Lawyer

About the team and what we do

The NMC's largest team of lawyers and paralegals prides itself on its collegiate and supportive environment. Lawyers are supported by a head and senior lawyers who provide technical supervision and support with professional development.

Our lawyers review and prepare fitness to practise cases for our practice committees as well as preparing applications to be heard in the High Court.

This role has a focus on advocacy and involves presenting hearings regularly before the NMC's practice committees. Our hearings range from straightforward to complex and are heard both virtually and at our hearing centres in London and Edinburgh. Lawyers with the relevant rights of audience can also expect to appear regularly in the County Court and High Court or Court of Session.

Your role and impact

You will be a lawyer who may already have experience of regulatory law (but if not, you should demonstrate an interest in this area) and who will be committed to helping us to deliver high quality adjudication outcomes for registrants referred to the NMC in a person-centred way. You will be an excellent communicator, whether that be in oral, written or presentation form. You will also have a high level of attention to detail and will have the ability to quality assure your own work with minimal supervision.

What you'll bring:

• Holder of a UK Practising Certificate as UK Qualified Solicitor or Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive
• Experience of advocacy
• Proven experience of providing consistently accurate and appropriate legal advice while meeting tight deadlines
• Experience of autonomous decision making while dealing with high profile, sensitive issues
• Excellent oral, written and presentation skills
• Collaborative working with other internal teams
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to work on a range of different matters and cases simultaneously
• Good IT skills
• Person-centred approach to daily work, including showing respect to all, listening and sensitively managing individuals with additional needs
• Strong commitment to and understanding of the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion within the environment that the NMC operates
• High level of personal integrity, professionalism and confidentiality