Solicitor-Medical Negligence-Group Actions-Sheffield- 3-5 PQE

ENGINEERINGUK; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Solicitor to join their Medical Negligence team in Sheffield. This role offers a unique opportunity to manage your own caseload while providing quality legal advice to clients. You'll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment, dedicated to making a positive impact on clients' lives. The firm is known for its commitment to social responsibility and well-being initiatives, making it an attractive place to work. If you're passionate about making a difference in the field of medical negligence, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Flexible pension schemes

Paid volunteering days

Health membership benefits

Well-being initiatives

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• 3-5 years PQE in Medical Negligence with experience in managing caseloads.
• Ability to provide quality legal advice and work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and manage your own caseload from the outset.
• Assist partners on high-value cases and ensure quality legal advice.

Skills

Medical Negligence

Group Actions

Legal Advice

Case Management

Commercial Awareness

Organizational Skills

Education

Solicitor Qualification

3-5 years PQE

Job description

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Solicitor-Medical Negligence-Group Actions-Sheffield- 3-5 PQE

We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is 'we're legal and financial experts that care' - something you'll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But we're more than just a law firm - we're a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs. Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We are looking to add a talented Solicitor, ideally at the 3-5 PQE level, to our Medical Negligence team to be based in Sheffield.

Our Team

As the leading clinical and medical negligence law firm in the UK, we know how to make a positive difference to our clients lives. Our experienced medical negligence solicitors take the time to understand what clients are going through, helping them get the answers and compensation they deserve.

Our clinical negligence team has extensive experience in clinical negligence claims arising from obstetric, neonatal, anaesthetic, neurosurgical, cardiac and psychiatric care.

Our solicitors have years of experience making a variety of medical negligence cases including but not limited to:

• Accident & Emergency claims
• Cancer claims
• Cerebral Palsy claims
• GP negligence claims

Our recent work includes:

• Settlement for a client after suffering a stroke that doctors could have avoided
• A couple receiving settlement after new born dies at birth because of poor standards of care
• A woman receives settlement after Fallopian Tube removed because of a late diagnosis by doctors

Your Role

You'll provide quality legal advice to the firm's clients by appropriate supervision and training and managing your very own caseload from the offset. Your aim will be to obtain interim payments wherever possible, so that we can put rehabilitation, a care package and suitable accommodation in place before the claim is concluded. As a team, we are dedicated to improving the quality of life of our clients.

You'll join Partner Tim Annett's Group Actions Team, which is part of the Medical Negligence Department based in Sheffield. The team's focus is on group actions especially cases arising from medical negligence, and they also deal with product liability claims relating to drugs, medical devices, and consumer goods.

"We have the resources to manage even the largest cases, but we remain focused on our clients and their individual needs." - Tim Annett

What You'll Be Doing

• Take 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.
• Review cases and other relevant matters with supervisor to ensure quality legal advice is provided.

About You

• 3-5yrs PQE with a Medical Negligence background
• Some experience of group actions would be an advantage but is not a pre-requisite
• Highly organised
• 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.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.