Solicitor – Avant Law (Professional Conduct) Sydney

Avant; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Mentorship by leading expert

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Avant Law is seeking a Solicitor (1–2 PAE) to join the professional conduct team in Sydney. You will work under the leadership of John Kamaras and collaborate with a team of specialists defending medical practitioners.

This permanent full-time role offers a hybrid work arrangement and a focus on health law, with mentorship and career progression opportunities. Applicants should have a NSW practising certificate eligibility, 1–2 years post-admission experience in medical negligence or related

Qualifications

• Eligible to hold a practising certificate as a Solicitor in New South Wales.
• Post-admission legal experience (1-2 years) in medical negligence is advantageous.
• Interest in Health Law from studies or experience.
• Experience in civil litigation or related fields is transferable.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional, thorough and effective legal service to Avant's members and practices.
• Prepare and manage legal files relating to claims, coronial inquests and/or complaints.
• Represent members before AHPRA, Health Care Complaints Commission, courts or tribunals; inquiries.
• Provide oral and written legal advice to members and Avant Claims Managers.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Self-management

Computer literacy

Education

Bachelor of Law or equivalent

Job description

About the job

Avant Law is a national specialist law firm looking for a Solicitor to join our professional conduct team in Sydney, working under the leadership of John Kamaras and joining a team of purpose-driven lawyers who are passionate about defending medical practitioners. If you are looking for a law firm without daily billable targets and instead focussed upon collaboration, advocacy and making a difference for doctors we want to hear from you.

This is an opportunity for a junior lawyer (1-2 PAE) to develop their career working for Australia’s largest specialist medical defence law firm that has been recognised for its wide range of expertise. This is a permanent full-time role with a hybrid work arrangement.

The key responsibilities include:

Under supervision commensurate with experience and in compliance with practicing certificate:

• Provide a professional, thorough and effective legal service to achieve the best outcome for Avant's members and practices.
• Prepare and manage legal files relating to claims, coronial inquests and/or complaints and other matters.
• Represent members in matters before AHPRA, the Health Care Complaints Commission and other regulatory bodies; before courts; and/or tribunals and/or inquiries.
• Provide a professional, thorough and effective legal service to achieve the best outcome for Avant's members.
• Provide oral and written legal advice to members and Avant Claims Managers and other internal clients concerning legal claims and/or complaints and general medico-legal advice.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Eligible to hold a practising certificate as a Solicitor in New South Wales. Those under supervised practice are encouraged to apply.
• Bachelor of Law or equivalent tertiary qualifications.
• Any post admission legal experience (1-2 years) in medical negligence litigation would be advantageous, preferably on the defendant side, as would be the conduct of matters before AHPRA/the Health Care Complaints Commission and Coroners Court; or
• A demonstrated interest in Health Law, either from studies or practical work experience.
• Experience in civil litigation, and adjacent fields (e.g. personal injuries) also transferable.
• The ability to express ideas effectively with proven excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High level of prioritisation, time management and self-management skills.
• Good computer literacy and competency to work in an electronic document management environment.

Why work for Avant Law?

• You would be working for Australia’s largest specialist medico-legal law firm.
• You will be working under the leadership of a recognised expert in professional conduct and will receive direct mentorship.
• You will work with event-based billing (goodbye 6 minute units and daily billable targets!)
• You will get to work on a great variety and breadth of cases but with a focus on health law.
• Avant Law offers a defined career progression and promotion pathway.
• You will be working in an open and collaborative environment with access to the top specialist medico-legal solicitors in the country.
• Flexible working practices offering hybrid working.
• Avant is Australia’s leading medical defence organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 130 years.

Avant now represents over 90,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market leading products and services to meet their professional, personal and practice needs. Building on this heritage, our vision is to be the most trusted professional partner in supporting doctors throughout their lives and careers.

As a mutual organisation, owned by members and run purely for their benefit, our members are at the centre of all we do. As well as providing products and services to our member, we play a broader community role by advocating for improvements in the healthcare system and in quality, safety and professionalism in medicine, through delivering education and research activities.

We prefer to deal with candidates directly. For further information on this role, please contact Camilla Overall, Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner on [e-mail] for a confidential discussion.