HEALTHCARE ADVISORY PARALEGAL

Healthcare advisory paralegal - Chester

HEALTHCARE ADVISORY PARALEGAL - CHESTER

Healthcare Advisory Paralegal – an outstanding secondment opportunity has arisen for an experienced paralegal looking develop their career in the highly specialised area of healthcare advisory work. You will work for one of the leading law firms alongside one of their key clients and some of the best lawyers in this sphere of expertise. You will also have the chance to gain hands-on client experience, working on high profile inquest cases and gaining a full appreciation of this area of law.

KEY FACTS 

• Job title: Healthcare Paralegal
• Location: Chester (Permanent Secondment opportunity)
• Salary: £15,000 - £25,000 (depending on experience)
• Reports to: Partner
• Previous Experience: Those with previous healthcare experience are certainly encouraged to apply, as are those with experience in other areas such as EL/PL. The skill set is broad – therefore our client is trying to encourage applicants from a range of candidates.

HEALTHCARE ADVISORY WORK

Fee earners who specialise in healthcare work tend to advise clients (often public institutions) on matters relating patient care and treatment. Common examples involve matters relating to the Mental Health Act and incidents of restraint and event false imprisonment as well as instances of medical malpractice. The team is also involved with high profile inquest work.

As the nature of the work suggests, this is a technical and often highly sensitive area of the law. It is also an area where clients require continual advice on policy implementation and developments in the law. As a result, you may well be seconded to any given client to help support them especially should they require specialist assistance on a given matter.

A BROAD RANGE OF CANDIDATES ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

Obviously, those with previous experience of healthcare advisory work are strongly encouraged to put their application forward. However, it should be stressed, those who have gained experience in other areas such as EL/PL, professional indemnity, clinical negligence and industrial disease should also consider an approach.

Those who have developed experience such as drafting witness statements as well as instructions to counsel will certainly possess the right kind of transferable skills. The role also involves the ability to work through and analyse numerous medical records and assisting more senior fee earners in the preparation of trial bundles.

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

As well as hands on experience you will also benefit from some of the best training in the market. As mentioned above, this is a highly complex and sensitive area of law so it is imperative that fee earners within the team are kept abreast of the latest changes.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop valuable expertise in an exciting and challenging area of law with fantastic exposure to work and unparalleled training.