham and some of our global offices.

Team

Kennedys Healthcare division advise the NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts and medical malpractice insurers of private hospitals, clinics and practitioners on EL/PL and clinical negligence claims. The team advise on medical insurance coverage, health law advice, and regulatory matters and represent clients at inquests and judicial reviews. The team have a presence across our London, Cambridge, Birmingham and some of our global offices.

Key responsibilities

• Deal accurately with e-filing of documents
• Operate the Firm's quality procedures and information security systems as specified in the current edition of the Quality Procedures
• Ensure the confidentiality and security of all practice and client's documentation and/or information
• Undertake electronic file closure and archiving when required and assist with locating closed files when required.

Additional Responsibilites

• Follow correct procedures, instructions and protocols
• Assist with postal duties in the morning and in the evening if post is received at offices, and electronically distribute all other post and DX
• Deal with administrative requirements in relation to files for all members of the team
• Enter and update key data to case management systems - contacts, court details/dates and tasks
• Prepare for signature all correspondence and documentation in line with the New Instructions process
• Contribute to the provision of the teams' working practises and systems
• Scanning and printing documents
• Electronically coding post and saving to Kase
• E-filing documents using iManage
• General administrative and selective tasks, including assisting the wider support team when the need arises
• Undertake any other duties which from time to time may be allocated.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.