Associate - Healthcare and Public Law

The role

Hill Dickinson is seeking an Associate with experience in Court of Protection to join their rapidly growing Healthcare and Public Law team in Liverpool. This role focuses on providing advisory work for public and private healthcare organizations, including the NHS, and involves handling a variety of complex legal matters within the health and social care sector.

What you'll do

• Undertaking a wide range of advisory work for the NHS and other public and private organisations operating in the Health and Social Care Sector
• Court of Protection, treatment and best interest cases including advocacy
• Advising in relation to the application of the Mental Capacity Act and deprivation of liberty
• Inherent jurisdiction of the high court cases and treatment and welfare cases involving children
• Advising on public law issues, judicial review and human rights
• Advising on matters of general healthcare law including patient complaints, incident investigations, regulator led investigations and a variety of other health sector legislation and guidance including mental health and information governance
• Advising on NHS funding issues including NHS continuing healthcare and responsible commissioner
• Recognising opportunities to identify new work streams relevant to clients and develop new business
• Involvement in delivering training, webinars and producing external articles

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