Health and care law
Applying the law that governs health and care services, including consent, capacity, clinical negligence, regulation of services and products, and the organization's statutory duties.
Levels
- 1. Awareness
You can:
- explain the organization's main statutory duties and powers
- recognize matters that involve patient safety, consent, or clinical negligence
- 2. Working
You can:
- support legal work on incidents, inquests, or clinical claims
- explain the regulatory framework that applies to the organization's services
- 3. Practitioner
You can:
- advise on the organization's powers and duties, including when it can provide or commission a service
- advise on the regulation of digital health products, such as software as a medical device
- liaise with clinical negligence schemes and external lawyers on claims involving digital services
- advise on consent, capacity, and patient rights in digital services
- 4. Expert
You can:
- advise the board on the organization's statutory duties and governance
- lead legal work on public inquiries, judicial reviews, and major incidents
- shape the organization's response to new health and care law
Closest ESCO skills
Contains ESCO v1.2.1 data (https://esco.ec.europa.eu/). © European Union. Reuse authorised under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
Role levels that expect this skill
| Role level | Role | Band | Expected level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy head of legal services | Head of legal services | 8c | Practitioner |
| Head of legal services | Head of legal services | 8d | Expert |
| General counsel | Head of legal services | 9 | Expert |
| Senior legal adviser | Legal adviser | 8a | Working |
| Principal legal adviser | Legal adviser | 8b | Practitioner |