Solicitor/Associate - Clinical Risk

• Acting on a range of high-profile group actions spanning topics such as mental health, medical devices and rogue doctors;
• Appearing in four cases before the Supreme Court;
• Advising our clients (which include NHS Resolution, other public bodies, private indemnifiers and international healthcare businesses) on a wide range of claims, some of which are valued at more than £30m.

Key Responsibilities

• Handling a challenging but fulfilling caseload of defendant clinical negligence work acting for a variety of clients, which may include work for NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts, MDU, independent providers, and medical malpractice insurers.
• Drafting legal documents, conducting face to face negotiations and mediation of claims, advocacy at CMCs and application hearings, preparing cases for and adhering to court deadlines.
• Engaging in direct client care, acting as first and primary contact for clients on a day-to-day basis, providing them with commercially focused legal advice, and adhering to their protocols and processes.
• Making an appropriate contribution to non-fee-earning activity. You will be encouraged to participate in knowledge sharing, training, client seminars, writing articles for publication both for in-house and external publications, and business development.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• A qualified Solicitor with a background in defendant/claimant clinical negligence or defendant personal injury
• Experience at an NHS Resolution panel firm is ideal
• Strong technical and organisational skills to ensure a pragmatic and methodical approach to handling a variety of clinical negligence claims simultaneously through our case management system
• Highly focused on our clients' needs; able to adopt a commercial perspective, while also maintaining the academic rigour required for dealing with the complex, challenging and novel issues we face in many of our cases
• Team oriented and collegiate with a desire to mentor, coach and supervise less experienced members of the team