Medico Legal Records Nurse (5791)

Irwin Mitchell LLP; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A national law firm is seeking a Medico Legal Records (MLR) Nurse for a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves sorting and indexing medical records and requires a minimum of 10 years clinical experience in related fields. The candidate must have excellent IT skills and a degree in Nursing or Midwifery. This position supports a flexible working environment, including the option to work from home.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Generous and flexible pension schemes

Two days of paid volunteering per year

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years clinical experience required.
• Band 6 minimum in clinical position.
• Experience in Theatre, Critical Care, Orthopaedics.

Responsibilities

• Sort and index digital medical records.
• Prepare medical chronology and radiology schedule.
• Identify crucial missing records.

Skills

Clinical experience

Excellent IT literacy

Ability to cope under pressure

Teamwork

Education

Degree in Nursing or Midwifery

Tools

Microsoft programmes

Adobe

Job description

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

We have got a fantastic opportunity for a Medico Legal Records (MLR) Nurse to join our MLR team. We are recruiting for a 12‑month fixed‑term contract.

The main responsibilities will include:

• Sort, index, pagination of digital medical records for Personal Injury clients.
• Preparation of a medical chronology and radiology schedule.
• Identification of crucial missing records.
• Interpret abbreviations, handwriting and medical terminology where required.
• 35 hours per week (with the ability to work these flexibly and from home).

About You

• As this is a senior (clinical) administrative role, a minimum of 10 years clinical experience is required.
• Band 6 minimum in clinical position.
• Educated to degree level, or equivalent, in Nursing or Midwifery.
• If education or experience is particularly specialised, must be able to demonstrate versatility in other clinical areas.
• Excellent IT literacy – previous use of Microsoft programmes and Adobe necessary.
• Flexible to changes in procedure and IT.
• An understanding of Data Protection and confidentiality.
• Experience in a similar role.
• Clinical experience in the following areas – Theatre, Critical Care, Orthopaedics, Tissue Viability, Diabetes, Practice Nursing/Community Nursing.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Confidential and professional manner.
• High standards of personal presentation.
• Work on own initiative.
• Able comfortably to liaise with range of people.
• Excellent attendance record.
• Ability to cope under pressure.

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported.This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.

We're proud of our values, and we're looking for people who share them