Job Description

Senior Associate - Clinical Negligence

Location:

London

Salary:

Competitive

Contract Type:

Permanent

Position Type:

Full Time

Closing Date:

{Expiry Date}



We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Associate to join our hugely successful Clinical Negligence team in London.



Led by Emma Doughty (Legal 500 rated Leading Individual), our team deals with a variety of complex cases that stem from misdiagnoses or failure to diagnose such as spinal injury, brain injury, along with surgical errors and incorrect treatment. Our team is highly ranked within Chambers and the Legal 500, whilst also winning individual awards for their work on high profile cases.



You will be required to run your own caseload which will include many high value, maximum severity cases, some of which are litigated cases. We are therefore looking for a technically strong lawyer, who can also demonstrate empathy and excellent interpersonal skills.



This is an opportunity to work within a leading (and supportive) team, undertaking some very high quality (and often note-worthy) cases.

What we offer in return:

We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits:



Hybrid working - 2 days per week working in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)
35 hours per week - Monday to Friday
25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days
Employee Referral scheme
Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)
Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App providing you with services including annual health checks, access to Digital GP's, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and much more
Employee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions
Group Income Protection which will support you with an income if you are unable to work long term, as a result of a qualifying illness or injury
Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much more
Life Assurance cover
Workplace pension
Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores
Dental Insurance
Free legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services

Your Professional Development

We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.

Our Values

Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.



How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:

We do what we say we will We don't wait we create We own it, we sort it We respect and encourage each other We make time to live


The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.



For further information, please contact SL.Baylis@slatergordon.uk



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