Associate - Clinical Negligence - Southampton, United Kingdom - Hugh James

Hugh James

Verified Company

Southampton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Background
The Clinical Negligence department represents claimants and their families following poor medical treatment.

The team at Hugh James are top-ranked in both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, offering one of the largest practices in the UK.

The role
An exciting opportunity has arrisen for an Associate to join the growing team in Southampton.

The role will primarily involve working on new and potential instructions and duties will include:

Handle a caseload of clinical negligence work in line with department strategy with a mínimal amount of supervision (although of course full support will be provided)
Conduct a wide range of clinical negligence cases
Maintaining a good knowledge of CPR and the law relating to clinical negligence
Providing advice to clients on sensitive matters
Draft witness statements and pleadings
Reviewing medical reports and provide appropriate advice
Maintaining a basic understanding of medical issues
Instructing and communicating with Counsel
Dealing with highly complex conferences
Working with other solicitors to develop and help maintain good client relationships and knowledge within clinical negligence
Maintaining a professional attitude
Maintaining knowledge of clinical negligence complaints handling procedures by G.P.s and NHS in England and Wales
If required, supervise other fee earners

Qualifications, skills and experience

Strong organisation and time management skills are a key element to this role as is the ability to work under pressure in order to meet tight deadlines.

Excellent client care skills are also a must.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive, ambitious and established department.

Life at Hugh James

Although our workforce has grown to more than 700, we have retained and nurtured a unique culture which is based on hard work, exceptional talent, ambition, empathy, innovation and good humour.

It is those qualities that have helped us grow the business to where we stand today.

Key to our growth strategy to date has been the recruitment and development of great people. This will remain the case as we look forward to the years ahead. Life at Hugh James is vibrant and full of opportunities.

Our culture is friendly and collegiate, but we maintain the professional atmosphere you would expect from a modern, leading law firm.

All our staff have access to industry-leading training and mentoring to ensure they reach their potential.

Some of our benefits on offer include:
Minimum of 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Two Corporate Social Responsibility days

Birthday day off

Death in service equivalent to twice annual salary

Auto enrolment pension scheme

Hybrid working

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts for local businesses

Employee recruitment incentive scheme

Hugh James is an equal opportunities and disability confident committed employer.

Thank you for taking the time to consider this opportunity. If you have questions, please contact Phoebe Orbell.