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Job Title
Health & Care Regulatory Paralegal
Location
Birmingham, Bristol or Leeds
Description
Bevan Brittan is a UK-Top 100 commercial law firm providing a
comprehensive range of legal services from offices in Birmingham,
Bristol, Leeds and London.
The firm advises businesses across construction, energy &
resource management, higher education and financial services,
complementing the firm's market leadership within housing, local
government and health & social care.
We currently employ over 600 people, including over 90 Partners, and
our award-winning teams provide construction, commercial, corporate,
property, regulatory, employment and litigation (commercial and
clinical negligence) legal advice.
Bevan Brittan is named among 'The Times Best Law Firms 2024' and has
recently either won or been shortlisted for a number of prestigious awards.
We are driven by our 4 values: Relationships, Results, Reputation and
Responsible. These give us a sense of purpose and ensure we always
work collaboratively with clients and colleagues, continually improve,
make the right choices and act with integrity.
Bevan Brittan is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes
applicants from all backgrounds.
The Team
Our Health & Care: Regulatory team provides advice and support to
health, social care, education and housing organisations across the
public and independent sector.
We are a team of 42 colleagues operating out of all four of our
offices. We take pride in providing high-quality support to our
clients which is clear, user-friendly and responsive. We are able to
work flexibly and are open to discussions about alternative working patterns.
The team's services include management of complex litigation in the
Court of Protection, human rights, inquests, mental health,
safeguarding, patient safety, serious incident response, complaints
and disputes, HSE/CQC inspection and enforcement, education, children
law & challenges to decision-making within health and social care.
The Role
Our Health & Care: Regulatory team have an exciting opportunity
for a Paralegal to join our team in either Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds
or London, with flexible, hybrid working. This role will involve
supporting lawyers who are advising a variety of clients on a range of
healthcare and regulatory legal issues. You will be supporting fee
earners with large, complex case matters, and you will also manage a
small case load of your own.
What we can offer:
Involvement in a range of interesting work
Client facing work on a day-to-day basis
Excellent training and supervision
A collaborative and supportive team ethos
What we are looking for from you
An interest in developing a career in health, social care law
and/or education law;
An ability to work confidently and effectively with others,
clients and colleagues alike
Technical excellence, organised, lateral thinker with an eye for detail;
Enthusiasm to develop legal skills and a willingness to take on challenges;
Team player, with the temperament to form strong and sustained
working partnerships
Practical and commercial approach
Ideally, prior experience of working in a Paralegal role
Prior exposure to health & care work is also desirable
Bevan Brittan has strong recognition in the independent legal
directories - Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. In both guides we
are consistently ranked in the top tier for our practices across the
UK, with multiple individuals recognised as leading lawyers.
Work-life balance
Where possible, we want to offer all Bevan Brittan people flexibility
to work their week in a way that suits them - we operate a hybrid
working model based on the needs of our clients, teams and that of the
individual. Our core business hours are 9am - 5:15pm Monday to Friday,
however we are open to individuals working more flexibly around those
times and would welcome a conversation with you if you have any questions.
We offer a substantial benefits package to all employees including:
A minimum of 25 days holiday (plus the option to buy up to an
additional 5 days)
Discretionary bonus scheme
Generous pension scheme
Private medical insurance through Vitality
Biennial private health assessment through Nuffield Health
Life assurance
Access to Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to work scheme
Responsible business
To us, being a responsible business is second nature; a core part of
Bevan Brittan's identity, running through our culture and embodied by
the clients we serve. We want to demonstrate our commitment to these
causes through actions rather than words; colleagues from across the
firm are already heavily involved, living and breathing the four
pillars of our Responsible Business strategy:
Community Engagement -Each lawyer has the
opportunity to undertake pro bono legal work for local charities and
not-for-profit organisations. We also play an active role through
our local office communities, in 2023 we fundraised and donated a
total of £100,000 to our four regional office charities, with each
charity receiving £25,000 to help fund their vital services.
Environmental Sustainability- Bevan Brittan is
proudly a carbon neutral firm. We have achieved the UN's Climate
Neutral Now accreditation and our environmental sustainability plan
is focused on achieving our net zero carbon target.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion- We have a
strong and vibrant diversity programme that gives colleagues across
the firm an opportunity to take part, led by our Equality, Diversity
& Inclusion Committee and supported by our Ambassadors, who
drive engagement in our strategy and raise awareness across the firm.
Wellbeing -We are proud of our open culture, where
colleagues feel empowered to speak openly about physical and mental
health issues and to seek out support when needed. We have trained
21 colleagues across the firm as Mental Health First Aiders and
established a programme of initiatives including our informal
'coffee with' scheme.
Collectively, these four pillars ensure we look after our colleagues'
wellbeing; offer an environment in which all can progress on merit,
regardless of personal circumstances or background; give something
back to the communities in which we work; and protect the environment.