Solicitor/Associate - Healthcare Regulatory

DAC Beachcroft; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex Forward scheme

Disability Confident Scheme employer

Flexible working

Job summary

DAC Beachcroft’s Health Care and Public Law Team seeks a solicitor to join and undertake health regulatory and advisory work for NHS Trusts, independent providers, and other health sector clients. The role offers exposure to inquests, regulatory investigations and wider advisory matters affecting health and social care organisations.

The team is recognised for its breadth and collaborative approach, with opportunities to advise on high-profile regulatory matters and develop expertise in

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor or barrister with health/regulatory experience is preferred.
• Experience advising health and social care sector is advantageous.
• Interest in health regulatory and advisory work is essential.

Responsibilities

• Handle a varied workload with appropriate supervision.
• Advise and support clients on health regulatory matters, including inquests and regulatory work; conduct advocacy in inquest proceedings.
• Act as a point of contact for clients with knowledge and skill commensurate with experience.
• Communicate effectively with clients, courts, regulators and healthcare professionals.
• Support marketing and business development within the team.

Skills

Client handling

Commercial mindset

Written & verbal comms

Team player

Motivated

Education

Qualified solicitor or barrister

Job description

DACB's Health Care and Public Law Team provides legal advice and training to a wide range of organisations operating in the health and social care sectors, including NHS Trusts, independent sector providers, defence organisations, charities, commissioners and investors.

The team is highly rated in Legal 500 and Chambers, recognised for its breadth of first-class specialist expertise and collaborative approach to working with clients and colleagues.

We currently have an opportunity for a solicitor to join our team to undertake health regulatory and advisory work. There will be opportunities to support clients on matters such as inquests and inquiries, regulatory investigations, professional regulatory, mental health/mental capacity, and wider advisory matters affecting health and social care organisations. We are looking for a candidate with a particular interest in developing their expertise in inquests and professional regulatory matters.

The Health, Care and Public Law Team plays an important role in DACB's broader Health and Social Care practice, which is widely recognised as the leading strategic, commercial and regulatory legal adviser to the health and social care sector in the UK.

Key Responsibilities

• Handle a varied and interesting workload with an appropriate level of supervision.
• Advise and support clients on a range of health regulatory matters, including inquests, regulatory and advisory work. This would include conducting advocacy in inquest proceedings.
• Act as a point of contact for clients, demonstrating a level of knowledge and skill commensurate with experience.
• Communicate effectively with a broad range of people including clients, courts, regulators, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders.
• Support marketing and business development activity within the team e.g. attending marketing events and client training.
• Build an awareness of the Firm's other services and development of effective internal and external networks.
• Handle confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols.
• Exercise full compliance with DAC Beachcroft protocols on billing and credit control and demonstrate a high level of financial management in respect of own files.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

A qualified solicitor or barrister with previous experience in this practice area or a related practice area. Experience of advising clients in the health and social care sector would be highly advantageous, particularly in relation to inquests, professional regulatory matters and general healthcare advice.

We do not expect candidates to cover the full breadth of work undertaken by the team, but we do require a clear interest in health regulatory and advisory work, and enthusiasm to develop skills and knowledge relevant to the work we do.

• Excellent relationship and client handling skills. Able to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day-to-day issues.
• Highly motivated, sharing our commitment to providing excellent service to our clients across a range of complex legal issues.
• An ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an ‘academic’ approach to legal issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to provide clear, practical advice.
• Team oriented with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team.

This is an opportunity for someone looking to join a successful and expanding team in a market-leading firm with an excellent reputation in the Health and Public sectors nationally and as a great place to work.

Additional Information

As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

About DAC Beachcroft

We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.

We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.

At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.

We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.

Note for Recruitment Agencies

DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).