Associate (Clinical Negligence)

Associate/ Senior Associate (4-8 PQE)

Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury

Kingsley Napley LLP

This position would suit a full-time or part-time individual – with 4 days minimum per week

Our highly experienced, and top ranked, team of lawyers are well known for their commitment, dedication and expertise in dealing with a variety of complex medical negligence and personal injury cases. Our team deal with the most complex matters and have frequently achieved substantial settlements of well over £20 million.

We are recruiting for an exciting new role; an Associate/ Senior Associate to work closely with the partners and fee-earners managing high value claimant clinical negligence claims (circa 80% of the workload) and personal injury claims (20%).

We are looking for…

• An associate comfortable managing a caseload of complex matters, who can demonstrate excellent technical skills along with strong financial discipline of matters
• A reflective, honest and empathetic person who can give & receive feedback and work well in a diverse team of people
• Excellent role modelling and people management skills; delegating appropriate work clearly to those more junior in the team
• Someone keen to promote their own profile as well as the KN brand, demonstrating tangible contributions towards BD & marketing plans.

What can we offer you?

• A values-driven and collegiate environment that has been consistently voted a top law firm to work for by Best Companies for over a decade
• A culture centred around continuous learning, improvement & growth mindset – we want our lawyers to be the best they can be, and we’ll help you get there
• An excellent variety of work and cases – learning from some of the best in the industry
• A firm that takes wellness and well-being seriously with a number of initiatives and programmes in place to ensure that our people feel included, happy and motivated at work

A competitive salary and full benefits package:

• Private medical insurance fully funded by the Firm
• Health cash plan fully by the Firm to help with everyday healthcare costs
• Life insurance and life assurance schemes for peace of mind
• Matched pension contributions up to 5%
• £200 annual contribution towards activities that support your wellbeing
• Comprehensive flexible benefit scheme to choose what matters most to you, from dental and critical illness cover to buying or selling holiday
• Virtual private GP service for fast, convenient healthcare
• Six annual therapy sessions with Self Space, supporting mental health and resilience
• Competitive family friendly policies (including up to 5 days paid emergency leave to care for dependants)
• Generous holiday allowance starting at 25 days rising with service, and job grade up to 30 days.

For further information and a detailed job description please visit our website at https://www.kingsleynapley.co.uk/careers

Kingsley Napley are committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and religion.