Clinical Negligence Solicitor 1-5 year PQE
Location
Deal, Kent | United Kingdom
Job description
McKie Recruit are pleased to share this fantastic opportunity in a top 100 law firm. The firm is a market leader in both the Personal Injury Sector and Clinical Negligence. Our client are currently in an exciting period of growth and thus wish to recruit an additional fee earner ideally with at least 1 to 5 years PQE. The hiring firms pride themselves on facilitating both personal and professional development for their team and are ideally looking for an individual that aspires to work towards Associate status in the future.
The caseload will be a mixed range of CN work both pre issue and issues cases up to a value of 75000. However more complicated cases will be available for the right candidate. (For example high value catastrophic injury and birth injury).
This role will provide invaluable experience in working with the Head of Department a member of the Law Society Clinical Negligence panel and the Law Society Personal Injury panel one of very few practitioners in the North West to hold dual accreditation.
Requirements
- Experience of clinical negligence work
- Proven billing track record of handling a caseload including issued cases.
- Genuine tenacity. Confidence in dealing with and using the CPR to win.
- Excellent client care ability with a passion for achieving the best possible outcome for our clients.
- Knowledge of Proclaim case management system.
- Organised and efficient
- Willing to act as a team player to help the continued success of the team
- Will consider applicants with robust PI skills (nonportal work) and experience of high value cases.
Benefits
- A basic salary up to 40000 depending on experience. Along with a very generous commission scheme
- Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30am MondayThursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday. There is a degree of flexibility which can be discussed at interview.
- 3/2 alternative working from home pattern staff after probation
- 23 days holiday a year rising to 26 days (3 days reserved for Christmas closure of the office)
- 3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of service
- Extra day s holiday for your birthday after 2 years service.
- Private medical insurance available after 2 years service
- Attending fee earner meetings and training sessions (every other month)
- Death in Service 2 x salary
- Active social committee with generous departmental and firmwide social budget.
- Active training culture and various groups and events such as Diversity & Inclusion.
- Netball / Football team 10km Manchester team and more.
- Enhanced Maternity Leave payment if you have over 1 year tenure
- Other benefits including Employee Assistance Programme free fruit & annual flu jab
Experience of clinical negligence work Proven billing track record of handling a caseload, including issued cases. Genuine tenacity. Confidence in dealing with and using the CPR to win. Excellent client care ability, with a passion for achieving the best possible outcome for our clients. Knowledge of Proclaim case management system. Organised and efficient Willing to act as a team player to help the continued success of the team Will consider applicants with robust PI skills (non-portal work) and experience of high value cases.
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