Associate - Healthcare Disputes - #1762869

Make a real difference. Join our award-winning healthcare team and navigate complex legal challenges that shape lives, policy, and patient care across the UK.

The role

We are looking for a solicitor to work as part of our award-winning healthcare team alongside Partners Jill Mason, Neil Ward Duncan Astill and Amanda Narkiewicz. We are flexible in terms of the Mills & Reeve office location for the successful candidate. You will be responsible for dealing with a wide range of patient matters and public law work (these are often life and death matters and/or headline news either locally or nationally).

The broad range of work will include complex issues covering:

• Mental Capacity Act 2005, Best Interests and Court of Protection cases
• Mental Health Act 1983
• NHS Continuing Care/Responsible Commissioner issues
• Priorities/exceptional funding
• Governance
• Incident investigation
• Care Act
  
  

Although you would not be expected to be covering all these areas! The work will require some travel to service client needs nationally.

The person

You are likely to be 2 - 4 years' qualified or equivalent experience. A good working knowledge of Information Governance law and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 will be a particular advantage.

Essential

• Degree or equivalent and A Level grades or equivalents.
• Excellent written English for drafting purposes list of more specific skills and experience that will be used for shortlisting purposes.
  
  

You will be able to demonstrate

• A can do approach
• Attention to detail
• Excellent time and file management
• An ability to build relationships with clients, potential clients and witnesses
• Good research skills
• Evidence of negotiating skills
• Competent analytical skills, ability to work under pressure, flexibility and team working
• Appropriate interpersonal skills as this work involves many challenges to practitioners, who must be able to deal
  
  

with a variety of people issues

• Current knowledge and understanding of:
• National Health Service
• Duties of doctors and other clinical professionals
  
  

Who will I be working with?

Working under close supervision, you will have diverse and interesting work within this team, which is part of the wider cross office NSL with team members based in Birmingham, Cambridge, London and Manchester.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

The Benefits

As you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits. Click here to find out more about our core benefit offering.

Pre employment screening

If we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.

The firm

Mills & Reeve is centred on achieving more for clients, their businesses and the wider communities we serve. Our clients and their industries benefit from our knowledge and learning, and receive consistent experiences with no surprises. We tell them what they need to know when they need to know it.

We build personal relationships, with advice individually tailored to individual need. And if clients need things we don't offer, we draw on our network to give recommendations. Our 1,250 plus people and over 750 lawyers share one vision – achieving more for clients.

By joining Mills & Reeve, you'll have the chance to build your skills and experience within a firm that's not only ranked in the top 50 UK law firms, but also one that truly values their people. Our mantra is “Achieve more. Together.”, which we feel embodies our purpose and is more than just a catchphrase! We're also ranked in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work list, and were recently awarded Platinum Investors in People.

and finally

Everyone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these.

To find out more about our diversity and inclusion work, visit our website .