Overview

Solicitor or Equivalent (Clinical Negligence Grade B - Birmingham)

Location: Birmingham / Hybrid. Hybrid working available with the flexibility to work from home and collaborate in-office when needed. We offer a flexible hybrid working pattern balancing home working with time in modern offices.

Join Our Clinical Negligence Team as a Grade B Solicitor (or Equivalent). We are seeking an experienced Clinical Negligence Solicitor to join a dynamic and supportive team, where your expertise will make a real difference. The firm has a strong reputation in clinical negligence and a team that includes APIL, AvMA, and Law Society accredited specialists. You will independently manage a variety of clinical negligence cases with a proactive, client-focused, and commercially aware approach. Collaboration with the team is essential to deliver outstanding results, while benefiting from a collaborative culture, hybrid working, and excellent benefits.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career in a progressive environment where your contribution will be valued, your professional growth supported, and your work truly impactful. If you are ready to advance your expertise and grow with a firm that values excellence, we would like to hear from you.

In Return Fletchers Offers

• 35 hours working week
• Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met)
• 35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure; option to purchase up to 3 extra days per year
• Pension scheme with tax-efficient salary sacrifice option
• Life Assurance Policy
• Medicash policy to cover some dental, optical and other medical expenses
• Company sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and IVF schemes
• Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work-life balance
• Varied calendar of funded company social events
• Monthly voucher awards for winning nominees
• A genuinely supportive and friendly culture
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Accountable for running an individual caseload.
• Providing support, guidance, and assistance to the team to deliver outstanding service to clients.
• Contribute to proactive and commercial case management and progression across the team.
• Supporting the Team Leader / Head of Department in ensuring the delivery of the team's financial and performance KPIs.
• Effective and thorough time recording.
• Discussing and agreeing case tactics and planning with the Team Leader / Head of Department and members of the team.
• Identifying and driving cases which are ready for LOC, settlement, and service within the team.
• Working with the team to ensure that relevant information is collected and collated to enable the progression of the case.
• Managing a caseload in a proactive commercial manner.
• Co-ordinating the progression of cases with all internal and external parties.
• Drafting of legal documentation including LOC, letters of instruction.
• Negotiating settlement and, if required, issuing and serving proceedings.
• Litigation of claims as required.
• Overseeing the documentation and correspondence produced by the team.
• Advising the team on technical issues arising from their cases with support from the Team Leader / Head of Department.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Recent experience of handling a caseload.
• 5 years+ PQE or equivalent experience working in Clinical Negligence.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent communication and drafting skills.
• Excellent IT skills, especially in respect of Microsoft Office packages, Proclaim and Excel.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong commercial awareness within a legal environment.
• Ability to work well with junior team members, providing coaching and mentoring.
• Flexible and willing to commit to achieving results and meeting deadlines.
• Excellent client care skills.

About Fletchers Group

Fletchers is a fast-growing, dynamic law firm specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence law, with outstanding rankings in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Following several strategic acquisitions, we have evolved into the Fletchers Group, with ambitious plans for continued growth and innovation. We aspire to be the best place to work in the legal sector. Our workplace culture is inclusive, informal, and supportive, with a strong focus on colleague wellbeing and happiness. We offer hybrid and flexible working arrangements and are committed to development and progression. We seek a broad range of challenging, high-quality legal work, enabling our people to build meaningful and progressive careers. We invest in development with many colleagues pursuing relevant qualifications. We reward those who help build our success and live our values, with a benefits package designed to grow with you. We are an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce and support Disability Confident and other diversity standards.