Nurse Paralegal

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Specializes in Trauma, ER, ICU~CCRN,CNRN.

I was poking around on some job sites and found an ad for a Nurse paralegal. Would this fall in line with a Legal Nurse Consultant or is it just an ad for a nurse/secretary. It is for an established lawfirm here.

Here's a brief summary from the ad:

Nurse Paralegal to support legal team by requesting, analyzing and summarizing medical records for clients, attorneys and experts in medical-related litigation. The position may involve some or all of the following duties:

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Support legal team by requesting, analyzing and summarizing medical records for clients, attorneys and experts.
  • Conduct medical journal research via 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 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.
  • File correspondence and legal documents in office filing system and document management system as required.
  • Any other tasks that may be assigned by supervising attorney.

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