Paralegal

Your Role and What You'll Be DoingThis is an exciting opportunity to join our medical negligence team who handle medical negligence claims for people who have suffered illness or injury as a result of substandard care in any medical setting. This includes treatment from a GP, hospital, or clinic. The work is very varied and includes all types of medical negligence casework, including birth injury claims (including injury to both mother and baby), spinal injury claims. surgical claims, orthopaedic claims, fatal accident claims, delay in diagnosis or delay in treatment and incorrect or inappropriate treatment. You’re role will involve but is not limited to: Taking instructions from clients and assist with the giving of legal advice, including obtaining evidence and, where appropriate, assist with litigation, to achieve appropriate resolutions for the clients.Achieve time recording and fee income targets to ensure profitable working.Support more senior case handlers generally in the running of the cases.Attend and contribute to team/practice area meetings and comply with directions/decisions made to ensure team objectives achieved.Keep up to date with changes in relevant law and practice and attend appropriate training events to ensure up to date legal knowledge and best practice. About YouEmpathy and compassion to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances.A friendly, enthusiastic, and can-do approachEnthusiasm in building a career as a Paralegal We’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share them: To be pioneering with an imaginative outlookTo be approachable and caringTo be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectivesTo be efficient in the provision of our servicesTo work with a foundation of integrity If this sounds like you, we’d love to receive your application. Applications close on Friday 28th June 2024Our Benefits - What We Can Offer YouFlexible working options - Make work fit around your life, not the other way around.25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday tooGenerous 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 to work in a way that best suits you. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over how they wish to work subject to role and client requirements.We have recently been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2023! Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.