Litigation Midwife

Slater and Gordon Lawyers (UK); Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a talented Litigation Midwife to join our first class, Clinical Support Team in Manchester. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about the work they do, the service they provide and getting the best results for their clients. The role of the Litigation Midwife is to support Fee Earners in the review and analysis of medical records and expert reports. This role will consider potential areas within Clinical Negligence cases for investigation in respect of likely Breach of Duty (BOD) & advice as to why and will provide expert advice to the fee earners.

Responsibilities To Include

1. File Management: Provide support & clinical advice to fee earner(s) on their client matters, to include but not limited, to review of records, review of expert reports, general advice on where & how to focus investigations.
2. Reviewing & advising upon merits of new enquiries.
3. Speaking to clients concerning preliminary enquiries and investigation of their matters.
4. Commentary & analysis of the causative potency of identified likely BOD’s and any avoidable injury over & above the patients pre-existing health conditions.
5. Ensuring a pro-active and high level of client care and compliance with the National Practice Standards.
6. Assisting other team members with document reviews & medical records review.
7. Assisting with the vetting of new claims enquiries and liaising with potential customers in this regard.
8. From time to time, supporting customers undertaking healthcare complaints.
9. Supporting the wider Clinical Negligence Team with business development & training as required.
10. Generally providing assistance to the Clinical Negligence Team In Practice.

Finance

Ensure time recording is managed to enable achievement of personal targets and support fee earners in the achievement of theirs.

About You

A Qualification in nursing such as RGN, BSC (Hons) Midwifery & at least 5 years’ experience in midwifery & midwifery NMC registration. Understanding of Clinical Negligence law and practice. Experience within a Clinical Negligence team is desirable. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite and relevant practice and business IT systems, particularly Partner and Medbrief. Excellent typing skills. Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to think logically and analytically. Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work from various stakeholders. Commercially aware and highly motivated. Proactive. Good attention to detail. Excellent time management and organisational skills.

What we offer in return:

We have a wide range of core and voluntary 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
• Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)
• Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App providing you with services including annual health checks, access to Digital GP’s, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and much more
• Employee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions
• Group Income Protection which will support you with an income if you are unable to work long term, as a result of a qualifying 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

Your Professional Development

We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award-winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.

Our Values

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. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values. How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:

• 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

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