LAWYER/LEGAL REVIEWER PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AUTHORITY FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PACKAGE: £57,666 Are you a qualified barrister, solicitor, chartered legal executive (or equivalent)?
Do you also have experience in providing proportionate evidence-based legal advice and making sound decisions?
We have an exciting opportunity for two Lawyers/Legal Reviewers to join our small and collaborative team on a permanent basis.
The team is responsible for reviewing final fitness to practise panel decisions of the 10 health and social care regulators we oversee, and where we decide that the decisions do not protect the public, we can bring an appeal to Court under Section 29 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002.
This is to the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, the Court of Session of Scotland, or the High Court of Justice of Northern Ireland.
We also share learning and feedback from our scrutiny of panel decisions with the regulators with the aim to help improve regulation and decision making, and these are taken into account by our Performance Review team in their regular assessments of a regulator's performance.
You can find out more about our work here.
The role You must be either: a barrister, solicitor, chartered legal executive or have the equivalent legal professional status, with an entitlement to practise in England and Wales.
You will have a strong commitment to protecting patients and the public, and share our values of integrity, transparency, respect, fairness and teamwork.
This role needs someone who has skills, experience and judgement to provide well-reasoned, proportionate, and accurate legal advice on whether those panel decisions meet the legal threshold for an appeal under section 29 of the 2002 Act, applying the relevant legal framework, policy and criteria to achieve outcomes that protect the public, uphold professional standards, and maintain public confidence in the professions.
You will carry out a detailed analysis of complex, technical, and often large amounts of information and evidence.
You must demonstrate that you have sound and objective judgment, strong analytical skills and solid writing skills, with an ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to non-legally qualified Decision-Makers, who are determining whether to appeal a case.
You will need to have excellent organisational and time management skills, and the ability to prioritise work and work to deadlines.
Additionally, you will assist the Head of Legal (and any external legal advisers) in the management of cases and potential appeals or judicial review proceedings.
This includes holding and progressing a caseload through our process.
You will manage relationships with external Counsel and solicitors to ensure our appeals work is conducted effectively.
You will also identify ways to improve the quality of decision making, deliver internal training, provide ad hoc legal advice and input into projects as required.
On occasions and where required, you will act as a Decision-Maker on section 29 case meeting panels.
About the Professional Standards Authority The Professional Standards Authority is a strategic organisation with a key role in ensuring high standards of patient safety through excellence in regulation.
We promote the health, safety and wellbeing of patients, service users and the public by raising standards of regulation and registration of people working in health and care.
We are an independent body, accountable to the UK Parliament.
We are a small organisation that is respected for its expertise.
We help to protect the public by raising standards in the regulation and registration of the health and care workforce.
We are committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our staff can flourish and reach their full potential.
We know that a diverse workforce, at all levels, allows for a more creative and productive environment bringing different viewpoints, knowledge and experience.
Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from everyone irrespective of age, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity and sexual orientation.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will guarantee an interview for people with disabilities who meet all the essential criteria and so if you would like to be considered under this scheme then please let us know.
We will not accept CVs or applications where CVs are attached in place of a personal statement.
Please see attachments at the bottom of this page for the job description and application form.
If you have any questions, or would like reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage of the process, please do not hesitate to contact the HR team on 0207 389 8050 or email us at
To apply, please contact our team for a copy of the application form at
The closing date for applications is 2 February 2025 (11.59pm).
Interviews (which will include a written test on the day of the interview) will be held on 24 -25 February 2025.
Please note that we may not be able to offer an alternative interview date should you be unable to attend at this time.
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