Legal Secretary - Clinical Negligence

Slater Gordon; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer law firm in London is seeking an experienced Legal Secretary to join their Clinical Negligence Team. The candidate will handle numerous cases, manage medical reports, draft letters, and assist legal teams in various tasks. The role offers hybrid working, a 35-hour week, and a comprehensive benefits package, including professional development opportunities and health programs.

Benefits

Hybrid working

25 days holiday allowance

Employee Referral scheme

Group Incentive Plan

Health and Wellbeing Programmes

Life Assurance cover

Workplace pension

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a legal secretary is required.
• No law degree necessary.
• Must be able to manage numerous tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Chase medical reports and review records.
• Prepare trial bundles and manage instructions.
• Assist Fee Earners with various legal tasks.

Skills

Legal secretarial experience

Ability to chase medical reports

Reviewing records

Drafting letters to clients

Job description

We are recruiting an experienced Legal Secretary to join our successful Clinical Negligence Team in London.

We're looking for a talented individual who will be working on a large number of cases and as such, we need someone who can chase medical reports, review records, prepare trial bundles, manage medical/treatment instructions, send instructions to Counsel, pay disbursements and draft letters to clients. Other duties will include running retainers, assisting our Fee Earners with various tasks, reviewing CCTV and booking legal hearings.

There will also be management of administrative tasks such as arranging conferences, assisting with ledgers (client balances and aged debt), file transfers and providing updates to our clients.

We are looking for someone with previous legal secretarial experience; a law degree is not required.

Slater and Gordon are a leading consumer law firm which provides a broad range of specialist legal and complementary services. We are undergoing a huge transformation across all areas of the business, with a focus on people and technology, and our mission is to give people easier access to our world‑class legal services.

Benefits

• Hybrid working – 2 days per week working in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)
• 35 hours per week – Monday to Friday, flexible and agile working environment
• 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
• Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days
• Employee Referral scheme with payments up to £2000 per referral
• Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)
• Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App providing services including annual health checks, access to Digital GP's, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and much more
• Employee Assistance Programme – free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions
• Group Income Protection – support with an income if you are unable to work long term due to illness or injury
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much more
• Life Assurance cover
• Workplace pension
• Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores
• Dental Insurance
• Free legal help and discounted lawyer‑led legal services

Professional Development

We will support and encourage you in developing your career with an award‑winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and continuously monitor and update the learning and development offering based on your needs. We can support your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing a range of internal learning resources.

Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service.

Our Values

• We do what we say we will
• We don't wait, we create
• We own it, we sort it
• We respect and encourage each other
• We make time to live