Medical Records Assistant

Job content

Term:
Permanent

Working hours:
Part-time (1 day / week)

Department:
Clinical Negligence/Personal Injury

Location:
Basingstoke

Company background

Penningtons Manches Cooper is a leading UK and international law firm which provides high quality legal advice tailored to both businesses and individuals. We address the specific objectives of each client through our flair and technical expertise and offer a personal service founded on a strong team ethic.
Today, we have UK offices in the City of London, Basingstoke, Birmingham, Cambridge, Guildford, Oxford and Reading while our overseas network stretches from Asia to Europe through our presence in Singapore, Piraeus, Paris and Madrid. With 130 partners and over 880 people in total, our main areas of practice are dispute resolution, corporate and commercial, real estate, private client and family.
We have established a strong reputation in a variety of sectors, particularly private wealth, shipping, technology and property. Our lawyers are also recognised for their expertise in life sciences, education, retail, sports and entertainment and international trade. In these areas, we’re acknowledged for our unparalleled market insight.
By joining forces with the partners and staff of Thomas Cooper in July 2019, we have added significant depth to our core practice. The move builds on the expansion of our litigation and arbitration offering and has introduced us to the maritime community in which Thomas Cooper has long been a key player.
Our continuing commitment to excellence is backed by a track record which dates back nearly 300 years. We pay great attention to matching your requirements with the right skills, delivered cost effectively and within the appropriate timescale.
Among our clients we count multi-national corporations, public companies, professional partnerships, banks and financial institutions as well as private individuals, owner managed businesses and start-ups. We are conscious that our culture and close working relationships are vital assets and we are determined to maintain these as we increase in size.
Our broad international focus is supported by well-established links with law firms throughout the world. Penningtons Manches Cooper is a member of Multilaw and the European Law Group, networks with representatives in over 100 countries, and many of our lawyers play leading roles in various international bodies.

The department

The Clinical negligence group at Penningtons Manches Cooper is regarded as one of the leading specialist clinical negligence teams in the country. They provide advice in relation to injury or loss suffered as a results of any type of treatment by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, whether in the course of the NHS or private treatment.
The team is spread across our Basingstoke, Guildford, London, Cambridge and Oxford offices, but this role is for someone to be based in Basingstoke.
The team in Basingstoke consists of a team partner, an associate director, three senior associates, three associates, two paralegals and a support team of PAs and floor support.

Summary of role

• To provide the team with a part-time (around 1 day per week)in-house resource to manage medical records as key evidence;
• To sort, file, paginate and index bundles of medical records;
• To analyse medical records and prepare chronologies of medical treatment (time permitting);
• To identify where bundles of medical records are incomplete so missing records can be requested;
• To train other paralegals to assist with records sorting.

Essential and desirable criteria

• Medical background so comfortable dealing with and understanding medical records;
• Organised with excellent attention to detail;
• Team player and able to multi-task and to prioritise work to fit with time commitments/urgency etc;
• Proactive, able to follow and create efficient processes.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent