Solicitor, NQ - 5PQE, Healthcare Team

MDD Forensic Accountants

Assistant Lawyer in Healthcare and Sports team handling healthcare claims and supporting senior lawyers. Working on claims involving orthopaedics, plastics, dental, and more.

Posted 6/15/2026full-time🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will work as part of the London Healthcare & Sports team and will both handle your own matters under supervision and support other senior lawyers to progress each file from receipt of papers from the insurer client to resolution of the claim.
Delivery of agreed performance targets and quality standards - the Assistant Lawyer will be expected to record 7 chargeable hours per day.
Following correct file handling procedures, including file opening processes, preparation of client care letters and complying with client SLAs.
Reviewing an initial file of papers, preparing appropriate chronologies and forming initial views on breach of duty, causation and quantum with preparation of reports to clients.
Obtaining and carrying out appropriate client instructions, including researching suitable experts and obtaining liability reports, liaising with both insured and insurer clients and updating strategy recommendations as appropriate.
Maintaining a strict overview of reserves on all files and arranging billing at regular intervals. Appropriate reserve recommendations made to clients with regular reserve reviews completed.
Drafting a variety of documents including Court documents, instructions to experts and counsel, advices to clients and without prejudice settlement correspondence.
Handling the file efficiently on a day to day basis, to include fielding telephone calls and general queries, liaising with the parties involved (including insurers, insureds, experts and witnesses), ensuring adherence to Court Guidelines and obtaining CRU/NHS Charges certificates.
Dealing with a Court timetable, including complying with disclosure, facilitating witness statement preparation and exchange of expert reports etc.
Suitably organising the matter-associated paperwork through use of Egress/Bundledocs.
Using and maintaining the internal case management system (Tracker) to keep the digital file current.
Carrying out legal research tasks.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Higher education/non law degree or equivalent experience in the legal sector whether Claimant or Defendant.
Experience or equivalent experience in dealing with clinical negligence claims.
Experience of and understanding of the litigation process.
Excellent telephone and communication skills with people at all levels inside and outside of the business.
An ability to organise and prioritise tasks using initiative.
Calm under pressure with the ability to re-prioritise and delegate effectively when required.
Positive, confident and enthusiastic.
Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills.
Excellent Inter-personal and client care skills.
Excellent IT skills.
A team worker with the flexibility to do what is required to get a favourable result and ensure client service levels are met.
Ability to learn technical knowledge relating to clinical medicine standards of care.
Ability to anticipate problems, identify solutions and make decisions.
****Desirable:**
Previous experience of working in a team handling Healthcare and/or Professional Indemnity claims.

Benefits

Comp & perks

- Davies Incentive Plan
- 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
- Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa)
- Simply Health Care Cash Plan
- WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
- Death in Service
- Critical Illness Cover
- PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
- Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
- Employee Resource Groups
- Employee Volunteering Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme*
- Tech Scheme*
- Season Ticket Loan*
- Gym Flex*
- Access to Online Discount Sites
- Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
- Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
- Discounts at local retail outlets
* after successfully completing probation

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Hard Skills & Tools

legal researchfile handling proceduresdrafting Court documentspreparation of client care lettersreviewing clinical negligence claimsunderstanding of litigation processpreparation of reportsbilling managementreserve recommendationscompliance with Court Guidelines

Soft Skills

excellent communication skillsorganisational skillsability to prioritise taskscalm under pressureproblem-solvingteamworkflexibilityclient care skillsinitiativeenthusiasm

Certifications

higher education degreenon-law degree