Solicitor - Grade B- Medical Negligence- Sheffield

Irwin Mitchell; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal firm in Sheffield is seeking a qualified legal professional with 4-6 years PQE, primarily in Medical Negligence. The role involves providing legal advice, managing a caseload, and collaborating with senior team members on high-value cases. Benefits include generous holiday entitlement, flexible pension schemes, and volunteering days. The firm emphasizes well-being and social responsibility in its workplace culture.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Flexible pension schemes

Two days paid volunteering

Health membership benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum 4-6 years PQE with a focus on Medical Negligence.
• Commercial awareness is essential.
• Candidate should work well in teamwork and independently.
• Ability to function in high-pressure environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and manage your own caseload.
• Assist Partners and senior team members on high-value cases.
• Review cases with supervisors to ensure quality legal advice.

Skills

Medical Negligence background

Commercial awareness

Collaborative ability

Capacity to work under pressure

Education

4-6 years PQE

Job description

Your Role & What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll provide quality legal advice to the firm’s clients through appropriate supervision and training, managing your own caseload from the start. Your aim will be to secure interim payments whenever possible, enabling us to arrange rehabilitation, care packages, and suitable accommodation before the claim is finalised. Our team is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for our clients. You will work alongside Anna Stacey, Partner & Team Leader, who handles a variety of complex cases, including:

• Claims involving a death
• Gynaecology cases
• Delay in the diagnosis of cancer
• Surgical injuries
• Spinal injury cases
• Orthopaedic cases
• Injuries to children at birth

You can read more about Anna’s experience and cases

What You’ll Be Doing

• Taking instructions from clients and give legal advice.
• Opportunity to manage own caseload, while also assisting the Partners and senior team members on High Value cases.
• Reviewing cases and other relevant matters with supervisor to ensure quality legal advice is provided.

About You

• 4-6 years PQE with a Medical Negligence background
• Commercial awareness
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently
• Ability to work in a pressurised environment

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.