Chief Litigation Counsel

We are looking for an experienced Chief Litigation Counsel to join our team at Cygnet Health Care.

Cygnet Health Care have been providing a national network of specialist mental health services for more than 30 years.

With us, you’ll have the chance to progress your career as part of a dynamic, supportive team.

This role be working on a full time, 40 hour per week basis. The role is remotely based however travel to our London office is required.

So if you care about making a difference - every day - we want to hear from you.

**Your Day-to-Day**
- To act in a mínimally supervised role in the management of clinical negligence claims, inquests, public inquiries concerns and provision of advice.
- To investigate clinical negligence allegations and to advise Cygnet Health Care upon management of the claims, defence or settlement where necessary.
- To represent Cygnet Health Care in formal legal proceedings, attending Court and undertaking advocacy where appropriate, this may include conducting trials and attending inquests.
- Day to day management of clinical negligence claims which are complex and range in value up to multiple millions of pounds. To include
- Accepting new instructions and to manage the claim considering instructions and entering factual, medical and legal information on any Cygnet Health Care computerised case management system;
- Obtaining patients’ medical records and, on occasion, considering whether disclosure to third parties is appropriate with reference to GDPR, Data Protection Act and the Access to Health Records Act;
**We are looking for someone who is...**
- Qualified and practicing solicitor and/or the post holder must have had extensive equivalent specialist work experience in this area
- Proven track record of managing a substantial caseload of legal claims, including high value clinical negligence claims, personal injury and complex coroner's inquests for a minimum of 8 years
- Demonstrate experience of advising at senior level on range of health law issues that arise in a healthcare setting
- Extensive experience of conducting difficult meetings involving clinical and professional staff on legal issues affecting them

**Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you**
- Group Pension
- NHS Staff Discounts
- Enhanced Maternity
- Free Health Cash Plan
- Employee Referral Scheme
- 24 Hours Free GP Helpline
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Cycle To Work Scheme
- On-site Benefits
- Free Mortgage Broker & Insurance Cover
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP
- Free Eye Tests
- Car Lease Discounts
- Paid Life Assurance Company scheme
- Smart Health Toolkit
- Providing you with Fitness Programmes, Nutrition consultation and Health checks

**Ready to make a positive change?**

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