Clinical Negligence Paralegal

Weightmans; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK law firm is seeking a motivated Paralegal to assist with clinical negligence claims. The role involves supporting senior fee earners, drafting documents, and ensuring compliance with deadlines and KPIs. Ideal candidates will possess excellent written skills, a strong interest in healthcare law, and previous paralegal experience. Join a firm recognized as a top employer and embark on your legal career with a supportive team.

Benefits

Recognition as a leading employer

Supportive working environment

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Paralegal is required.
• Clinical negligence experience is desirable.
• Proven technical ability in related procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assist senior fee earners on clinical negligence cases.
• Prepare drafts, seek records, and interview witnesses.
• Achieve financial and chargeable hours targets.

Skills

Excellent written and organization skills

Ability to work to strict deadlines

Knowledge of CPR procedure

Excellent time management skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Job description

About the role

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

To assist, and work alongside at the direction of and with supervision from an authorised employee who is tasked with the conduct of litigation for Clinical Negligence claims on behalf of NHS Resolution and NHS Trusts.

• Primary responsibility is to assist senior fee earners on their cases – tasks include drafting letters of approach/instructions to experts, instructing counsel, seeking records, preparing chronologies, racing and interviewing witnesses, collating disclosure, liaising with the CRU and other ad hoc tasks.
• Completing client MI procedures/databases.
• Achieve set financial and chargeable hours targets.
• Ensure relevant deadlines, quality measures and KPIs are adhered to.
• Comply with relevant policies and procedures.
• Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values.
• 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 have previous experience as a Paralegal and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work. 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:

• Pre and post issue defendant clinical negligence experience is desirable.
• Knowledge of CPR procedure with proven technical ability.
• Ability to work to strict deadlines and timescales.
• Ability to work to client SLA and KPIs.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Excellent written and organisation skills.
• Excellent time management skills.

If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Why work for us

Come and join our award-winning organisation and team. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 18th consecutive year at Britain’s Top Employers awards 2025, and ranking 5th in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.

Embark on this journey with Weightmans towards becoming one of the Top 30 UK Law firms.

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