Solicitor

Slater and Gordon Lawyers (UK); Grimsby; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Grimsby is seeking an experienced Solicitor to join their Clinical Negligence team. The role involves managing complex cases such as misdiagnoses and surgical errors, requiring a strong technical background and excellent interpersonal skills. Benefits include hybrid working options, extensive holiday allowance, and support for professional development, making this a great opportunity for a dedicated legal professional.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangement

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Funding for professional qualifications

Health and Wellbeing programmes

Qualifications

• Experience in managing own caseload.
• Technical strength in handling complex cases.
• Ability to assist and mentor junior colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Manage a variety of complex clinical negligence cases.
• Provide excellent service and support to clients.
• Assist paralegals and legal assistants in case preparation.

Skills

Empathy

Interpersonal skills

Case management

Job description

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Slater & Gordon is currently recruiting for an experienced Lawyer to join our award winning Clinical Negligence team.

Dealing with a variety of complex cases that stem from misdiagnoses or failure to diagnose such as spinal injury, brain injury, along with surgical errors and incorrect treatment, our team is highly ranked within Chambers and the Legal 500, whilst also winning individual awards for their work on high profile cases.

We are looking for someone who is experienced in managing their own case load, including litigated cases.

We are therefore looking for a technically strong lawyer, who can also demonstrate empathy and excellent interpersonal skills. There may also be the opportunity to work on more complex issues, along with assisting the wider team, and offering advice to junior colleagues.

Working alongside our support staff of Paralegals and Legal Assistants, we would like those who can provide an excellent service to our clients, offering a high level of care, with experience running matters through to trial and who have exposure to complex casework.

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
• 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
• Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days
• 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
• Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores
• 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

The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Law Practice

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