Overview
Solicitor Grade B (or Equivalent) – Location: Southport Hybrid. Hybrid working available with the flexibility to work from home and collaborate in-office when needed. We offer hybrid and flexible working practices, balancing working from home with time collaborating and socialising with colleagues in our modern offices.
Join Our Clinical Negligence Team as a Grade B Solicitor (or Equivalent)
Are you an experienced Clinical Negligence Solicitor ready to take the next step in your career? We are seeking a highly skilled lawyer to join our dynamic and supportive team, where your expertise will make a real difference.
With a strong reputation in clinical negligence and a team that includes APIL, AvMA, and Law Society accredited specialists, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients. In this role, you will independently manage a variety of clinical negligence cases, ensuring they are handled with a proactive, client-focused, and commercially aware approach. Collaboration will be key as you work alongside our skilled team to deliver outstanding results, using your legal expertise and dedication to provide exceptional service and support to our clients, while benefiting from a collaborative culture, hybrid working, and excellent benefits.
This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career in a progressive environment where your contribution will be valued, your professional growth supported, and your work truly impactful. If you are ready to advance your expertise and grow with a firm that values excellence, we would love to hear from you.
In return Fletchers offers:
* 35 hours working week
* Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met)
* 35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, with an option to purchase up to 3 extra days per year until you reach long service awards of 3 days after your 5th, 7th, and 9th full year of employment
* Pension scheme with tax-efficient salary sacrifice option
* Life Assurance Policy
* Medicash policy to cover dental, optical and other medical expenses
* Company sick pay
* Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and IVF schemes
* Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work-life balance
* Varied calendar of funded company social events
* Monthly voucher awards for winning nominees
* A genuinely supportive and friendly culture
* Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
Responsibilities
Main Responsibilities for the role:
Accountable for:
* Running an individual caseload
* Providing support, guidance, and assistance to the team to deliver outstanding service to clients
* Contributing to proactive and commercial case management and progression across the team
* Supporting the Team Leader/Head of Department in ensuring the delivery of the team\'s financial and performance KPIs
* Effective and thorough time recording
Responsible for:
* Discussing and agreeing case tactics and planning with the Team Leader/Head of Department and team members
* Identifying and driving cases ready for LOC, settlement, and service within the team
* Working with the team to ensure that relevant information is collected and collated to enable case progression
* Managing a caseload in a proactive commercial manner
* Co-ordinating the progression of cases with all internal and external parties
* Drafting of legal documentation including LOC, letters of instruction
* Negotiating settlement and the issuing and service of proceedings if required
* Litigation of claims as required
* Overseeing the documentation and correspondence produced by the team
* Advising the team on technical issues arising from their cases with support from the Team Leader/Head of Department
Qualifications
* Recent experience of handling a caseload
* 5 years+ PQE or equivalent experience in Clinical Negligence
* Excellent organisational and time management skills
* Excellent communication and drafting skills
* Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office, Proclaim and Excel
* Excellent attention to detail
* Strong commercial awareness within a legal environment
* Ability to work well with junior team members, providing coaching and mentoring
* Flexible and willing to commit to achieving results and meeting deadlines
* Excellent client care skills
We reserve the right to close this role before the date specified depending on the calibre and volume of candidates.
About Fletchers Group
Fletchers is a fast-growing, dynamic law firm specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence law, with outstanding rankings in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Following several strategic acquisitions, we have evolved into the Fletchers Group, with ambitious plans for continued growth and innovation.
We aspire to be the best place to work in the legal sector. Our workplace culture is inclusive, informal, and supportive, with a strong focus on colleague wellbeing and happiness. We offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements to support balance and performance. We value connection and collaboration, and create opportunities for teams to come together and thrive. We invest in development, with many colleagues pursuing relevant qualifications while working here. We reward high performance and offer a benefits package that grows with you. Our base pay and bonus structure recognises and rewards effort.
Join us and be part of a law firm that is growing and redefining what it means to work in legal services. Fletchers Group is an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce: we welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to a culture where everyone can thrive and are signatories to the Disability Confident scheme, among other diversity standards.
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