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Sector: Health and Medical, Legal
Role: Associate
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is 'we're legal and financial experts that care' - something you'll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But we're more than just a law firm - we're a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs. Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.
We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.
We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators.
Your Role and What You'll Be Doing
We are looking to add a talented Paralegal to our Medical Negligence teams to be based in Leeds.
Our Team
As the leading medical negligence law firm in the UK, we know how to make a positive difference to our clients' lives. Our experienced medical negligence solicitors take the time to understand what clients are going through, helping them get the answers and compensation they deserve. Our medical negligence team has extensive experience in medical negligence claims arising from obstetric, neonatal, anaesthetic, neurosurgical, cardiac, and psychiatric care.
You'll join our busy Leeds office acting exclusively for clients in clinical negligence cases, helping people bring claims against NHS Trusts, private practitioners, and general practitioners. You will support team Solicitors with varied caseloads including but not limited to cases involving birth injuries, surgical errors, amputations, delays in diagnosis and mental health negligence including failure to prevent suicide.
Your Role
Your role will involve but is not limited to:
* Speaking to new / potential clients and taking details of their claim.
* Taking instructions from clients and assisting with the giving of legal advice, including setting up funding, obtaining evidence and, where appropriate, assist with litigation, to achieve appropriate resolutions for the clients.
* Achieving time recording and fee income targets to ensure profitable working.
* Supporting case handlers generally in the running of the cases.
* Attending and contributing to team/practice area meetings and complying with directions/decisions made to ensure team objectives achieved.
* Keeping up to date with changes in relevant law and practice and attending appropriate training events to ensure up to date legal knowledge and best practice.
About You
* A Law Degree (or equivalent)
* Excellent client care and inter-personal skills, operating with integrity and showing empathy and intuition to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances.
* Have ambition and enthusiasm for Personal Injury Law.
* A friendly, enthusiastic, and can-do approach.
* Enthusiasm in building a career as a Paralegal, whether you have previous experience or not.
Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You
* 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
* Generous and flexible pension schemes.
* Volunteering days - Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
* Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.
Additional Information
As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.
Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.
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If you’re looking for the next step in your career, we’ve got great opportunities here. We’re one of the largest and most respected law firms in the UK, and it’s not just solicitors we’re looking for either, you’ll find all kinds of non-legal business support roles too.
Our DNA
It’s in our DNA to value people for who they are and what they bring. We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture where our people can flourish and celebrating our differences is a key part of that.
Flexible by Choice
We recognise that the office 9-5 isn’t for everyone. That’s why we’ve introduced ‘Flexible by Choice’.
Our Community
We also offer a huge number of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace as well as flexible working options to ensure that you are fully supported to work the way that best suits you.
The Human Touch That Matters To You
In September 2019 we launched our human touch campaign. It focused on the emotional transitions our clients go through and the role our colleagues play in supporting them when they need more than just expertise.
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