We are currently recruiting for a Senior Associate to join a highly respected team who are at the forefront of healthcare commercial work nationally, across both the NHS and the fast-growing independent health sector. The firms Health, Care and Regulatory Law team provides advice and support to health, social care, education, and housing organisations across the public and independent sector.
This is an opportunity to join a highly reputable Top Tier firm who are well known for their high-quality work and whose expertise has been recognised time and time again in multiple legal directories including the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, and who have been recently named among the Times Best Law firms 2023.
Senior Associate | Healthcare the role:
As a Senior Associate you will work closely with the partners to deliver client work, whilst being encouraged to grow your professional network and participate in business development. You will be a part of a diverse and rich practice area that is intellectually stimulating and hugely rewarding. The role will involve advising clients on a range of health, social care, and education issues, both contentious and non-contentious.
The team’s services include management of complex litigation in the Court of Protection, human rights, inquests, mental health, safeguarding, patient safety, serious incident response, complaints, and disputes, HSE/CQC inspection and enforcement, education, children law, challenges to decision-making in in health and social care.
Key responsibilities include:
- Manage your own varied caseload of both advisory and litigation matters.
- Advocacy at inquests, Court of Protection hearings and Tribunals.
- Active involvement in client care and business development; and
- Assist with the wider management and supervision of the team.
Senior Associate | Healthcare about you:
- An interest in developing a career in health, social care law and/or education law.
- An ability to work confidently and effectively with others, clients, and colleagues alike.
- Technical excellence, organised, lateral thinker with an eye for detail.
- Enthusiasm to develop legal skills and a willingness to take on challenges.
- Team player, with the temperament to form strong and sustained working partnerships.
- Practical and commercial approach.
Senior Associate | Healthcare about the firm:
This national top Tier Firm has a reputation for excellence across a wide range of sectors for their high-quality work and successes and boast an impressive client portfolio, but equally they maintain strong employee values and culture with a strong work-life balance, impressive perks, and a lot of investment both in and outside of work for their teams. As such this role is available as a Hybrid / Work from home and the firm is flexible about creating the right Hybrid / Office balance for their employees.
Our client is offering great salaries for Senior Associates as well as a very impressive benefits package and of course a great work life balance with a Top Tier firm.