Solicitor-Medical Negligence- Newcastle-0-5PQE

ENGINEERINGUK; North East, Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

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Solicitor-Medical Negligence- Newcastle-0-5PQE

Sector: Health and Medical, Legal
Role: Partner
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is 'we're legal and financial experts that care' - something you'll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But we're more than just a law firm - we're a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs. Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators.

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

We are looking to add a talented Solicitor to our leading Medical Negligence team to be based in the North East out of our Newcastle office (hybrid working).

As the leading clinical and medical negligence law firm in the UK, we know how to make a positive difference to our clients' 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 claims
• Cancer claims
• Cerebral Palsy claims
• GP negligence claims

Our recent work includes:

• Settlement for a client after suffering a stroke that doctors could have avoided
• A couple receiving settlement after newborn dies at birth because of poor standards of care
• A woman receives settlement after Fallopian Tube removed because of a late diagnosis by doctors

Your Role

You'll provide quality legal advice to the firm's clients by appropriate supervision and training and managing your very own caseload from the offset. 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'll join Partner Sarah Cole's Medical Negligence Team, based in Newcastle.

What You'll Be Doing

• 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 You

• 0-5 PQE with a Medical Negligence background
• Highly organised
• Commercial awareness
• Ability 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 You

• 25 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 2024!

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.