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The Regulatory Department is very diverse, offering a broad range of expert advice to organisations and healthcare professionals facing disciplinary action, criminal allegations and professional regulatory sanctions, as well as DPA requests and inquests. This is a unique opportunity to join our top-ranked team of medical defence lawyers providing a national service to healthcare professionals.

The role will primarily focus on assisting the Professional Discipline Team with the management of matters relating to doctors and dentists on behalf of their medical defence organisation, and private clients. With our diverse offering, inevitably there will be both the scope and need for our lawyers to be involved in work for clients outside of their core caseload

Main duties and responsibilities

Primary responsibility is to work with senior fee earners on their cases, undertaking tasks such as:-

• Managing a case load of professional discipline matters under supervision of a partner


• Drafting submissions to regulators


• instructing counsel and experts


• liaising with institutional and lay clients


• Advocacy at inquest hearings and at the GMC


• Attending hearings with counsel


• Achieve set financial and chargeable targets


• Ensure relevant deadlines, quality measures and KPIs are adhered to


• Comply with relevant policies and procedures


• Work in accordance with Weightmans' values


This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role.

You will be a qualified solicitor, 3 to 15 years PQE. As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We also require you to have/be:

• Genuine and demonstrable interest in healthcare sector


• Strong communication skills


• Disciplined time management and organisational skills


• Capacity to rigorously investigate and analyse evidence


• Ability to multi-task and prioritise


• Ability to work to strict deadlines and targets


• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative


• Flexible approach
  
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As well as being immensely proud of the work we carry out for our clients and the culture we provide to our people we offer a wide range of benefits including;

• 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part time)


• Hybrid working including provision of home office equipment


• Healthcare cover/ Medicash


• Pension plan


• Life Insurance 4 x salary


• Interest free travel loan scheme


• Employee Assistance Programme including counselling, legal and consumer advice service


• Discounted gym membership


• Discounted dental scheme


• Cycle to work scheme


• Offers & discounts


• Great reward and recognition scheme



• there are a small number of roles that cannot be performed from home, your Recruitment Adviser can confirm., As well as being immensely proud of the work we carry out for our clients and the culture we provide to our people we offer a wide range of benefits including;


• 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part time)


• Hybrid working including provision of home office equipment


• Healthcare cover/ Medicash


• Pension plan Life Insurance 4 x salary


• Interest free travel loan scheme


• Employee Assistance Programme including counselling, legal and consumer advice service


• Discounted gym membership Discounted dental scheme


• Cycle to work scheme


• Offers & discounts Great reward and recognition scheme



• there are a small number of roles that cannot be performed from home, your Recruitment Adviser can confirm.