Nurse Consultant

Freeman, Mathis & Gary Law; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP in Las Vegas seeks an experienced Nurse Consultant to join our team. You will evaluate medical documentation, case facts, and evidence to support our attorneys across multiple practice areas and medical malpractice matters.

The role requires critical thinking, meticulous organization, and the ability to collaborate with attorneys, paralegals, and experts. You will prepare timelines, medical chronologies, and summaries, and participate in witness interviews,

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse with an active license in good standing.
• 7-10 years of clinical nursing experience preferred (Critical Care, Medical-Surgical, Trauma, ER).
• Strong organization, communication, educational, and multitasking skills.
• Detailed with strong critical thinking skills.
• Ability to collaborate with team members and clients.
• Ability to handle multiple cases and meet tight deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; comfortable with a paperless system; familiarity with radiology and monitoring software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and analyze medical documentation, case facts, and evidence to support attorneys across multiple practice areas.
• Prepare medical chronologies, fact summaries, and timelines relating to mechanism of injury, standard of care, causation, and damages.
• Assist attorneys in preparation and defense of medical issues; review and summarize case files and medical records.
• Perform medical literature searches pertaining to case allegations or key aspects; educate team on relevant findings.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Multitasking

Critical thinking

Collaboration

Microsoft Office

Paperless systems

Radiology software

Education

Registered Nurse with active license

Tools

Microsoft Office

Radiology software

Job description

Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP is a nationally recognized Am Law 200 law firm with over 500 attorneys servicing clients in 40 offices and 22 states seeking an experienced Nurse Consultant to join our Las Vegas office. The Nurse Consultant will be responsible for providing their medical knowledge and knowledge of the healthcare systems to the practice of law by evaluating and analyzing medical documentation, case facts, and evidence to support our attorneys and clients in multiple law practice specialties as well as medical malpractice.

The Nurse Consultant will need to utilize critical thinking skills to solve problems, exhibit strong organization skills with attention to detail. The Nurse Consultant will be required to communicate and collaborate well with all levels of the FMG team.

The following set of success factors describe the characteristics of those who are successful in our Firm:

• Unpretentious,Approachable,Respectful,TeamOriented
• Accountable,TakesOwnership,CorrectsMistakes
• Organized,Timely,Confidential,Responsive(within24hours)
• Interprets medical language, procedures, and clinical policies to render opinions of the medical issues, health care provided, and resulting outcomes to attorneys and clients
• Assistsattorneysinthepreparationanddefenseofmedicalissues
• Reviews,analyzes,andsummarizescasefiles,medicalrecords,andotherapplicable
• documents
• Prepareattorneyworkproductintheformsofmedicalchronologies,factsummaries,summaryanalysis,timelines,datatables,andpresentations,withrelationshiptothemechanismofinjury,standardofcare,causation,andordamages
• Performs medical literature searches pertaining to allegations or other key aspects of the case
• quickly and efficiently to educate and or inform the team of relevant findings
• Collaborates with attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants in preparation for witness interviews, expert conferences, depositions, mediations, and trials
• Maintain positive relationships with the FMG team, co-counsel, clients, experts, witnesses and vendors
• Maintain accurate billing records and meets FMG’s established expectations of productivity and performance

Education,ExperienceandSkills

• MustbeaRegisteredNursewithacurrentactivelicenseingoodstanding
• 7-10 years or more of clinical nursing experience is preferred. Critical Care, Medical Surgical Nursing, Trauma, and or ER experience is a plus
• Must have strong organization, communication, educational, and multitasking skills
• Mustbedetailedandhavestrongcriticalthinkingskills
• Abilitytocollaboratewithotherteammembersandclients
• Abilitytohandlemultiplecasessimultaneouslyandmeettightdeadlines
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office skills, comfortable with a paperless system. Open to learning other computer based software and applications. Familiarization with various radiology and monitoring software is a plus

PhysicalDuties

The position is based in a comfortable, climate-controlled office setting with handicap access. The position requires prolonged sitting, standing and computer work. You may occasionally be required to lift up to 10-15 pounds. The ability to consistently hear, understand, listen, and speak to meet the needs and standards of the practice. In addition, the position requires:

• The ability to sit upright and use a computer for eight hours or more a day five days a week is an essential duty of this position.
• The position often requires dealing with moderate to high stress. The ability to cope with and manage stress is essential.
• Typingatleast35wordsperminuteusingbothhands.

EEOStatement

Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP (FMG) is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees by maintaining a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected status as provided by law. FMG complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. This position is subject to our drug‑free workplace policy, which includes the ability to pass a pre‑employment drug screen. Employees may be subject to reasonable‑suspicion drug testing in accordance with Firm policies outlined in the Employee Handbook.

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