Senior Solicitor - Regulatory Healthcare

The role will primarily focus on managing a caseload of inquest files for our various NHS clients, care homes and other organisations, and possibly some of the broader healthcare advisory work.  With our diverse offering, inevitably there will be both the scope and need for our lawyers to be involved in work for clients outside of their core caseload.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Manage a case load of files
• Attend Inquest hearings at court, including travel.
• Advocacy at pre-inquest review hearings and inquests
• Meetings with clients and witnesses in preparation for court hearings.
• Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values

You will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work.
We also require you to have/be:

• Qualified solicitor 4-10yr PQE
• Advocacy experience
• A willingness to develop advocacy skills

Desirable

• Regulatory defence experience
• Inquest advocacy experience

The candidate should be able to demonstrate:

• Healthcare experience is desirable
• Inquest experience is desirable
• Regulatory defence experience is desirable
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Excellent collaborative and team working skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent IT skills
• Ability to work to deadlines and targets
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative