Irwin Mitchell
Solicitor/Associate Solicitor (Future Opportunities - Medical Negligence) (6423)
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At Irwin Mitchell, we're always interested in connecting with talented legal professionals who share our commitment to helping our clients and colleagues thrive.
Future Opportunities
We regularly recruit Solicitors and Associate Solicitors within our Medical Negligence practice and are keen to hear from legal professionals with experience in this area or who have experience in other practice areas but are keen to move into and retrain within Medical Negligence.
Please note: this is not a live vacancy. We are using this advert to build our network of Solicitors and Associates who may be interested in future opportunities across our legal teams. By applying, you'll be joining our talent community and we'll be in touch should a suitable role become available that matches your skills and experience.
We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.
We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.
We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.
While requirements will vary depending on future opportunities, we're particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:
- Approximately 3+ years' PQE, ideally gained within a claimant litigation environment, with experience handling complex, high-value or procedurally challenging matters.
- Strong transferable litigation skills, including managing cases through key procedural stages, working to court deadlines and directions, instructing and liaising with experts, and progressing claims effectively and commercially.
- The ability to build trusted client relationships, take detailed instructions, analyse complex evidence and provide clear, practical legal advice tailored to individual circumstances.
- Experience supporting senior colleagues on high-value, complex or strategically significant cases, contributing to successful outcomes through effective case management and attention to detail.
- A genuine interest in Medical Negligence law and a desire to retrain within a specialist claimant practice, supported by a willingness to develop new technical knowledge and expertise.
- The confidence to manage your own workload while working collaboratively within a team environment to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients.
- Excellent communication, organisational and stakeholder management skills, alongside a compassionate and client-focused approach.
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Interested in Future Opportunities?
If you'd like to be considered for future Solicitor or Associate-level roles at Irwin Mitchell, we'd love to hear from you.
Submit your details and we'll keep your application on file for consideration should a suitable opportunity become available. While we may not be able to contact every applicant immediately, we'll review profiles against future vacancies as they arise.
Please note: This advert is for talent pooling purposes only and does not represent a current vacancy or guarantee of employment.
Benefits
- 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
- Generous 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.
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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. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.
We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!
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.
As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.
We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.
The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.
Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.
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