Full-Time Legal Nurse Consultant

MRC’s primary goal is to inspire our clients’ confidence through excellent litigation support.  For the past 25 years, our innovative and custom-tailored services have enabled clients to make sound business decisions based on medical facts.

MRC offers a turnkey approach with its comprehensive services:

Nurse Review
Record Retrieval
Document Management 

Dedicated project-based teams deliver a superior product on time and on budget, whether for individual cases or national litigations involving thousands of plaintiffs

Nationally recognized for integrity and diversity, MRC is certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise Alliance and the National Women Business Owners Corporation, and has attained preferred vendor status with major manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies.

SUMMARY

Reviews and summarizes medical and related records into an attorney work product.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Performs efficient and accurate medical case review;Develops accurate work-product based on the medical records provided which is reflective of the client’s needs; Assists in identifying severity of a case;Prioritizes work product based on project guidelines and clients’ needs;Monitors calendaring due dates and submits work product prior to or by the required deadline;Communicates with direct supervisor to discuss challenges with meeting set deadline dates in advance of deadline;Updates WiseFiles and/or Integrated Desktop to ensure database is maintained for tabs reviewed, communication notes, quality reviews, etc.;Notifies proper department personnel when problems occur with records received;Assists with work product across projects as determined by the Project Manager;Submits time to accounting software immediately following work performance, on daily basis;Submits Paid Time Off forms in a timely manner for approval and inclusion on Office Calendar and for payroll purposes;Participates in department or unit quality improvement activities, may quality review nurse work product as needed;Reports productivity, including benchmarks per case, to designated person as instructed;Performs other duties as assigned;

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Nursing degree with 5 or more recent years experience in a clinical setting.  Some legal nurse consulting experience is helpful. We will also consider combinations of clinical and LNC experience.  Computer and typing skills required including experience with and knowledge of Microsoft Office products, and e-mail usage with attachments required. 

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, and legal documents.  Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from co-workers and supervisors.  Ability to write summaries and chronologies that conform to prescribed style and format.  Ability to effectively present information to top management.

 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to interpret bar graphs.

 

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in nursing and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

 

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Current licensure and in good standing with the Board of Nurse Examiners in the state of residence.

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to use hands and fingers to type, handle, or feel.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

 

Interested in joining MRC?  Please complete our online job application: www.mrchouston.com/careers