Defendant Insurance Litigation Associate

Clinical Negligence (Healthcare) Associate/Solicitor 4+ PQE, West Midlands, £50,000 to £65,000 (DOE) plus extensive benefits. An exciting opportunity for someone who is ambitious to drive their career forward. The healthcare sector is fast moving and the challenge of working for clients provides very interesting work. Get in touch with me today, I would love to hear from you and discuss this career opportunity in greater detail.  Ref:2184

JOB TITLE: Clinical negligence Associate/Solicitor (Healthcare)
PQE: 4+
LOCATION: West Midlands
JOB REF: 2184

Top 50 law firm with offices throughout the UK, have been recognised as the leading legal employer at the annual Britain's Top Employers awards and achieved record rankings in Chambers UK. This specialist Healthcare team covers all aspects of healthcare and related areas of law and practice, including child law, clinical negligence, clinical governance, consent to treatment, healthcare advisory and mental health. They provide a supportive, proactive service based on a deep understanding of NHS procedures and the social/political background of public healthcare. The firms expert team includes doctors and nurses among other health professionals, all with specialist medical knowledge in key areas.

THE ROLE:
The ethos of the team is to work hard for their clients so that we secure the right outcome for them. The successful candidate will be highly motivated to develop their own and the teams’ practices. Solicitor (or equivalent) you will manage complex and high value defendant clinical negligence claims, develop junior lawyers, contribute to and lead client facing initiatives. Responsibilities will include managing your case load of litigated and pre-litigated clinical negligence cases. Conduct relevant investigations in order to repudiate and/or conclude the claim. Liaise with various parties such as claimants and their solicitors, clients, counsel, experts etc. Achieve financial and chargeable targets. Ensure relevant deadlines, quality measures and key progress indicators are adhered to . This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role.

eNL has a number of permanent, locum and consultant vacancies for private practice law firms, the public sector and FTSE in-house organisations, throughout England & Wales. If you are legally qualified or in a legal business support role and considering a career move, do get in touch, or go to https://www.enllegal.co.uk/enl/register-with-us to register your interest.

HOW TO APPLY:
Apply with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion. We will review your application and get back to you as soon as possible. If it’s a fit, Penny will talk you through the details of the role and if you feel it ticks the right boxes, only then we will share your CV with our client. eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days, if you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.

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