About your new role
The Healthcare Regulatory Professional Discipline Team act for Medical Defence Organisations, insurers, and private clients in regulatory, disciplinary, coronial, and criminal matters. The team has a nationwide reach with fee earners based in London, Leeds, Manchester and Cardiff. The team is highly regarded in this diverse and unique area of work; we are ranked as a tier 1 firm in professional discipline by the legal 500.
We are looking for a Solicitor to join the team in Leeds. The work would involve advising on GDC/GMC investigations, inquests, police investigations and Trust disciplinary cases.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Take responsibility for cases with minimal supervision
- Achieve set financial and chargeable targets
- Assist other lawyers in the team with their work, including supporting lead advisers and the supervision of more junior lawyers
- Conduct advocacy including at pre-inquest review hearings and inquests, where appropriate
- Produce monthly and ad-hoc client MI reports
About You
You will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work. We also require you to have/be:
- Knowledge of the way that the healthcare regulators work
- Qualified Solicitor 2-5 Years PQE
- Advocacy experience
- A willingness to extend your existing skills and develop expertise in this area of law
- A high level of commercial awareness
- Conscientious, self-motivated, hardworking, responsive, with critical thinking abilities and excellent communication, organisation and analytical skills
- A methodical, organised approach
- Passionate about growth and generating work opportunities internally and externally
- Focuses on operational excellence and generating work opportunities through great service delivery and the client’s experience
- Ability to work to strict deadlines and timetables, meeting targets and client protocols whilst maintaining high standards of accuracy and quality
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent IT skills
- Able to multi-task and prioritise tasks independently
- Ability to work as part of a team and also possessing initiative and a “can-do” attitude
- Excellent collaborative and team working skills
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