Solicitor/Associate - Clinical Risk

DAC Beachcroft LLP; Newcastle upon Tyne; Sur place; GBP 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

DAC Beachcroft LLP is seeking a Solicitor/Associate to join its Clinical Risk team in Newcastle. The role involves handling defendant clinical negligence matters, advising NHS bodies, insurers and private clients, and contributing to the team’s cutting-edge practice.

The successful candidate will manage a varied caseload, draft and negotiate, and act as the primary client contact while engaging in knowledge sharing and business development activities.

Qualifications

• Qualified Solicitor with defendant/claimant clinical negligence or defendant personal injury experience.
• Experience at NHS Resolution panel firm is ideal
• Strong technical and organisational skills for handling diverse clinical negligence claims
• Team oriented with mentoring and coaching abilities

Responsabilités

• Handle a challenging caseload of defendant clinical negligence work for a range of clients including NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts, and insurers.
• Draft legal documents, negotiate and mediate claims, and manage court deadlines.
• Direct client care as first point of contact, providing commercially-focused advice.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing, training, client seminars, publications, and business development.

Connaissances

Qualified Solicitor

Clinical negligence

Defendant PI

Client-focused

Formation

Law degree

Outils

Case management system

Description du poste

Solicitor/Associate - Clinical Risk

Department: Clinical Risk

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Newcastle

Description

A role in our Clinical Risk team presents an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and passionate individual to join an award-winning, progressive and highly specialised team.

Our clinical risk team is pre-eminent. We are the largest group of specialist clinical negligence lawyers in the country and we operate at the cutting edge of the law. Examples of our work in the past 5 years include:

• Acting on a range of high-profile group actions spanning topics such as mental health, medical devices and rogue doctors;
• Appearing in four cases before the Supreme Court;
• Advising our clients (which include NHS Resolution, other public bodies, private indemnifiers and international healthcare businesses) on a wide range of claims, some of which are valued at more than £30m.

We provide high quality training, support and mentoring to ensure that our colleagues are supported in their work, and to help them develop into and remain the best solicitors in the sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Handling a challenging but fulfilling caseload of defendant clinical negligence work acting for a variety of clients, which may include work for NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts, MDU, independent providers, and medical malpractice insurers.
• Drafting legal documents, conducting face to face negotiations and mediation of claims, advocacy at CMCs and application hearings, preparing cases for and adhering to court deadlines.
• Engaging in direct client care, acting as first and primary contact for clients on a day-to-day basis, providing them with commercially focused legal advice, and adhering to their protocols and processes.
• Making an appropriate contribution to non-fee-earning activity. You will be encouraged to participate in knowledge sharing, training, client seminars, writing articles for publication both for in-house and external publications, and business development.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• A qualified Solicitor with a background in defendant/claimant clinical negligence or defendant personal injury
• Experience at an NHS Resolution panel firm is ideal
• Strong technical and organisational skills to ensure a pragmatic and methodical approach to handling a variety of clinical negligence claims simultaneously through our case management system
• Highly focused on our clients' needs; able to adopt a commercial perspective, while also maintaining the academic rigour required for dealing with the complex, challenging and novel issues we face in many of our cases
• Team oriented and collegiate with a desire to mentor, coach and supervise less experienced members of the team