Medical Negligence Team Lead

3 weeks ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Avant mutua Full time
About Avant

Avant is Australia's leading medical defence organisation, protecting Australian medical professionals for over 125 years.

We represent 80,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market-leading products and services to meet their professional, personal, and practice needs.

The Role

This is a unique opportunity to lead our Civil Practice Group in Avant Law (NSW) and develop your leadership capability and management skills.

We seek an experienced candidate with a background in managing a civil medical negligence team in Sydney. This is a full-time permanent position based out of our Sydney office with hybrid working arrangements.

Main Responsibilities
  • Manage the civil litigation team, ensuring billing targets are met and high-quality legal services are provided.
  • Supervise lawyers within the civil team and others who handle civil files, providing sustainable, timely, and efficient legal services.
  • Coordinate resourcing and workflows within the civil team, ensuring claims are managed according to agreed protocols and professional standards.
  • Develop and mentor the civil team (lawyers and paralegals) for career growth within the Avant Law team.
  • Support the delivery of medico-legal advisory services to Avant members by providing advice and assistance.
Requirements
  • Leadership experience or strong interest in developing people leadership skills.
  • Defence medical negligence and insurance law experience ideal.
  • Demonstrated health law knowledge.
  • Proactive in developing relationships and understanding member, business, and team requirements.
  • Excellent communication skills.
Why Work at Avant?
  • Work for Australia's largest specialist medico-legal law firm.
  • Guaranteed pipeline of work from instructing client Avant Insurance.
  • Broad variety and depth of cases, focusing on medical indemnity claims.
  • Collaborative environment with access to top specialists.
  • Flexible working practices.
Benefits
  • Inclusive workplace with diverse range of benefits.
  • Flexible working options, career development, and internal mobility opportunities.
  • Tertiary education sponsorship and support.
  • Employee Assistance Program, Health and Wellbeing programs.

The estimated salary for this role is $150,000 per annum, based on industry standards and the location of Sydney, NSW.



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