Regulatory Paralegal Cardiff 2024

The Regulatory Department is very diverse,offering a broad range of expert advice to organisations and healthcareprofessionals facing disciplinary action, criminal allegations and professionalregulatory sanctions, as well as DPA requests and inquests. This is aunique opportunity to join our top-ranked team of medical defence lawyersproviding a national service to healthcare professionals.

The role will primarily focus on assisting the Medical Defence Team with the management matters relating to doctors and dentists on behalf of their medical defence organisation, and private clients. With our diverse offering, inevitably there will both the scope and need for our lawyers to be involved in work for clients outside of their core caseload

This role is based in Cardiff.

Main duties and responsibilities

Primary responsibility is to work with senior fee earners on their cases, undertaking tasks such as:-

• Drafting letters of approach/instruction to experts, instructing counsel, collating documents, preparing chronologies, tracing and interviewing witnesses and generally assisting colleagues to manage a case load of files.
• Corresponding with other parties and following up communications
• Attending hearings to take notes (both remote and in-person hearings)
• Assisting with drafting instructions to counsel and experts
• Preparing bundles of documents on behalf of clients for Court, Tribunal or other hearings
• Achieve set financial and chargeable targets
• Ensure relevant deadlines, quality measures and KPIs are adhered to
• Comply with relevant policies and procedures
• Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role.

About you

You will have previous experience as a Paralegal and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work. As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We also require you to have:-

Essential skills

• Excellent written and telephone communication
• A desire to learn new skills
• Attention to detail
• A willingness to develop your skills
• The ability to work to strict deadlines and timescales
• Ability to work to client SLA and KPIs
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Excellent written and organisation skills
• Excellent time management skills

Desirable

• Some Healthcare experience is desirable
• A familiarity with Inquest cases is desirable
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Excellent collaborative and team working skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent IT skills
• Ability to work to deadlines and targets
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative

If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, then we look forward to receiving your application

Why work for us?

Weightmans is a Top 40 law firm with offices throughout the UK. Having been recognised as the leading legal employer and 10th overall employer at the annual Britain's Top Employers awards 2023 and achieved record rankings in Chambers UK.

We are proud to be an accredited living wage employer.

The independent research showed "Weightmans provides exceptional employee conditions, nurtures and develops talent throughout all levels of the organisation."

We are truly committed to fostering a culture of equality and diversity, where everyone in the firm is respected and recognised on merit for the work that they do.

We strongly encourage applications from people of all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations and disabilities. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustment at any stage of the application process.

Please feel free to note your preferred pronouns in your application.

Work for a firm where people matter – work for Weightmans

As well as being immensely proud of the work we carry out for our clients and the culture we provide to our people we offer a wide range of benefits including;

• 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part time)
• Agile / working from home including provision of home office equipment*
• Healthcare cover/ Medicash
• Pension plan
• Life Insurance 4 x salary
• Interest free travel loan scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme including counselling, legal and consumer advice service
• Discounted gym membership
• Discounted dental scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Offers & discounts
• Great reward and recognition scheme

*there are a small number of roles that cannot be performed from home, your Recruitment Adviser can confirm.

Please note

• We encourage candidates to speak to us direct/apply direct for the opportunities we have available.
• Any reference to experience or PQE in our adverts or job descriptions is to be used as a guideline only. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and with different levels of experience who can demonstrate that they fulfil the requirements of the role.
• The successful candidate appointed to this role will be subject to our standard background checking process, and any offer of employment made is conditional upon successful completion of those checks. Further details can be obtained from the Recruitment team.
• We are open to part time/job share applicants.