Health & Care Regulatory Consultant (flexible hours)

Norton Rose LLP; Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm is seeking a Health & Care Regulatory Consultant to join their team. This role offers flexibility, allowing consultants to manage their own hours while working with an excellent client base. Applicants must have significant experience in Health & Care Regulatory matters and strong advocacy skills. The firm promotes a hybrid working model, ensuring a supportive environment for personal and professional development.

Benefits

Minimum of 25 days holiday

Discretionary bonus scheme

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• 5+ PQE in Health & Care Regulatory matters.
• Experience conducting own advocacy.
• In-house or private practice experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Managing a caseload of both advisory and litigation matters.
• Advocacy at inquests, Court of Protection hearings and Tribunals.

Skills

Technical excellence

Organised

Attention to detail

Practical approach

Job description

Job Title Health & Care Regulatory Consultant (flexible hours)

Location Any Office

Description

Make a Real Impact

Bevan Brittan is a leadingcommercial law firm. Alongside our recognised expertise in housing,local government, and health and social care, we are specialists inthe construction, energy and resource management, higher educationand financial services sectors.

Supported by our valued businessservices professionals, our award-winning and growing legal teamsprovide almost 2,000 organisations with commercial, corporate,property, finance, regulatory, employment and litigation (commercialand clinical negligence) legal and advisory services.

As a responsible business, weembrace four values: Relationships, Reputation, Responsible andResults. These give us a sense of purpose. They influence thedecisions we make and how we work with each other. Importantly, theymotivate us to deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and thecommunities that we're part of.

Consistently recognised as one ofThe Times Best Law Firms and highly ranked across the legaldirectories, we are proud of our hard-earned reputation. Our 2023/24financial results confirmed both revenue and profit growth for aneleventh consecutive year, ensuring our ability to continueinvesting in our people.

Looking to the future, we'retargeting ambitious growth and success. And we're looking for thebest people to be part of it.

Join a team of experts andprogressive thinkers

Our Health and Care Regulatory team provides advice and support to health,social care, education and housing organisations across the publicand independent sector. We are a team of 60 colleagues operating outof all four of our offices (Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds and London)on a flexible hybrid basis. We take pride in providing high-qualitysupport to our clients, which is clear, user-friendly and responsive.

The team's services include management ofcomplex litigation in the Court of Protection, human rights,inquests, mental health, safeguarding, patient safety, seriousincident response, complaints and disputes, HSE/CQC/policeinspection and enforcement, education law, children law, challengesto decision-making in in health and social care and commissioningand governance.

The role

We are seeking to recruit consultants, with experience in the work ofour Health and Care Regulatory team, to join our consultant team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with an excellent client baseand experience high quality work but with flexible hours to suit you.Our consultants are self-employed and work from home with officesupport. They undertake a mixed of work on a fixed fee and day ratebasis. This is a new way of working, for those who want to have theflexibility to choose when and how much work they do (depending onclient demand).

Please note that we would be happy to talk to any potentialcandidates coming from a more traditional role, who would beinterested in transitioning to a consultant role, and our existingconsultants would be happy to explain how the role works.

In this role and, depending on experience, you will be involved in:

• Managing a caseload of both advisory andlitigation matters
• Advocacy at inquests, Court of Protectionhearings and Tribunals

What we are looking for from you

Successful applicants will possess the following:

• 5+ PQE
• In-house or private practice experience in Health & CareRegulatory matters
• Experience conducting own advocacy
• Technical excellence, organised, lateralthinker with an eye for detail;
• Enthusiasm to develop legal skills and awillingness to take on challenges;
• Practical and commercial approach

Work with approachable people

When we ask colleagues what makesBevan Brittan a great place to work, the most popular thing they sayis "the people". The overwhelming consensus is that wemake time for each other. We welcome questions and support eachother. Naturally, we look for new colleagues who align with ourvalues.

Supported to be your best

We operate a hybrid working model based onthe needs of our clients, teams and people. Our core business hoursare 9am - 5:15pm Monday to Friday, but we're open to our peopleworking more flexibly around those times and welcome a conversationwith you if you have any questions about this. We try to offer you the flexibility towork your week in a way that suits you.

Learning, Development & Progression

We're committed to supporting yourprofessional and personal development needs.This means that we offera range of tailored training courses and you will have lots ofopportunity to learn from those around you. We actively encourageprogression and this is reflected in our annual review and promotionprocesses. You will be supported by your line manager to achieveyour full potential.

As a Bevan Brittan employee, you'll haveaccess to a variety of services that support your wellbeing. We'vepledged our commitment to The Mindful Business Charter and lots ofour people contribute to our Wellbeing Responsible Business strand,which organises an annual calendar of wellbeing events and initiatives.

• A minimum of 25 days holiday(plus the option to buy up to an additional 5 days)
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Private medical insurancethrough Vitality
• Biennial private healthassessment through Nuffield Health
• Life assurance
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme

Embracing our differences andvaluing inclusion

Our shared aim is that everyone is welcome and can feel comfortable being themselves atBevan Brittan. To support this, we actively value and promoteequality, diversity and inclusion in everything that we do. You'll beempowered and supported through our employee led networks, diversecolleagues, and a broad range of firmwide initiatives.

Recognising the unique contributions thata diverse workforce can bring to our business, we encourageapplications from people of all backgrounds. We take great pride inbeing a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any adjustmentsthroughout the recruitment process or have any questions, please getin touch with our recruitment team by emailing [e-mail]

Acting responsibly, now and forthe future

To us, being a responsible business issecond nature; a core part of Bevan Brittan's identity. Our colleagues are heavily involved inshaping and delivering activity across the four pillars of our ResponsibleBusiness strategy : Community Engagement; EnvironmentalSustainability; Equality, Diversity & Inclusion; and Wellbeing.

Our people deliver pro bono legal work forcharities and not-for-profit organisations. We play an active rolein our local communities and donated £100,000 across our fourregional office charities last year. We are also proudly carbonneutral. We've achieved the UN's Climate Neutral Now accreditationand our environmental sustainability plan focuses on achieving ournet zero carbon target by 2040.

Collectively, the four pillars ensure welook after our colleagues' wellbeing; offer an environment in whicheveryone can progress on merit, give something back to thecommunities in which we work; and protect the environment.