Fitness to Practise Solicitor - Leeds - Up to £75,000
A leading national law firm is seeking an ambitious Fitness to Practise Solicitor to join its highly regarded Healthcare Regulatory team in Leeds.
This is an outstanding opportunity for a solicitor with experience in fitness to practise, healthcare regulation, professional discipline, regulatory investigations, inquests or public law to join a specialist team that advises healthcare professionals facing complex and career-defining regulatory matters.
Working alongside experienced healthcare regulatory specialists, you'll develop your own caseload while gaining exposure to high-profile and sensitive matters. The role offers exceptional career progression, client contact and advocacy opportunities within one of the fastest-growing areas of healthcare law.
The Role
As a Fitness to Practise Solicitor, you will:
- Manage a varied caseload of healthcare regulatory and professional discipline matters
- Advise healthcare professionals facing investigations and proceedings before professional regulators
- Represent clients at inquests, pre-inquest review hearings and coronial proceedings
- Support clients involved in disciplinary, misconduct and workplace investigations
- Assist individuals facing police investigations and related regulatory concerns
- Draft witness statements, regulatory responses, representations and legal submissions
- Work closely with barristers, regulators, expert witnesses and healthcare professionals
- Provide practical, strategic and commercially focused legal advice
- Support senior lawyers on high-value, complex and high-profile regulatory matters
- Build and maintain strong client relationships through exceptional service delivery
- Participate in business development and networking activities
- Mentor and support junior team members where appropriate
About You
To be considered, you will have:
- Qualified Solicitor in England & Wales with at least 2 years' PQE
- Experience in healthcare regulation, professional discipline, employment law, litigation, public law or wider regulatory work
- A genuine interest in developing a specialist career in fitness to practise and healthcare regulatory law
- Knowledge of professional regulators and disciplinary procedures
- Advocacy experience or a strong desire to develop advocacy and hearing experience
- Excellent drafting, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and client relationship management abilities
- Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills
- The ability to work effectively under pressure and manage competing priorities
- A proactive, collaborative and commercially minded approach
The Benefits
- Up to £75,000 salary depending on experience
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private medical insurance with family cover options
- Life assurance of up to four times salary
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Employee rewards, discounts and wellbeing initiatives
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Structured career progression within a leading healthcare regulatory practice
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Fitness to Practise Solicitor in Leeds employer: William James Recruitment
As a leading Legal 500-ranked law firm, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer that fosters a supportive and collaborative working culture. Our Hertfordshire office offers competitive salaries, generous benefits including a firmwide bonus scheme, and strong progression opportunities, making it an ideal environment for experienced Court of Protection Solicitors to thrive while making a meaningful impact in the lives of vulnerable clients and their families.
