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Our Health and Care: Resolution team operates across England with four offices (Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds and London), offering advice and assistance to health and social care organisations across a broad range of issues including clinical negligence, medical malpractice and human rights claims, inquests, Court of Protection and public law matters.
We are one of ten firms that act for the NHS Resolution, putting us at the heart of claims and complaints brought against the NHS. Our Clinical Negligence team is highly regarded for their work acting on behalf of NHSR and NHS Trusts and in the defence of clinical negligence cases. In addition, we undertake healthcare and medical malpractice and regulatory work for a range of private insurers and private sector health and social care providers.
The role
We are seeking to recruit clinical negligence/medical malpractice consultants to join our consultant team.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with an excellent client base and experience high quality work but with flexible hours to suit you. Our consultants are self-employed and work from home with office support. They undertake a mixed portfolio of work on a fixed fee and day rate basis. This is a new way of working for applicants who want to have the flexibility to choose when and how much work they do (depending on client demand).
Please note that we would be happy to talk to any potential candidates coming from a more traditional role, who would be interested in transitioning to a consultant role, and our existing consultants would be happy to explain how the role works.
In this role and depending on experience you have the opportunity to:
* Provide assistance to solicitors undertaking pre-litigated and litigated matters
* Undertake pre-litigation investigation and advisory work
* Provide ad hoc legal services support to our clients
* Support the development of relationships with NHS Resolution/Insurer clients and Trust/Insured clients
* Liaise with Primary Care practitioners of various specialties and backgrounds
What we are looking for from you
Successful applicants will possess the following skills key to the role:
* Previous clinical negligence, defendant medical malpractice/insurance, or PI experience
* Ideally experience of claims against Primary Care practitioners
* Strong communication skills with a professional approach to work
* Confidence in working directly with clients
* An ability to build strong interpersonal relationships
* An aptitude for drafting and legal analysis
* A keenness to work collaboratively with colleagues at junior and senior levels
* Excellent project management skills
* A practical and commercial approach
Make a Real Impact
Bevan Brittan is a leading commercial law firm. Alongside our recognised expertise in housing, local government, and health and social care, we are specialists in the construction, energy and resource management, higher education and financial services sectors.
Supported by valued business services professionals, our award-winning and growing legal teams work together to support almost 2,000 organisations with commercial, corporate, property, finance, regulatory, employment and litigation (commercial and clinical negligence) legal and advisory services.
As a responsible business, we embrace four values: Relationships, Reputation, Responsible and Results. These give us a sense of purpose. They influence the decisions we make and how we work with each other. Importantly, they motivate us to deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and the communities that we’re part of.
Consistently recognised as one of The Times Best Law Firms and highly ranked across the legal directories, we are proud of our hard-earned reputation. Our 2024/25 financial results confirmed both revenue and profit growth for a twelfth consecutive year, ensuring our ability to continue investing in our people.
As a firm we embrace our differences, we act responsibly, now and for the future and we support you to be your best through our hybrid working model and professional development opportunities.
Looking to the future, we’re targeting ambitious growth and success. And we’re looking for the best people to be part of it.