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Healthcare Associate

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Job ID:

35194

Practice Area(s):

Healthcare

Role:

Qualified Lawyer
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Employment Type:

Permanent Full-Time

Posted:

24.04.2025

Employer type:

Private Practice
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Job Description:

We are currently recruiting for an number of lawyers Associate & above (3 YR PQE & above) to join our Healthcare team, the roles can be based in our Birmingham & Cardiff offices.

Our Healthcare team is a vibrant specialist department. We provide advice on all aspects of healthcare law, including clinical negligence, patient safety, consent to treatment, human rights, child law and mental health. The ethos of the team is to work hard for our clients so that we secure the right outcome for them. In so doing we improve our technical skills and enhance our ability to meet the clients’ needs as they evolve. The healthcare sector is fast moving and the challenge of working for our clients provides very interesting work.

The successful candidates will be highly motivated to develop their own and our teams’ practices. We provide a supportive environment in which to work.

Main duties and responsibilities

Solicitor (or equivalent) to manage defendant clinical negligence claims.
  • Specialise in acting on behalf of NHS Litigation Authority and NHS Trusts, protecting their interests
  • Manage a case load of litigated and pre-litigated clinical negligence cases
  • Conduct relevant investigations in order to repudiate and/or conclude the claim
  • Liaise with various parties such as claimants and their solicitors, clients, counsel, experts etc.
  • Achieve financial and chargeable targets
  • Demonstrate strong advocacy skills, and have the necessary flexibility to offer support in the handling of civil claims.
  • Control Case Manager diary, key dates and action lists
  • Draft various documents to include SLA reports and pleadings
  • Perform billing duties
  • Satisfy standards of client care in accordance with client SLA and Team manager guidelines and directions
  • Complete Client MI procedures
  • Comply with relevant rules, policies and procedures
  • Keep up to date with legal developments
  • Contribute to profile-raising and business development initiatives
This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role.

About You

You will be a qualified solicitor . As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We also require you to have/be:
  •  Qualified Solicitor (or equivalent)
  • Experience of defending high value and complex litigated and pre lit clinical negligence claims, preferably involving
  • experience of working for the NHS and/or private healthcare sector
  • Demonstrable experience in the healthcare sector
  • Excellent technical ability and knowledge of CPR
  • Strong and effective communication skills
  • Disciplined time management and organisational skills
  • Capacity to rigorously investigate and analyse evidence
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritise
  • Ability to work to strict deadlines and targets
  • Ability to adhere to client protocols
  • Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
  • Flexible approach
  • Experience of training, supervising and developing junior team members
If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and commitment, then we look forward to receiving your application.

For further information or to apply, please click on the 'Enquire/Apply' button below.
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Weightmans LLP
United Kingdom

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Healthcare Associate

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Job ID:

35194

Practice Area(s):

Healthcare

Role:

Qualified Lawyer
col-narrow-right   

Employment Type:

Permanent Full-Time

Posted:

24.04.2025

Employer type:

Private Practice
col-wide   

Job Description:

We are currently recruiting for an number of lawyers Associate & above (3 YR PQE & above) to join our Healthcare team, the roles can be based in our Birmingham & Cardiff offices.

Our Healthcare team is a vibrant specialist department. We provide advice on all aspects of healthcare law, including clinical negligence, patient safety, consent to treatment, human rights, child law and mental health. The ethos of the team is to work hard for our clients so that we secure the right outcome for them. In so doing we improve our technical skills and enhance our ability to meet the clients’ needs as they evolve. The healthcare sector is fast moving and the challenge of working for our clients provides very interesting work.

The successful candidates will be highly motivated to develop their own and our teams’ practices. We provide a supportive environment in which to work.

Main duties and responsibilities

Solicitor (or equivalent) to manage defendant clinical negligence claims.
  • Specialise in acting on behalf of NHS Litigation Authority and NHS Trusts, protecting their interests
  • Manage a case load of litigated and pre-litigated clinical negligence cases
  • Conduct relevant investigations in order to repudiate and/or conclude the claim
  • Liaise with various parties such as claimants and their solicitors, clients, counsel, experts etc.
  • Achieve financial and chargeable targets
  • Demonstrate strong advocacy skills, and have the necessary flexibility to offer support in the handling of civil claims.
  • Control Case Manager diary, key dates and action lists
  • Draft various documents to include SLA reports and pleadings
  • Perform billing duties
  • Satisfy standards of client care in accordance with client SLA and Team manager guidelines and directions
  • Complete Client MI procedures
  • Comply with relevant rules, policies and procedures
  • Keep up to date with legal developments
  • Contribute to profile-raising and business development initiatives
This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role.

About You

You will be a qualified solicitor . As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We also require you to have/be:
  •  Qualified Solicitor (or equivalent)
  • Experience of defending high value and complex litigated and pre lit clinical negligence claims, preferably involving
  • experience of working for the NHS and/or private healthcare sector
  • Demonstrable experience in the healthcare sector
  • Excellent technical ability and knowledge of CPR
  • Strong and effective communication skills
  • Disciplined time management and organisational skills
  • Capacity to rigorously investigate and analyse evidence
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritise
  • Ability to work to strict deadlines and targets
  • Ability to adhere to client protocols
  • Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
  • Flexible approach
  • Experience of training, supervising and developing junior team members
If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and commitment, then we look forward to receiving your application.

For further information or to apply, please click on the 'Enquire/Apply' button below.