Paralegal (5669)

Irwin Mitchell LLP; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Liverpool is seeking a Paralegal to join their medical negligence team. The successful candidate will handle diverse and complex medical negligence claims, requiring a law degree and a compassionate approach to support clients. They offer competitive benefits and a supportive culture focused on employee well-being.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Generous and flexible pension schemes

Two volunteering days annually

Health membership benefits

Qualifications

• Empathy and compassion to guide clients through challenging personal circumstances.
• A friendly, enthusiastic, and can-do approach.
• A Law Degree is required for this position.
• Enthusiasm in building a career as a Paralegal.

Responsibilities

• Take instructions from clients and assist with legal advice and litigation.
• Achieve time recording and fee income targets.
• Support senior case handlers in managing cases.
• Attend and contribute to team meetings and comply with directions.
• Stay updated with changes in relevant law and attend training events.

Skills

Empathy

Compassion

Enthusiastic approach

Law Degree

Education

Law Degree

Job description

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Your Role and What You’ll Be Doing

As the leading clinical and medical negligence law firm in the UK, we know how to make a positive difference to our client’s lives. Our experienced medical negligence solicitors take the time to understand what clients are going through, helping them get the answers and compensation they deserve. Our clinical negligence team has extensive experience in clinical negligence claims arising from obstetric, neonatal, anaesthetic, neurosurgical, cardiac, and psychiatric care.

You can read about our client storieshere

This is an exciting opportunity to join our medical negligence team who handle medical negligence claims for people who have suffered illness or injury as a result of substandard care in any medical setting. Thisincludes treatment from a GP, hospital, or clinic. The work is very varied and includes all types of medical negligence casework, including birth injury claims (including injury to both mother and baby), spinal injury claims. surgical claims, orthopaedic claims, fatal accident claims, delay in diagnosis or delay in treatment and incorrect or inappropriate treatment.

Your role will involve but is not limited to:

• Taking instructions from clients and assist with the giving of legal advice, including obtaining evidence and, where appropriate, assist with litigation, to achieve appropriate resolutions for the clients.
• Achieve time recording and fee income targets to ensure profitable working.
• Support more senior case handlers generally in the running of the cases.
• Attend and contribute to team/practice area meetings and comply with directions/decisions made to ensure team objectives achieved.
• Keep up to date with changes in relevant law and practice and attend appropriate training events to ensure up to date legal knowledge and best practice.

About You

• Empathy and compassion to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances
• A friendly, enthusiastic, and can-do approach
• A Law Degree is required for this position
• Enthusiasm in building a career as a Paralegal

We’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share them:

• To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook
• To be approachable and caring
• To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives
• To be efficient in the provision of our services
• To work with a foundation of integrity.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to receive your application.

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported.This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.