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Clinical Risk Paralegal - Leeds

Beachcroft LLP, Leeds

Clinical Risk Paralegal - Leeds

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Beachcroft LLP, Leeds

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 22 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 28869703f6704783b2a0d824c422739e

Full Job Description

  • Assisting the team on interesting and varied work consisting of pre-lit and litigated defendant clinical negligence claims on behalf of NHS Resolution and NHS Trusts. This will involve a wide range of task based work, including instructing experts and counsel, liaising with witnesses, arranging conferences, drafting documents, undertaking research and dealing with disclosure issues. There will also be opportunities to attend conferences and hearings with counsel.
  • Adhering closely to client protocol and process, using our bespoke case management system.
  • Making an appropriate contribution to non-fee-earning activity e.g. knowledge sharing, training, client seminars and business development.

    Previous clinical negligence experience would be highly desirable but is not essential.
  • We will also consider candidates with limited experience but who have strong academic qualifications, are practical and enthusiastic and who have a strong sense of team and a desire to learn
  • An ability to understand and work through complex issues.
  • A demonstrable ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an 'academic' approach to legal issues and to be highly client- focused.
  • Ability to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day to day issues building up strong relationships

    DAC Beachcroft is looking to appoint a Paralegal to join our friendly and dynamic Clinical Risk team in Leeds. This role presents an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and passionate individual to join an award-winning, progressive and highly specialised team. We have a proven track record in complex claims across all medical specialisms.
    • DAC Beachcroft - A Life that Works We are a leading international legal business with over 2,400 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We act for the majority of the top 30 insurance and financial services companies operating in the UK. Our national clinical risk cluster has over 120 Fee Earners across 5 locations, in Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Winchester and Newcastle. We pride ourselves on our supportive, approachable culture. We are trusted, appreciated as individuals and embraced as part of a team. At DAC Beachcroft, we don't just accept your differences, we celebrate them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you're good at what you do, come as you are. Our flexible approach means that we help our colleagues to be their best at work, while recognising that they have all sorts of different interests and commitments outside of their employment. Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. Combine this with our supportive culture, and you have: a Life that Works., We're a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We're market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients - from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK's top-five housebuilders. We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Miami, plus a broad network of affiliations across the globe.

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