Job Description

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Paralegal

Date posted

25/06/2025

Job reference

HJ0370



This vacancy is
open to direct applications only, no approaches via recruitment
agencies will be accepted at this time.

Background

We are currently looking for a Paralegal to
work within our award winning Nursing Care Department.



Our Nursing Care department is one of the
leading national experts in the recovery of wrongly paid care
home fees; our specialist nursing care team have successfully
recovered over 170 million for our clients since the department
was set up in 2006.

The Role

The role involves challenging decisions on
NHS continuing health care cases. The successful candidates will
be responsible for their own file load, with supervision.



This will involve taking client
instructions and preparing cases for review panels; including
drafting witness statements and letters as well as reviewing
medical records. In addition to case preparation, the role will
involve advocacy in presenting cases to internal review
panels.



The role will involve communication with
clients via the telephone and correspondence and so strong
written skills and an empathetic telephone manner are
pre-requisites for these positions.



This is an exciting opportunity for
enthusiastic individuals who are looking to develop their legal
career, within our market leading Nursing Care department.

Skills & Qualifications

Law degree or similar academic qualification/ relevant experience Sound interpersonal and negotiation skills Good team player Well-organised LPC advantageous but not essential Strong IT skills

Life at Hugh James

We never shy
away from a challenge

We are a leading, full-service UK law firm.
Since our beginning, we have been led by the things that matter.
We care about fighting for the right outcomes. Solving the
seemingly unsolvable. Protecting businesses, individuals and
livelihoods. Supporting our people, our communities. Safeguarding
our planet. Looking for a way forward? At Hugh James, challenges
- of all sizes - are readily accepted.


The Hugh James
difference

Our law firm has always been guided by the
idea that self-belief is just as important as skillset. Our
pursuit of righting wrongs and protecting what important keeps us
driving forwards. It in our roots! We won stop until we find the
answers; the outcomes that are needed.



We are focused on the work we do, the
business we run, and our culture. Our entrepreneurial spirit has
taken us from humble beginnings to a strong presence across the
UK with offices in Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton and
Plymouth - servicing clients from businesses, individuals and
banks to public sector organisations, property companies,
education establishments and utilities providers. Our collegiate
culture, our forward-looking ethos, our values serve to make us
bigger, better, bolder than ever before.


A positive force
in the community

Our work with charities on a local and
national level plays a huge part in our day-to-day lives. We work
with a large range of charities, some of which we support through
fundraising, donations, volunteering and others we partner with
where our areas of work cross paths. Staff, clients everyone
comes together through a shared passion to do good in the
community and support those in need.


Some of our benefits on offer
include:



Minimum of 25 days holiday plus bank
holidays

Two Corporate Social Responsibility
days

Birthday day off

Death in service equivalent to twice annual
salary

Auto enrolment pension scheme

Hybrid working

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts for local businesses

Professional fees paid (subject to
requirement for your role)

Employee recruitment incentive scheme



Hugh James is an equal opportunities and
disability confident committed employer.



Thank you for taking the time to consider
this opportunity, I look forward to receiving your
application.


We reserve the
right to close our vacancies earlier than the given deadline if
we receive sufficient applications for the role.