Solicitor / Associate - Medical Negligence- Sheffield

Solicitor / Associate - Medical Negligence - Sheffield

We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it's personal or business, we understand that everyone's situation is different. 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 part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

Our Team

As 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 Practice Areas

• Accident & Emergency claims
• Cancer claims
• Cerebral Palsy claims
• GP negligence claims

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

You'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 and they handle a variety of complex cases, including:

• Claims involving a death
• Gynaecology cases
• Delay in the diagnosis of cancer
• Surgical injuries
• Spinal injury cases
• Orthopaedic cases
• Injuries to children at birth

What You'll be doing

• Taking 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.
• Reviewing cases and other relevant matters with supervisor to ensure quality legal advice is provided.

About You

• 4-6 years PQE with a Medical Negligence background
• Commercial awareness
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently
• Ability to work in a pressurised environment

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - you can 'buy' up to 35 hrs 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!

Our 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.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's on boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish you eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.