Principal Lawyer (Health)

at  Queensland Health

We are Metro South Health
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane’s south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.
We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.
We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.
Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

• Work as part of a team to contribute to the provision of high-quality, timely and pragmatic legal services for Metro South
• Provide professional legal advice (often in urgent circumstances and without supervision) across a wide range of areas including but not limited to:
• Legal risk management
• Confidentiality
• Consent to treatment/informed consent - adults and children
• Substituted consent, capacity,
• Privacy
• Right to information
• Human rights
• Anti-discrimination
• Termination of pregnancy
• End of life
• Child protection
• Evidence and summons/subpoenas
• Indemnity/conflict of interest
• Prepare/review statements to inform coronial investigations and instruct Counsel and/or represent the interests of Metro South Health as an advocate at Coronial
• Prepare/review statements for police investigations/criminal
• Prepare/review documentation associated with reviews and investigations under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011.
• Manage medical negligence and non health-care claims under the Personal Injury Proceedings Act
• Manage MSH’s involvement in litigation/legal proceedings in various courts/jurisdictions (i.e judicial reviews, coronial investigations and inquests, criminal proceedings, QCAT, personal injury claims, human rights and anti-discrimination matters)
• Attend complex case/critical incident meetings

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
You can find out more about why it’s so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

• Work as part of a team to contribute to the provision of high-quality, timely and pragmatic legal services for Metro South
• Provide professional legal advice (often in urgent circumstances and without supervision) across a wide range of areas including but not limited to:
• Legal risk management
• Confidentiality
• Consent to treatment/informed consent - adults and children
• Substituted consent, capacity,
• Privacy
• Right to information
• Human rights
• Anti-discrimination
• Termination of pregnancy
• End of life
• Child protection
• Evidence and summons/subpoenas
• Indemnity/conflict of interest
• Prepare/review statements to inform coronial investigations and instruct Counsel and/or represent the interests of Metro South Health as an advocate at Coronial
• Prepare/review statements for police investigations/criminal
• Prepare/review documentation associated with reviews and investigations under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011.
• Manage medical negligence and non health-care claims under the Personal Injury Proceedings Act
• Manage MSH’s involvement in litigation/legal proceedings in various courts/jurisdictions (i.e judicial reviews, coronial investigations and inquests, criminal proceedings, QCAT, personal injury claims, human rights and anti-discrimination matters)
• Attend complex case/critical incident meeting