Associate
- Recruiter
- ACS Recruitment Consultants Ltd
- Location
- Liverpool, Merseyside
- Salary
- Dependent on experience
- Posted
- 04 Apr 2019
- Closes
- 02 May 2019
- Ref
- STN1368
- Job Title
- Associate
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
ACS are looking for an Associate to join the Liverpool office of a well-established law firm on a full time basis.
The successful candidate will join the Health Litigation department and will be expected to run a full caseload of clinical negligence claims for NHS Resolution (formerly NHS Litigation Authority), NHS Trusts and other defendant clinical negligence clients.
The salary for this role is dependent on experience.
Responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
- Interview witnesses
- Draft witness statements
- Attend Court for Case Management Conferences and Application Hearings
- Instruct experts
- Draft reports to the NHS Resolution
- Hold conferences with Counsel
- Instruct counsel
- Prepare for and attend trials and mediations
- Negotiate settlements
- Draft articles for clients
- Cover secondments to NHS Resolution and local hospital Trusts
- Cover free advice clinics at local hospital Trusts
- Give client training and presentations
- Assist colleagues in the running of higher value claims
- Supervise and coach junior members of the team
Requirements of the candidate include:
- Law degree, or equivalent
- PQE 0 - 4 years.
- Defendant clinical negligence experience at a NHSR Panel firm
- Medical Protection Society experience
- Demonstrate an understanding of clients’ needs/expectations
- Proactive pragmatic approach with focus on quality
- Demonstrate high level of IT skills to ensure compliance with client data security requirements
- Adhere to guidelines and client protocols/KPIs
- Ability to work independently and as part of a growing team
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
All Applicants will be reviewed within the next working day and successful applicants will be acknowledged within 2 working days.
ACS Recruitment Consultants Ltd (www.acs-recruitment.co.uk) are the market leader within Legal Recruitment and we specialise in the placement of Qualified Solicitors, Legal Executives, Paralegals, Legal Secretaries and Support Staff at all levels.