Fitness To Practise Paralegal
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £30000 – £32000/annum
About the Client
They promote high professional standards for medical profesionals across the UK. Second, they maintain the register of professionals eligible to practise. Third, they investigate when care goes wrong – something that affects less than one percent of professionals each year.
To regulate well, we support our professions and the public. We create resources and guidance that are useful throughout people’s careers, helping them to deliver our standards in practice and address new challenges. We also support people involved in our investigations, and we’re increasing our visibility so people feel engaged and empowered to shape our work.
Regulating and supporting our professions allows us to influence health and social care. We share intelligence from our regulatory activities and work with our partners to support workforce planning and sector-wide decision making. We use our voice to speak up for a healthy and inclusive working environment for our professions.
About the role
As a Paralegal you will be responsible for the assessment of allegations of impairment of fitness to practise as received by the most serious and complex cases. As well as initial assessment, you will responsible for advising on risk, evidence and the need for an interim order. You will also be responsible for the initial case progression of high profile, complex, multi registrant matters and, on occasion, investigation of a caseload of these matters against registrants.
You will also act as a point of contact for key stakeholder engagement both internal and external to the area of work as directed. You will be required to support the senior investigation lawyer in the progression of all her cases and enquiries and liaise regularly with external investigators and the Head of Department
More Information
- Address Southwark, Greater London
