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Salary for this role£57,528 – £64,750 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

NHS roles fall under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Closest occupation match: SOC 2412, Solicitors and lawyers. Home Office going rate for this occupation: £51,600 a year.

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Role description

Job summary

Are you an employment law specialist looking for a role where your expertise makes a real difference to the people behind patient care? Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an Employment Solicitor to provide expert legal advice across a diverse and complex workforce environment. Working closely with HR, medical workforce teams and senior leaders, you will play a pivotal role in managing employment litigation, supporting challenging employee relations matters, and helping the Trust navigate legal risk while fostering a fair, inclusive and high-performing workplace.

Main duties of the job

Key duties include providing employment advice and support during internal disputes, investigations and processes prior to litigation and defending Employment Tribunal Claims. The Employment Solicitor will advise upon and manage exposure to legal risk.

About us

Why colleagues think we are"a great place to work!"?

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Date posted

02 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

434-C8375964

Job locations

SMH

Aylesbury

HP21 8AL

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role responsibilitiesAll key duties and responsibilities managed with file reviews and supervision of complex matters as required.

1. To provide high-quality, timely advice to the Trust (Employee Relations and Medical Workforce Teams) and support the implementation employment relations best practice and to comply with current employment law requirements.

2. To provide general advice, as required, to the Trust on contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. Such advice may be requested on an urgent basis and can involve liaising direct with workforce, managers, clinical staff, health care professionals and others.

3. To advise Disciplinary Hearing panel members in relation to complex disciplinary hearings as well as supporting the drafting of outcome decisions.

4. To support the Trust in the development and execution of general Settlement Agreements.

5. To provide day to day management of an employment law casework on behalf the Trust.

6. To support the Trust with input into HR policy providing training as appropriate.

7. To establish and maintain good relationships with the Employee Relations and Medical HR Teams, managers, clinicians and external contacts.

8. To provide seminars and deliver training to the HR Teams and other NHS staff in the Trust legal, employment and risk management issues.

9. To liaise with the ER Lead for support as required.

10. To undertake regular reviews of all open casework to ensure case information is accurate and up to date.

11. To maintain a complete audit trail of work product and documentation by filing and indexing documents.

12. To manage Employment Tribunal cases (excluding complex cases) and to represent the Trust at Employment Tribunal. (This will include communicating potentially highly contentious and sensitive information in a hostile/antagonistic atmosphere e.g. taking evidence from witnesses, cross examining witnesses and presenting evidence/submissions).

13. To liaise with third parties such as the Trusts external employment law team when expert advice is necessary or to instruct a Barrister for highly complex ET cases.

14. To maintain oversight of external legal spend in conjunction with the Chief People Officer.

15. To attend regular in-house team meetings to promote sharing of information.

Personal Development

1. To comply with the SRA requirements in relation to Continuous Professional Development (CPD).

Person Specification

Education

Essential

Law Degree & LPC (or equivalent)
Registration as a Solicitor with the Solicitors Regulatory Authority or registration with CILEX Regulation as a Legal Executive

Experience

Essential

Employment law experience
Advocacy at an Employment Tribunal
Delivering presentations to non-legal staff
Experience in drafting documents and advice to "customers"

Special Circumstances

Essential

Able to travel to undertake duties of the post including travelling to other sites and attending Employment Tribunal locations

Skills

Essential

Ability to communicate in all formats, with all staff, and key stakeholders
Ability to interpret legislation and adapt into local policy

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.