Clinical Negligence Solicitor: Manchester

Clinical Negligence Solicitor Full Time - Permanent Department Clinical Risk Role Solicitor Manchester

Acting for the NHSLA, Medical Defence Union, NHS trusts, as well as private hospitals in the health market, our clients highly rated national clinical risk team has a proven track record in defending high value complex claims. In Manchester the dedicated clinical risk team handle clinical risk claims across all areas including cerebral palsy, oncology, paediatrics and plastic surgery.

Core responsibilities

• Handle a challenging caseload of defendant clinical negligence work on behalf of clients. This will include drafting pleadings, witness statements and letters of response, conducting face to face negotiations and mediation of claims as well as preparing counter schedules.
  * Act as first and primary contact for clients on a day to day basis providing them with commercially focused legal advice.
  * Adhering closely to client protocol and process.
  * Provide supervision and coaching to junior fee earners.
  * Make an appropriate contribution to non-fee-earning activity e.g. knowledge sharing, training, client seminars, and business development.
  * Comply with the required standards for internal procedures e.g. financial
  * management of files, billing regimes etc as well as the specific requirements of individual clients.
  * Writing articles for publication both for in-house and external publications.
  * Handle confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols.

Key skills

* A Solicitor with experience in defendant or claimant clinical negligence, or defendant insurance law typically to have been gained 4+ years post qualification.
* Experience gained within an NHSLA or MDU panel firm would be preferable (but not essential) as would an understanding of delivering against client protocols and KPIs.
* Strong technical skills and an ability to understand and work through complex issues.
* A demonstrable ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an 'academic' approach to legal issues and to be highly client focused.
* Ability to operate with a high level of self-sufficiency, combined with an awareness of the boundaries of own competence/authority.
* Team oriented and collegiate with an experience of and a willingness to mentor, coach and supervise less experienced members of teams.
* Exposure to and success within business development activities.
* Confident communicator with an ability to develop relationships, undertake client marketing and influence at all levels. Ability to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day to day issues, building up strong relationships.
* Strong organisation skills to ensure a pragmatic and methodical approach to handling a variety of clinical negligence claims simultaneously, through an IT case management system.
* Change oriented with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives.
* Able to handle a complex and constantly changing workload and to work under pressure.
* Detail conscious with a concern for quality.

Lipson Lloyd Jones Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Please note our advertisements use PQE levels purely as a guide to the minimum level of experience required. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfill this kind of work.