Personal Injury Solicitor (Serious Injury / Intermediate Track)

Personal Injury Solicitor (Serious Injury / Intermediate Track)

Pay: £45,000–£55,000 DOE + recognition bonuses + hybrid/flexitime + 31 days’ leave

Job type: Full-time, permanent

Location: Eccles / Hybrid

Hours: Flexitime between 08:00–18:00, core hours 10:00–16:00

Optimal Solicitors is growing its Serious Injury team and we’re looking for an experienced Personal Injury Solicitor to handle a quality caseload of intermediate-track and mid-value multi-track claimant PI matters, typically valued between £25,000 and £250,000.

This is a great opportunity for a solicitor who enjoys high-quality claimant work, wants real autonomy over their files, and is looking for a supportive team where client care matters just as much as technical ability. You’ll handle a mix of EL, PL and RTA claims, together with selected clinical negligence matters, and play an important role in helping clients secure the justice, rehabilitation and support they need.

What you’ll need

• Solid claimant personal injury litigation experience, ideally across intermediate-track and/or multi-track matters


• Strong working knowledge of EL, PL and RTA claims


• Confidence dealing with liability, causation and quantum


• Experience managing your own caseload from instruction through to settlement or trial


• Excellent communication and client-care skills


• A commercial, organised and proactive approach to case progression


• Experience using Proclaim is helpful


• Clinical negligence experience is welcome but not essential

What you’ll do

• Run your own claimant PI caseload from day one


• Handle intermediate-track and mid-value multi-track claims across EL, PL and RTA


• Manage selected clinical negligence matters where appropriate


• Review medical and other expert evidence, assess prospects and advise on strategy


• Draft pleadings, witness statements, Part 35 questions, schedules and counter-schedules


• Instruct counsel and experts, and attend conferences where needed


• Secure interim payments and support rehabilitation at the earliest opportunity


• Negotiate confidently with insurers and defendant solicitors to achieve strong outcomes


• Keep clients updated clearly and sensitively throughout the life of the claim


• Contribute to a collaborative team culture and support junior colleagues where appropriate

Why join Optimal Solicitors?

• High-quality claimant PI work with real client impact


• Hybrid working and flexitime


• Clear progression and career development


• 31 days’ holiday including bank holidays


• Birthday off


• Option to buy up to 5 additional days’ leave


• TOIL


• Recognition bonuses


• Length-of-service awards


• Regular socials and team events

At Optimal Solicitors, you’ll be part of a team that combines strong technical standards with a genuinely people-focused approach. We’re looking for someone who wants to do excellent work, build trusted client relationships and grow with the team.

If you’re ready for a role where you can take ownership of quality serious injury and claimant PI work in a supportive hybrid environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Successful candidates will be subject to standard pre-employment checks, including references and right to work in the UK.

Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.