Medico-Legal Solicitor Role
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The role of a Medico-Legal Solicitor is to deliver high-quality, timely legal advice and services in respect of a broad range of medical defence matters. This includes providing general medico-legal advice to members and claims managers, as well as appearing on behalf of medical practitioners before various tribunals and courts.
Key Responsibilities:
* Deliver high-quality, timely legal advice and services in respect of medical defence matters.
* Provide general medico-legal advice to members and claims managers.
* Appear on behalf of medical practitioners before the Medical Board of Australia, VCAT, Coroners Court, Medicare, and HCC.
Requirements:
* Relevant tertiary legal qualifications.
* Eligible to hold an unsupervised practising certificate as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the High Court of Australia.
* Demonstrated post-admission experience in private practice (ideally 2-4 years) in medical negligence, professional conduct-related litigation experience is preferred.
* Previous experience in conducting all phases of litigation and/or professional conduct cases.
* Previous experience in employment law an advantage.
* Ability to express ideas effectively with proven excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* High level of prioritisation, time management, and self-management skills.
* Ability to mentor and support junior team members.
* Good computer literacy and competency to work in an electronic document management environment.
Benefits:
* Guaranteed pipeline of work from instructing client.
* Work with event-based billing.
* Opportunity to work on a great variety and breadth of cases.
* Defined career progression and promotion pathway.
* Flexible working practices offering hybrid working.
Why Work at Avant?
* Work for Australia's largest specialist medico-legal law firm.
* Collaborative environment with access to top specialist medico-legal solicitors.
* Inclusive workplace with diverse range of benefits.
About Us:
Australia's leading medical defence organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 130 years.