Criminal Senior Lawyer

London, United Kingdom

Leeds, United Kingdom

Grade A - £50,466 (National Framework) or £55,484 (London Framework)

Contracted Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week, substantial part-time/job-share will be considered

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing date: Monday 24th May 2021 at 11.59pm

Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?

We are looking for individuals who are caring, demonstrate integrity, work well as part of a team and always strive for excellence in everything they do. Help us make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve.

Let us tell you a little bit about the role....

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the regulator for health and social care services in England and prosecuting authority under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and its subordinate legislation. CQC’s criminal principal prosecution powers were established with the transfer of enforcement responsibility for health and safety incidents in the health and social care sector from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local authorities to the CQC.

The Litigation, Prosecutions, and Inquests (“LPI”) Team is recruiting a Senior Lawyer within its Criminal Team.  The work of the Criminal Team involves conduct of cases where you are expected to provide robust, responsive legal advice and support to the CQC, covering all areas of criminal law that potentially impact on the organisation and its work.

In the Criminal Team you will be responsible for analysing and reviewing evidence, deciding whether to take criminal proceedings through to the court prosecution stage and preparing cases for court and conducting prosecutions. Responsibilities will include dealing with case preparation and progression, providing legal advice to our Inspection directorates in the conduct of all criminal proceedings. You will be expected to have up-to date knowledge of criminal law and procedure and experience of advising clients on cases presented in both the magistrates and Crown Courts.

The role involves supporting the Legal Manager and managing and supporting the Criminal Team in its day to day functions and ongoing development. Senior Lawyers handle complex cases and directly line manage and provide strategic direction to members of the team.

Senior Lawyers within the Criminal Team also make a wider corporate contribution in terms of helping to develop CQC legal priorities, identifying trends and feeding back to Directorates.