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Clinical Negligence Solicitor

About your new role

Our Healthcare team is a vibrant specialist department. We provide advice on all aspects of clinical negligence. The ethos of the team is to work hard for our clients so that we secure the right outcome for them. In so doing we improve our technical skills and enhance our ability to meet the clients’ needs as they evolve. The healthcare sector is fast moving and the challenge of working for our clients provides very interesting work. The successful candidate will be highly motivated to develop their own and our teams’ practices. We provide a supportive environment in which to work.

We pride ourselves on having excellent development opportunities for progression alongside a flexible working culture and are looking for NHS Resolution experienced talent to increase our offering across all aspects of healthcare law.

Main duties and responsibilities

. Review cases upon allocation and report and thereafter conduct case in accordance with internal and client SLAs and KPIs

· Assist others with their cases and database/MI tasks

· Undertake client secondments as required

· Complete client MI procedures/databases

· Achieve set financial and chargeable hours targets

· Deal with own hearings

· Obtain witness statements

· Ensure relevant deadlines, quality measures and KPIs are adhered to

· Comply with relevant policies and procedures

· Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role.

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About You

You will be a qualified solicitor, 1 YR + PQE. As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We also require you to have/be:

· Previous NHS Resolution clinical defendant experience

.         Experience of providing other Healthcare related advice would also be preferred

·         Knowledge of CPR procedure with proven technical ability

·         Ability to work to strict deadlines and timescales

·         Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative

If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and commitment, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Why work for us

Come and join our award-winning organisation and team. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 18th consecutive year at Britain’s Top Employers awards 2025, and ranking 5th in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.

Embark on this journey with Weightmans towards becoming one of the Top 30 UK Law firms.

Why work for us? Take a look: Work for Weightmans: voted a top employer | Weightmans

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