Clinical Negligence Consultant

Job ID: JRBB0001

Salary: £40000-£70000 per year

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Job Description:

James Ray Recruitment are proudly working with a UK-Top 100 commercial law firm providing a comprehensive range of legal services from offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and London. Our client is seeking to recruit clinical negligence/medical malpractice consultants to join their growing consultant team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with an excellent client base and experience high quality work but with flexible hours to suit you. Consultants are self-employed and work from home with office support. They undertake a mixed portfolio of work on a fixed fee and day rate basis. This is a new way of working for applicants who want to have the flexibility to choose when and how much work they do (depending on client demand).

Please note that we would be happy to talk to any potential candidates coming from a more traditional role, who would be interested in transitioning to a consultant role, and our existing consultants would be happy to explain how the role works.

Key Duties:

In this role and depending on experience you have the opportunity to:

  • Provide assistance to solicitors undertaking pre-litigated and litigated matters.
  • Undertake pre-litigation investigation and advisory work.
  • Provide ad hoc legal services support to our clients.
  • Support the development of relationships with NHS Resolution/Insurer clients and Trust/Insured clients.
  • Liaise with Primary Care practitioners of various specialties and backgrounds.

 

Successful applicants will possess the following skills key to the role:

  • Previous clinical negligence, defendant medical malpractice/insurance, or PI experience
  • Ideally experience of claims against Primary Care practitioners
  • Strong communication skills with a professional approach to work
  • Confidence in working directly with clients
  • An ability to build strong interpersonal relationships
  • An aptitude for drafting and legal analysis
  • A keenness to work collaboratively with colleagues at junior and senior levels
  • Excellent project management skills
  • A practical and commercial approach

Benefits:

They offer a substantial benefits package to all employees including:

  • A minimum of 25 days holiday (plus the option to buy up to an additional 5 days)
  • Discretionary bonus scheme
  • Generous pension scheme
  • Private medical insurance through Vitality
  • Biennial private health assessment through Nuffield Health
  • Life assurance
  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme
  • Cycle to work scheme

To Apply For This Role:

Email your CV and cover letter to admin@jamesrayrec.com

To Apply For This Role:

Email your CV and cover letter to admin@jamesrayrec.com