Healthcare Inquest and Advisory Solicitor
Weightmans
- Birmingham Leicester
- £67,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manage a case load of files
- Attend applications and hearings at court, including travel, and accompany counsel where necessary
- Advocacy at pre-inquest review hearings and inquests
- Advise on a broad range of health and care-related matters
- Work in accordance with Weightmans' values
- Qualified solicitor 1-3yr PQE
- Healthcare Inquest experience
- Advocacy skills
- Court of Protection experience
- Mental health experience
- Regulatory defence experience
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Excellent collaborative and team working skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent IT skills
- Ability to work to deadlines and targets
- Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
- 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
- We encourage candidates to speak to us direct/apply direct for the opportunities we have available.
- Any reference to experience or PQE in our adverts or job descriptions is to be used as a guideline only. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and with different levels of experience who can demonstrate that they fulfil the requirements of the role.
- The successful candidate appointed to this role will be subject to our standard background checking process, and any offer of employment made is conditional upon successful completion of those checks. Further details can be obtained from the Recruitment team.
- We are open to part time/job share applicants.