Nurse Paralegal

Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. • Memphis, TN

128d • Onsite

About The Position

Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. is hiring a full-time Nurse Paralegal for its Memphis, Tennessee office. The role supports attorneys in a busy defense litigation practice, particularly medical negligence and malpractice matters, and involves hands-on collaboration with clients and firm employees.

The Nurse Paralegal requests, analyzes, summarizes, and organizes medical records and related evidence; conducts medical and preliminary legal research; prepares case analyses, chronologies, memoranda, and other documents; and helps identify medical experts and prepare evidence for depositions, hearings, and trials. The role is primarily sedentary in an indoor office environment and includes regular use of office equipment and computers.

Compensation is commensurate with experience. The firm describes the work environment as fast-paced and challenging.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• At least 6 years of experience as a registered nurse.
• Proficient understanding and use of medical terminology, anatomical drawings, laboratory tests, and medications.
• Thorough understanding of medical conditions sufficient to explain or illustrate a diagnosis.
• Proficient proofreading, redlining, and editing skills, with attention to accuracy, comprehension, grammar, and punctuation.
• Full understanding of HIPAA compliance and compliance with related regulatory mandates.
• Research, analytical, organizational, and critical-thinking skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and knowledge and application of legal research tools such as Westlaw.
• Superior written and oral communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills for communicating with court personnel, attorneys and their staff, clients, witnesses, and outside vendors.

Nice To Haves

• Paralegal certification.
• At least 2 years of law firm consultant or paralegal experience.

Responsibilities

• Request, analyze, and summarize medical records for clients, attorneys, and experts.
• Conduct medical journal research through the Internet or local libraries.
• Abstract and organize medical records and prepare outline and narrative summaries for internal use and presentation to clients.
• Analyze medical records and billings to assess the strengths and weaknesses of medical evidence, including pre-existing or co-existing conditions; prepare case analyses and identify issues, omissions, and discrepancies.
• Identify and provide information about medical experts and physicians, and coordinate medical expert deposition preparation.
• Assist attorneys with preparing and organizing medical evidence for hearings or trials.
• Compose and type document production, including case analysis memoranda, medical-record summaries and chronologies, correspondence, and reports.
• Compile data for exhibits.
• Conduct preliminary legal research as necessary.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Employer-paid life insurance.
• Employer-paid short-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) plan with employer match.
• Paid vacation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time