Solicitor - Medical Negligence - Edinburgh/Glasgow

2 weeks ago


City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Irwin Mitchell Full time

Your Role and What You'll Be DoingThe TeamAs the leading clinical and medical negligence law firm in the UK, we know how to make a positive difference to our client's lives.
Our experienced medical negligence solicitors take the time to understand what clients are going through, helping them get the answers and compensation they deserve.
Our clinical negligence team has extensive experience in clinical negligence claims arising from obstetric, neonatal, anaesthetic, neurosurgical, cardiac and psychiatric care.Our solicitors have years of experience making a variety of medical negligence cases including but not limited to: Accident & Emergency claimsCancer claimsCerebral Palsy claimsGP negligence claims You can read about our client stories .
The RoleYou'll provide quality legal advice to the firm's clients through appropriate supervision and training, managing your own caseload from the start.
Your aim will be to secure interim payments whenever possible, enabling us to arrange rehabilitation, care packages, and suitable accommodation before the claim is finalised.
Our team is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for our clients.
You will work alongside Partner Kim Leslie, who specialises in personal injury law, particularly in abuse and criminal injury claims.
Take instructions from clients and give legal advice.Opportunity to manage own caseload, while also assisting the Partners and senior team members on High Value cases.Review cases and other relevant matters with supervisor to ensure quality legal advice is provided.
About You3-6yrs PQE with a Medical Negligence backgroundHighly organisedCommercial awarenessAbility to work collaboratively and independently.Ability to work in a pressurised environment.
If this sounds like you, we'd love to receive your application.
Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.Generous and flexible pension schemes.Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported.
This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose.
We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.
Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are.
It's made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.



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