Job Purpose:

Provides healthcare and technical advice by investigating malpractice claims; identifying meritorious cases; and preparing conclusive case summaries.

Duties:

* Supports healthcare providers and organizations by completing investigations for attorneys

* Develops medical malpractice claims information by investigating hospital, nursing home, physician and nursing negligence claims; providing unbiased opinions; determining merits of legal or accreditation actions.

* Provides medical records information by completing thorough review and liability assessment; identifying health care providers; chronologically summarizing, analyzing, and indexing medical records and billings; preparing a timeline of events; transcribing handwritten chart/record notes; preparing tables, charts, and graphs of data; recommending and preparing documents for review by the expert witness.

* Completes medical research by utilizing personal knowledge, experience, reference library, and internet; defining and interpreting medical language; defining and interpreting medical procedures; defining and interpreting medical-hospital/office policies.

* Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

* Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Skills/Qualifications:

Greater than 3 years experience in an ICU &/or ER setting required.

Superior writing skills, Ability to analytically review and summarize medical records, Procedural Skills, Informing Others, Verbal Communication, Documentation Skills, Functional and Technical Skills, Perspective, Use of Medical Technologies,