Nurse Paralegal

About the role

Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. has an amazing opportunity for a full-time Nurse Paralegal to join a rock star litigation team in the Memphis, TN office.

The individual in this role primarily supports attorneys with a busy defense litigation practice with an emphasis on medical negligence and malpractice. This is a hands-on position that involves working collaboratively with clients and employees of the firm.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the legal team by requesting, analyzing, and summarizing medical records for clients, attorneys, and experts.
• Conduct medical journal research via the Internet or through local libraries.
• Abstract medical records, organize and prepare both outline and narrative summaries of the records for internal use and for presentation to the client.
• Analyze medical records and billings to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the medical evidence, including pre-existing or co-existing medical conditions. Prepare case analysis. Identify issues, omissions, and discrepancies.
• Identify and provide information regarding medical experts and physicians; coordinate medical expert deposition preparation.
• Assist attorneys with medical evidence preparation and organization for a hearing or trial.
• Compose and type document production, including case analysis memoranda for attorneys, outline and narrative summaries, and chronologies of medical records, correspondence, and reports.
• Compile data for exhibits.
• Conduct preliminary legal research as necessary
• Other job-related duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in nursing required. Paralegal Certification preferred.
• 6+ years as a registered nurse. 2+ years of law firm consultant/paralegal experience preferred.
• Proficient understanding and utilization of medical terminology, anatomical drawings, laboratory tests, and medications. Possess a thorough understanding of medical conditions to explain or illustrate a diagnosis. Proficient proofreading, redlining, and editing of documents. Must ensure accuracy, comprehension, and overall grammar and punctuation.
• Has a full understanding of HIPAA compliance. Understands and complies with all other related regulatory mandates.
• Research, analytical, organizational, and critical thinking skills are required.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and knowledge and application of legal research tools (Westlaw).
• Superior written and oral communication skills; excellent interpersonal skills to communicate with court personnel, attorneys and their staff, clients, witnesses, and outside vendors.

Benefits

Our firm offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package for full-time hourly employees, including medical, dental & vision insurance, employer-paid life insurance, employer-paid short-term disability insurance, a generous 401(k) plan match, paid vacation, and more. Benefit offerings for positions other than full-time may vary.

Physical Demands

• This position is considered to be mostly sedentary and will require the employee to sit for extended periods of time.
• It will also require the employee to occasionally stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
• They may engage in bending, stretching, reaching, and other motions in the course of a working day.
• They will be engaged in using office equipment and computers.
• They may engage in lifting of supplies and materials up to 20 pounds from time to time.
• While performing duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to see, talk, and hear.

Working Conditions

• This job is located primarily in an indoor office environment with varying noise levels.
• There may be varying degrees of temperature.
• The employee may be interrupted from time to time.

• The above statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and activities required of the position. They are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed for this job.
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