Solicitor, Healthcare

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RDJ is a leading Irish corporate law firm combining the sharpest legal insight with human intelligence to deliver long-lasting business impact. They bring together human intelligence and legal insights across our three offices to deliver the most impactful outcomes for businesses and careers. By investing in the potential of their people and the relationships that create winning teams, they are the legal advisor of choice to their clients and employer of choice to the best talent. Empowering their clients with answers, not options, in diverse areas of the Irish economy, RDJ advise multi-nationals as well as established and growing Irish companies, institutions and leading insurance firms.

Role overview

RDJ has an opportunity for a qualified Solicitor to join their Healthcare team in Cork. This role will work exclusively on clinical defence cases and inquests and will work directly with the partners for the Healthcare team in Cork. RDJ has an exceptionally strong reputation in the defence of healthcare claims offering decades of experience acting for the private and public healthcare sector in Ireland on complex medical negligence claims. Clients include statutory bodies, health insurers, healthcare operations, hospitals and physicians.

Background and experience:

• This is a permanent role and solicitors with litigation post qualification experience are encouraged to apply.

The successful candidate must:

• Have strong academic credentials and excellent written and communication skills;
• Be a qualified solicitor;
• Have strong advocacy skills;
• Have the ability to work independently and manage caseload, whilst also being a strong team player;
• Be proactive;
• Be commercially astute with a strong business sense;
• Have the ability to effectively manage internal and external client relationships.

Employee Wellbeing

RDJ offer leading wellbeing initiatives, such as their healthy eating webinars, support for employees walking or cycling to work and respect for our people's work-life balance. They've been recognised as leaders in workplace wellbeing by IBEC, as well as earning the KeepWell Mark and being listed in Leading in Wellbeing Top 100 Companies 2024.

ESG Commitments

At RDJ, they are committed to sustainability in all aspects of their business. RDJ not only prioritises creating a healthy working environment for all employees, but goes beyond, in striving to promote the protection of the natural environment around them. They also endeavour to create an environment whereby diversity is championed, and each individual is valued and recognised for the unique contribution that they make.

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To apply for this role please submit your CV and cover letter to: recruit@rdj.ie