Solicitor

Slater & Gordon is currently recruiting for an experienced Lawyer to join our award winning Clinical Negligence team in Newcastle.

Dealing 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.

Ideally, we are looking for an individual with experience in clinical negligence claims, who is capable of managing their own case load, including litigated cases.

We are therefore looking for a technically strong lawyer, who can also demonstrate empathy and excellent interpersonal skills. There may also be the opportunity to work on more complex issues, along with assisting the wider team, and offering advice to junior colleagues.

Working alongside our support staff of Paralegals and Legal Assistants, we would like those who can provide an excellent service to our clients, offering a high level of care, with experience running matters through to trial and who have exposure to complex casework.

Our Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 extra days of leave
• Employee referral bonus scheme
• Annual bonus scheme (discretionary)

Health & Wellbeing

• Access to Aviva Digicare+ (health checks, Digital GP, mental health support, second medical opinions, and more)
• BUPA private healthcare
• Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling and wellbeing webinars)
• Health & wellbeing perks including gym discounts, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions, and more
• Dental insurance

Financial & Protection

• Life assurance cover
• Income protection if you’re unable to work long-term due to illness or injury
• Workplace pension (5% employer contribution after probation)

Extras

• Access to a Benefits Hub with discounts on shopping, travel, food, and entertainment
• Free legal support and discounted legal services

Some benefits are dependent on passing probation or length of service and may change over time.

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.