Clinical Negligence Solicitor – 2 years PQE +

Job Description

Opportunity Overview

Are you a passionate Clinical Negligence Solicitor looking for the opportunity to handle high-quality, meaningful work while accelerating your career?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a thriving and ambitious litigation team that is continuing to grow its reputation in the Scottish market. You’ll work on a challenging and rewarding caseload, helping individuals and families secure justice following life changing medical mistakes, while benefiting from exceptional support, development and progression opportunities.

Whether you’re already specialising in clinical negligence or have gained experience in personal injury litigation and are looking to develop within this niche area, this role offers exposure to some of the most interesting and complex claims in the market.

The Role

From day one, you’ll be entrusted with a varied caseload of pursuer clinical negligence matters, working closely with experienced Litigators and recognised specialists in the field.

You’ll be involved in every stage of the claims process, from initial investigations through to settlement or court proceedings, with opportunities to appear in both the All Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court and the Court of Session.

The work is diverse, intellectually stimulating and genuinely impactful, including:

• Delayed and missed diagnosis claims
• Surgical negligence matters
• Hospital and GP negligence cases
• Birth injury claims
• Fatal accident actions
• Complex, high value and sensitive medical negligence disputes

Working alongside leading experts, Counsel and senior colleagues, you’ll develop your technical expertise while building strong client relationships and helping people through some of the most difficult periods of their lives.

Why This Opportunity Is Different

This is more than just another litigation role.

You’ll be joining a collaborative, high performing team that combines legal excellence with a genuinely supportive culture. The department has ambitious growth plans and is looking for individuals who want to develop their careers, take on responsibility and become key contributors to its future success.

The structure of the team provides direct access to experienced Partners and Senior Lawyers, ensuring you’ll receive the mentoring and support needed to reach your full potential.

About You

You will ideally have:

• 2-5 years’ PQE
• Experience in clinical negligence, personal injury or a comparable litigation discipline
• Experience handling litigated matters in the Sheriff Court, ASSPIC and/or Court of Session
• Strong advocacy and drafting skills
• Excellent communication and client care abilities
• A compassionate and empathetic approach
• Strong organisational and case management skills
• The confidence to manage your own caseload while working collaboratively within a team
• A genuine interest in pursuing a long term career in claimant litigation

Benefits

In return, you’ll receive a highly competitive package which includes a bonus and impressive benefits suite.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Mission

At IDEX, we strive for an inclusion first company culture where everyone is treated fairly and can bring their authentic selves to work. We recognise and acknowledge that diverse representation at every level of our business requires continuous and measurable effort. We are committed to driving conscious inclusion across our business and creating equitable pathways.