Associate / Senior Associate

Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong. With more than 850 people including 185 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.

Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.

Job role: Associate / Senior Associate

Hours: 37.5 hours a week, 9am – 5.30pm, Monday to Friday

As the winner of Working Families’ ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award 2020’, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.

Department: Healthcare Advisory

Location: London

Benefits: At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.

Here are some examples of what we offer:

• 25 days’ annual leave
• Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
• Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
• 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
• Flexible, agile and home working
• BUPA
• Permanent health insurance
• Flexible pension scheme
• Medicash
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Life assurance
• Annual travel season ticket loan
• Dress for your day policy
• Training and development opportunities
• Financial contribution towards home working equipment

Role overview

Introduction to the role:

This role provides the opportunity to join one of the fastest growing business groups of Hill Dickinson. The Healthcare team has been growing year-on-year with a team of over 100 lawyers and national coverage, we are one of the leading firms providing legal advice and support to the NHS and independent healthcare organisations.

Our dedicated Healthcare team is now looking to recruit an Associate/Senior Associate with specific inquest experience who will be undertaking a wide range of advisory work for the NHS and other public and private organisations operating in the Health and Social Care Sector.

Introduction to the team:

An exciting opportunity join our rapidly growing team of highly experienced specialists working on a wide range of Healthcare matters for the NHS and other public and private organisations operating in the Health and social care sector.

Experts in their field, the healthcare team regularly advises NHS bodies, private providers and insurers on a range of issues including inquests and public inquiries, best interests applications, claims for judicial review, mental health law, patient care issues, and clinical and corporate governance matters.

We have specialist teams working exclusively for the healthcare sector on commercial, procurement, employment and property matters.

Our Health team can genuinely say it is award winning, having received major recognition over the last few years, most recently being named as Legal Services Provider of the Year by the Health Service Journal.

Key responsibilities:

Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Inquests (held both with and without a jury) including advocacy
• Court of Protection, treatment and best interest cases including advocacy
• Advising on public law issues such as public and patient involvement and consultation, governance and constitutional issues, judicial review and human rights;
• Advising on matters of general healthcare law including patient complaints, SUI and Ombudsman investigations, and a variety of other health sector legislation and guidance including mental health;
• Advising on care standards legislation and practice and information governance matters.

The candidate will work with other lawyers practising in the healthcare sector and will be expected to identify new products and work streams relevant to clients and develop new business.

What we are looking for

Essential:

• Law degree (or equivalent)
• Previous experience within healthcare law
• Proven experience of healthcare Inquests including advocacy
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to work flexibly and proactively
• Excellent communication/client service skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent organisational skills
• Willingness to travel

Desirable:

• Experience in Court of Protection/inherent jurisdiction work
• Familiarity with issues relevant to organisations in the health and social care sector
• Experience of litigation work preferable.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.

We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.

Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means that we will make reasonable adjustments to help you perform at your best. Please contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.

Values

Trust – Respect – Innovation – Collaboration

At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law.

All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.