Careers

MEDICO-TECHNOLOGICAL ADVISER

We seek part-time or full-time, for our Medico-Legal Department.

 Requirements :-

• a registrable medical qualification and a qualification in or at least sufficient experience in the technological aspects of healthcare practice
• medico-legal experience is an advantage but is not necessary
• computer literacy

 Duties:-

• to assist and advise the firm’s medical advisers and lawyers
• to assess medico-legal cases in regard to their technological aspects, especially as regards healthcare systems and management; healthcare information systems; and failures of technology
• to assess cases of product liability, especially in regard to the technological aspects of medical devices and medical and surgical treatment
• looking up medical and medico-technological literature
• client support
• assisting the lawyers and the visiting medical advisers in dealings with clients, witnesses and experts
• assisting in preparing educational materials and in organising educational programmes

Visiting Psychologist

We seek a visiting psychologist for our medico-legal department.

 Qualifications and Experience :-

• At least a bachelor’s degree in psychology.
• A special interest and experience in forensic psychology and cognitive psychology would be an advantage.
• At least five years of practical experience.

 Duties:-

• to help the lawyers to assess legal and especially medico-legal cases regarding the psychological issues involved
• to advise and assist the firm’s visiting medical advisers
• to assist the firm’s medical interns in learning about medico-legal cases
• to advise the lawyers on how to undertake negotiations and to prepare arguments in legal disputes
• to advise on and to assist in the preparation of patients’ grievance procedures in medico-legal cases
• to advise and assist regarding the preparation of instructions to independent experts in medico-legal cases
• to look up relevant literature and to assist in the preparation and maintenance of the firm’s medico-legal and medical library and database
• to help prepare medico-legal articles for publication on the firm’s website and for circulation to clients
• to assist the firm in the preparation of teaching materials for healthcare bodies and teaching institutions

 Note :-

• A part-time appointment or a paid internship may be offered.

SECRETARY

 Duties:-

• general secretarial and administrative duties

 Requirements:-

• a certificate or diploma in private secretaryship
• computer literacy and an excellent command of the English and Malay languages

 Further Details:-

• attractive salary
• discretionary bonuses and increments
• group hospitalisation and personal accident insurance and out-patient medical and dental benefits (out-patient specialist treatment at our discretion)
• five-days a week

PUPILLAGE AND INTERNSHIP

In addition to accepting pupils, we accept law students as interns.  We also accept as interns medical students and medical graduates.