Solicitor - Medical Negligence

Your Role and What You'll Be DoingYou'll provide quality legal advice to the firm's clients under appropriate supervision and training, managing your own high quality caseload from the outset.
Your aim will be to obtain interim payments wherever possible, so that we can put rehabilitation, a care package and suitable accommodation in place before the claim is concluded.
As a team, we are dedicated to improving the quality of life of our clients.You will join Partner Guy Forster, head of Medical Negligence in our Cambridge office, who has specialised in clinical negligence cases since qualifying as a solicitor and acts on behalf of clients who've suffered serious injury.
Guy recovers substantial amounts of compensation for his clients to fund care, therapies and other needs.Click here to learn more about .
Take instructions from clients and give legal advice.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 YouStrong background in medical negligenceThe successful candidate is required to have a track record or the skills necessary to get involved with business development to engage effectively with our existing networks and build new relationshipsHighly organisedCommercial awarenessAbility to work collaboratively and independentlyAbility to work in a pressurised environmentOur 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.
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