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Senior Nurse Analyst- Medical Law Services (MLS)
Location: Liverpool/ Manchester/ Leeds/ Southport/ Hybrid
Medical Law Service part of Fletchers Solicitors group have a fantastic opportunity to join our growing Team.
The role will be to manage and be part of a small team of nurse analysts who provide an assessment on the merits of a potential clinical negligence case depending on the initial information provided and advise on which medical records and additional documents are required to further determine the case prospects. In addition, the team will also paginate the medical records highlighting those they feel are pertinent to the potential negligence claim, compile a chronology of medical records, and on occasion advise legal teams on the merits of the case.
About Medical Law Service and Fletchers Group:
Fletchers group is a rapidly growing law firm specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence law. We are based in the North-West of the UK, with offices in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds & Southport, although many of our colleagues work from home as Fletchers offers Hybrid working. We offer a great work life balance; fabulous benefits and we have a great culture and people that will support you and your goals.
If you're looking for an alternative career path and want to put your nursing knowledge along with client care to use, MLS part of Fletchers group could be the new role for you! we offer a balanced work life with 35 hours a working week, with bank holidays and Christmas off, Hybrid working 1-2 days a week in the office. We provide equipment and a full comprehensive training programme to help you settle into the role and understand how you can utilise your nursing skills in a legal environment. The MLS team has grown significantly over the last 2 years and continues to grow we have a large team of nurses from midwives, dental nurses, cardiology, oncology, surgery, general practice, and community nurses. We are now looking to grow the team even further, so regardless of your field of work, we would love to hear from you!
Medical Law Service part of Fletchers Group is an inclusive employer with a diverse work force, which is why we welcome applications from all diversity groups and backgrounds. We're committed to providing a culture and environment where everyone can thrive. Fletchers understand and celebrating that no colleague is the same. We're proud of our work on the Disability Confident scheme, and we are signing up to other diversity standards to reflect our ethos.
Main Responsibilities for the role:
* Managing a small team of nurse analysts to ensure service level agreements (SLA's) and input key performance indicators (KPI's) are met.
* Reporting to the nurse manager and Head of Department in respect of team performance and review of management information
* Completing 1-1's of those in the team as well as yearly performance reviews
* Identification of any training and development needs within team
* Undertaking quality assurance of the work completed in team to ensure it is all of satisfactory quality.
* Reviewing medical records and any other documentation relevant to the case
* Indexing of Medical records
* Preparation of issue-based summaries and chronologies for instruction to experts on medical negligence cases, with a good knowledge surrounding breach of duty and causation
* Preparing both light/selective focussed, date ranged & full paginations in paperless format, utilising suitable IT programmes.
* Adding to or amending Pagination bundles already prepared at the instruction legal teams.
* Completion of Risk Assessment of initial leads were instructed by our customers
* To assist Senior Solicitors with Risk Assessment reviews and provide medical knowledge to help assist with the progression/acceptance/rejection of a case.
* Researching medical conditions and standards of care with recognised evidenced research
* Checking records received are correct in accordance with GDPR.
The above list is not exhaustive of any other tasks, which may be required.
The ideal candidate will have:
* Min 3-5 years clinical experience in NHS practice
* Clinical Negligence/Medico-Legal experience
* Be highly motivated, organised, and proactive.
* To have precise and high-level attention to detail
* Analytical skills and a methodical approach
* Medical records handling and excellent knowledge of the health care sector
* Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining high standards.
* Working knowledge of Audits and interpreting the findings to improve/maintain practice.
* Excellent communication skills
* Ability to work as part of a team both in the office and remotely.
Desirable skills:
* Experience of Proclaim or other case management software.
* Experience of other software tools for example Adobe, Microsoft
We reserve the right to close this role before the date specified depending on the calibre and volume of candidates.
In return we can offer:
* Competitive salary
* 35 hours working week.
* Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met)
* 35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, you also have an option to purchase up to 3 extra days' holiday per year, until you long service award the 3 days after your 5th, 7th, and 9th full year of employment
* Pension scheme with tax-efficient salary sacrifice option.
* Life Assurance Policy
* Medicash policy to cover some Dental, optical, and other medical expenses.
* Enhanced company sick pay
* Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and IVF schemes
* Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work-life balance
* Varied calendar of funded company social events (check out Fletchers Group on LinkedIn)
* Monthly voucher awards
So much has happened in the last year at Fletchers Group:
* We became Fletchers Group following several acquisitions - and have big plans for more growth.
* We opened 2 new office locations in Leeds and Liverpool (alongside Southport and Manchester)
* We launched the Fletchers Foundation charity to support injured people.
That's just to name a few, check out our website for more:
https://www.fletcherssolicitors.co.uk/about-us
https://fletcherscareers.co.uk/vacancies/
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