Clinical Negligence Solicitor

2 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Signature Clinic Full time
Job Description

Signature Clinic is the leading provider of cosmetic surgery in the UK, offering world-class surgeons, state-of-the-art theatres, and an excellent safety record.

This is a full-time role for a mid/senior Clinical Negligence Solicitor working in-house at Signature Clinic. You will join an established team of lawyers working for a group of high-growth private healthcare providers in the UK. You will report directly to the Head of Legal and alongside an experienced paralegal to deliver best-in-class defence and advisory services to the clinical services and governance teams. This is a full time, hybrid role, with the main office located in Manchester.

Benefits

  • flexible about where you work, as long as you can occasionally commute to our Manchester HQ
  • offer a competitive salary to match your experience along with a discretionary bonus scheme dependent on performance
  • interested in your desire to contribute to reducing clinical risk and pro-actively helping us to achieve our mission of being the UK's best group of cosmetic surgery clinics
  • offer paid time off to keep your skills up to date

Responsibilities

  • line oversight of defending an active clinical / medical malpractice caseload from start to finish
  • adjusting and handling
  • management including externally engaged consultants including surgeons and other medical practitioners, our senior management team, our insurer, external law firms and counsel engagement (including selection, brief preparation, and some potential court attendance)
  • to and managing negotiations and ongoing case management with claimant law firms
  • bespoke, expert clinical negligence legal advice including evidence gathering, liaison with medical experts and negotiating settlements
  • general commercial in-house and information governance tasks
  • up to date with changes in personal injury law, vicarious liability and costs regime changes

Qualifications

  • English solicitor, having trained in a top 100 UK firm with a specialism in clinical negligence (whether claimant or defence work)
  • work ethic, excellent organisational ability and attention to detail, be able to efficiently analyse matters involving multiple defendants, work independently but alongside a supportive team
  • able to hit the ground running, taking over an existing caseload including post-issue claims, quantifying potential damages, and advising on settlement prospects and quantum, working knowledge of medical malpractice insurance
  • to get stuck in with a range of in-house general legal matters from time to time, including a basic understanding of information governance and commercial contracts work
  • to have an understanding of healthcare regulation in the UK and experience dealing with regulators

*Where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

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