Solicitor - Grade B- Medical Negligence- Sheffield

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

Job summary

A prominent legal firm in Sheffield seeks a Solicitor for Medical Negligence cases. The role includes managing your own caseload, providing legal advice, and collaborating with senior team members on complex cases. Candidates should have 4-6 years of relevant experience. The firm offers a vibrant work environment with strong support for wellbeing and flexible work policies.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Generous and flexible pension schemes

Two volunteering days per year

Westfield Health membership

Qualifications

• 4-6 years PQE with a Medical Negligence background.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality legal advice and manage your own caseload.
• Taking instructions from clients and giving legal advice.
• Reviewing cases with a supervisor to ensure quality legal advice is provided.

Skills

Medical Negligence background

Commercial awareness

Ability to work collaboratively

Ability to work independently

Ability to work in a pressurised environment

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Your Role and 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 giving legal advice.
• Opportunity to manage your own caseload, while also assisting Partners and senior team members on high-value cases.
• Reviewing cases and other relevant matters with a 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 35 hours 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.