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SalaryBackground
We are currently looking for a Legal Assistant to work within our award-winning Nursing Care Department.
Our Nursing Care department is one of the leading national experts in the recovery of wrongly paid care home fees; our specialist Nursing Care team have successfully recovered over £170 million for our clients since the department was set up in 2006.
The Role
The purpose of the role is to provide support to the fee earners by undertaking specific tasks in relation to NHS Continuing Healthcare claims. Duties will include:-
- Completing administrative tasks to progress claims as required.
- Co-ordinate new work to ensure all enquiries are dealt with.
- Liaising by telephone and by written communication with health authorities/care homes/GPs/hospitals and clients in order to obtain copy records and/or collection of such records.
- Reviewing medical records to prepare detailed chronology documents based on a patient’s medical and care records.
- Updating and maintaining spreadsheets and other documents.
The successful candidate will have an excellent telephone manner, be accurate, a team worker with good IT skills to include Word, Excel and databases. They will have the desire and ability to learn and develop within this role.
This position would ideally suit recent graduates. Applications are also welcomed from candidates who have experience of working within a similar role.
Life at Hugh James
Although our workforce has grown to more than 500, we have retained and nurtured a unique culture which is based on hard work, exceptional talent, ambition, empathy, innovation and good humour. It is those qualities that have helped us grow the business to where we stand today.
Key to our growth strategy to date has been the recruitment and development of great people. This will remain the case as we look forward to the years ahead. Life at Hugh James is vibrant and full of opportunities.
Our culture is friendly and collegiate, but we maintain the professional atmosphere you would expect from a modern, leading law firm. All our staff have access to industry-leading training and mentoring to ensure they reach their potential.
Some of our benefits on offer include:
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Two Corporate Social Responsibility days
Birthday day off
Death in service equivalent to twice annual salary
Auto enrolment pension scheme
Hybrid working
Employee Assistance Programme
Discounts for local businesses
Professional fees paid (subject to requirement for your role)
Employee recruitment incentive scheme
Travel season ticket loan (London only)
Hugh James is an equal opportunities and disability confident committed employer.
