Assistant Lawyer – Healthcare

About the Role

Themis Recruit are looking for a motivated Assistant Lawyer (NQ–2 years PQE) to join our clients well-established Healthcare & Sports team, specialising in healthcare claims. You’ll work on a diverse portfolio of medical negligence claims on behalf of private healthcare providers and their insurers, with matters often involving orthopaedics, plastics, dentistry, ophthalmology, and radiology.

This is a great opportunity to build specialist expertise in healthcare litigation within a supportive and collaborative team, with scope to expand into other areas over time.

Key Responsibilities

As part of the London Healthcare & Sports team, your duties will include:

• Managing your own caseload under supervision and assisting senior lawyers in progressing claims from instruction to resolution.

• Reviewing medical/legal documentation, drafting chronologies, and assessing breach of duty, causation, and quantum.

• Preparing high-quality reports and advice to insurer and insured clients.

• Liaising with clients, experts, and counsel; instructing experts and obtaining liability reports.

• Ensuring compliance with client SLAs, court directions, and billing practices.

• Drafting legal documents including court pleadings, instructions to experts, and settlement correspondence.

• Managing court timetables, disclosure, witness statement preparation, and expert evidence exchange.

• Maintaining up-to-date digital files using internal case management systems (Tracker).

• Carrying out legal research and contributing to team knowledge development.

• Occasionally supporting client teams on-site, requiring strong interpersonal and client-handling skills.

What We’re Looking For

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Legal qualification or equivalent experience in healthcare/clinical negligence litigation (Claimant or Defendant side).

• Familiarity with litigation procedures and clinical negligence matters.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise effectively.

• Confident, calm under pressure, and comfortable liaising with stakeholders at all levels.

• Team player with a proactive, flexible approach.

• Solid IT literacy and digital case management skills.

• Genuine interest in medical/legal issues and willingness to learn technical clinical concepts.

Desirable:

• Experience in handling or assisting on healthcare or professional indemnity claims.

Why Us?

Our client are committed to developing their people and providing a collaborative, inclusive work environment.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary + Davies Incentive Plan

• 25 days’ annual leave (with buy/sell options)

• Private Medical Insurance (Bupa – upgrade to family cover available)

• Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover

• Pension Scheme: 5% employee / 3% employer contributions

• WeCare – 24/7 health, wellbeing, and financial advice service

• Simply Health Cash Plan

Our Client

Our client is a market leader in legal and claims solutions for the insurance sector, managing over £1 billion in claims annually. With over 50 years of experience, they blend legal expertise, advanced technology, and a deep understanding of the claims process to deliver tailored, cost-effective solutions. Their AI-driven innovations are transforming the future of legal services.

Ready to take the next step in your legal career?
Join a team that values collaboration, professional growth, and innovation in the ever-evolving healthcare legal landscape.