Personal Injury Paralegal

PERSONAL INJURY PARALEGAL

BRISTOL

SALARY DEPENDING UPON EXPERIENCE

My clients Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Team is offering an excellent Paralegal opportunity. They are seeking a proactive and ambitious individual with the skillset to approach this role with pride, professionalism and empathy.

This full-time, hybrid opportunity can be based from the Bristol office located within easy access of public transport links, restaurants, bars and shops. This role is incredibly rewarding ands offer:

• 26 days holiday + bank holidays
• Hybrid working
• Career development - we welcome candidate wanting to develop via the SQE route.
• Additional Christmas leave
• Life Assurance
• Gym subsidy
• All the technology needed to excel when working from home.
• An opportunity to work with and learn from an incredibly talented team.

Who we are

You’ll be joining a national law firm that enjoys a strong reputation, made possible by their exceptional people - each chosen for their industry knowledge and passion for their field.

My client work flexibly and you’ll be empowered to work where you do your best work, balancing your individual needs with the need for to the need to engage as teams and deliver excellent client service.

Day to day, you’ll be successful in this role by:

On a day-to-day basis you will be:

• Handling new client enquiries
• Assisting with the initial opening of files, retainer documents and liaising with new clients
• Actioning requests for medical records when retainer documents are signed and as case progresses.
• Working alongside fee earners and assisting on client matters by drafting witness statements, cost update letters, assisting with Schedule of Loss, preparing List of Documents, preparing for Trial etc
• Assisting with identification of appropriate medical experts and arranging conferences with Counsel/client/experts.
• Document preparation and production using Microsoft Office packages
• Ensuring all emails and electronic documents are filed correctly within FileSite

Working under supervision, you will be able to assist the fee earners with their day-to-day caseloads and have the opportunity to get involved in business development activities as a key member of the team.

This is a busy role, with deadlines to manage and competing priorities, so you will be required to work quickly, accurately and efficiently, whilst remaining calm under pressure. You will be expected to think ahead to meet the needs of your team and clients.

It is an integral part of this role that you comply with information security and all firm policies and procedures.

This role is right for you if:

The firm are looking for someone with a genuine interest in Clinical Negligence. You will be able to demonstrate real potential, with the talent, ambition and interest to succeed in a career within this field.

This role will suit you if you like to prioritise your own workload, work closely to deadlines. You will need to demonstrate from experience that you are exceptionally organised and proactive and that you have a flexible 'can-do’ attitude.

My client expect you to be someone who takes pride in your work and can provide a first-class support service to your fee earners, anticipating their needs in advance wherever possible whilst always paying meticulous attention to detail in all of your work.

You will have an excellent telephone manner, spelling and grammar and be proficient with the usual Microsoft packages, including Excel and PowerPoint.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR CV TO TANYA BROWN AT BROWNS RECRUITMENT GROUP AS DIRECTED.t