CITYWORX LIMITED
Solicitor – Health & Social Care
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Cityworx is recruiting on behalf of a growing organisation within the health and social care compliance sector for an experienced Health & Social Care Solicitor.
This is a newly created position and represents an excellent opportunity for a solicitor with a strong background in CQC regulatory work to become the organisation's first in-house legal appointment and play a key role in developing its legal function.
The successful candidate will provide specialist legal advice to health and social care providers, with a particular focus on CQC regulatory matters, enforcement and representation.
The Role
You will be responsible for managing a broad range of CQC regulatory casework, advising clients and helping develop the organisation's legal offering.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Managing CQC casework, including Warning Notices, Notices of Proposal/Decision to Cancel or Vary Registration and Special Measures representations.
- Advising clients on CQC inspection outcomes and factual accuracy challenges.
- Supporting clients through CQC cancellation proceedings and enforcement action.
- Preparing legal representations, regulatory documents and submissions.
- Advising on the Health and Social Care Act 2008, associated regulations and the CQC Single Assessment Framework.
- Advising providers on CQC registration applications and Registered Manager requirements.
- Supporting appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Care Standards).
- Keeping up to date with changes in health and social care regulation.
- Sharing regulatory knowledge and insight across the wider organisation.
- Contributing to the development of the legal function and supporting the organisation's progression towards SRA registration.
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About You
We are looking for a qualified solicitor with genuine specialist experience within health and social care regulation.
You will ideally have:
- Qualification as a solicitor in England & Wales.
- A current or immediately renewable practising certificate.
- Minimum 4 years' PQE within health and social care regulation.
- Strong, demonstrable experience managing CQC regulatory matters from start to finish.
- Experience dealing with Notices of Proposal/Decision and regulatory enforcement.
- Experience with First-tier Tribunal (Care Standards) proceedings.
- Strong knowledge of the CQC regulatory framework and the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
- Experience advising health or social care providers, whether in private practice, in-house or consultancy.
- Excellent legal drafting and written advocacy skills.
- The ability to explain complex regulatory and legal matters clearly to non-legal professionals.
- A commercially minded and client-focused approach.
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Why Consider This Opportunity?
This is not simply another fee-earning position.
You will be joining at an early and important stage of the organisation's development, with the opportunity to help shape and build its legal function.
As the first in-house legal appointment, you will have genuine scope to influence how the legal service develops and how regulatory support is delivered to clients across the health and social care sector.
Package
Salary: £65,000 – £70,000 per annum + benefits
Home based, with travel required when necessary for client meetings, regulatory matters and other business requirements.
This opportunity would suit an experienced CQC Solicitor, Health & Social Care Solicitor, Regulatory Solicitor or Healthcare Regulatory Lawyer looking to move into a new and potentially highly influential in-house position.
Interested?
If you have the required CQC regulatory experience and would like to explore this opportunity, please send your CV to Sanjay@cityworx.co.uk
All enquiries will be treated in the strictest confidence.
The full details of the organisation and opportunity will be discussed with suitable candidates during the recruitment process.
Cityworx is acting as a recruitment partner on this appointment.
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