Expert Witness Careers
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Some clinicians treat expert work as a sideline. Ours treat it as a discipline.
For over 30 years, Maggie Sargent & Associates has been home to a particular kind of clinician: one who believes an expert report is not paperwork, but a professional opinion that can shape the rest of an injured person's life.
Our experts are recognised leaders in their fields. They provide reports on care, aids and equipment, breach of duty and vocational capacity to courts across the UK and worldwide. What unites them is not their specialism but their standards. They are the clinicians who read the records twice, who defend their opinion under scrutiny because it was rigorous in the first place, and who never forget there is a person behind every instruction.
If that sounds like you, we should talk.
You will already have years of specialist knowledge, whether or not you have written a medico-legal report before. Some of our best experts came to us experienced; others took their first steps into expert work with us and were mentored into it. What matters is that you hold yourself to the standard the Court deserves and that injured people depend on.
In return, you join a panel that invests in the professionals it selects. We provide:
For over 30 years, Maggie Sargent & Associates has been home to a particular kind of clinician: one who believes an expert report is not paperwork, but a professional opinion that can shape the rest of an injured person's life.
Our experts are recognised leaders in their fields. They provide reports on care, aids and equipment, breach of duty and vocational capacity to courts across the UK and worldwide. What unites them is not their specialism but their standards. They are the clinicians who read the records twice, who defend their opinion under scrutiny because it was rigorous in the first place, and who never forget there is a person behind every instruction.
If that sounds like you, we should talk.
You will already have years of specialist knowledge, whether or not you have written a medico-legal report before. Some of our best experts came to us experienced; others took their first steps into expert work with us and were mentored into it. What matters is that you hold yourself to the standard the Court deserves and that injured people depend on.
In return, you join a panel that invests in the professionals it selects. We provide:
- Comprehensive and ongoing training and supervision
- Administrative and technological support
- Professional support
- Legal support
- Excellent rates of pay
We are seeking experienced practitioners from the following professions preferably with a minimum of 10 years post-qualification clinical experience:
- Occupational therapy
- Nursing
- Speech and language therapy
We would be very interested to hear from experts with experience in the following clinical settings:
- Registered General Nurse
- Prison nurses
- Paediatric occupational therapy
- Tissue Viability Nurse
- Stoma Nursing
You would work on a self-employed basis.
For experts reporting on breach of duty cases, the work will involve reviewing documents and writing a comprehensive report providing opinion on the standard of care/practice in each case.
Experts reporting on quantum would usually visit the client at home and undertake a thorough assessment, review medical and non-medical evidence, and write a comprehensive report detailing condition, past and future needs and recommendations for the client with costs thereof.
Casework will also involve attending conferences with solicitors and barristers, either in person or on the telephone, responding to queries raised, commenting on additional documents provided by the lawyers, joint discussions with other experts and preparing statements, and court attendance.
For experts reporting on breach of duty cases, the work will involve reviewing documents and writing a comprehensive report providing opinion on the standard of care/practice in each case.
Experts reporting on quantum would usually visit the client at home and undertake a thorough assessment, review medical and non-medical evidence, and write a comprehensive report detailing condition, past and future needs and recommendations for the client with costs thereof.
Casework will also involve attending conferences with solicitors and barristers, either in person or on the telephone, responding to queries raised, commenting on additional documents provided by the lawyers, joint discussions with other experts and preparing statements, and court attendance.