Job Title: Legal Nurse Consultant (Labor & Delivery / Perinatal Focus)
Location: Atlanta, GA (In-Office / On-Site)
Position Type: Full-Time
Compensation: $80,000 - $100,000 per year (commensurate with clinical and legal experience)
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC) with a specialized clinical background in Labor and Delivery (L&D) to join our Atlanta legal team on-site. In this role, you will bridge the gap between complex obstetric medicine and legal strategy. You will evaluate medical records, analyze fetal monitoring strips, identify deviations from the standard of care, and collaborate closely with attorneys to build strong, medically sound cases from initial intake through trial preparation.
Key Responsibilities
Medical Record Review & Clinical Analysis
- Obstetric Case Evaluation: Screen prospective birth injury, maternal mortality/morbidity, and perinatal malpractice claims for medical merit and causation.
- Chronologies & Summaries: Review voluminous hospital charts, prenatal records, and neonatal intensive care (NICU) files to draft clear, concise medical chronologies and narrative summaries.
- Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) Strip Analysis: Evaluate electronic fetal monitoring tracings, Pitocin administration, labor progression, and delivery timelines against established clinical guidelines (e.g., ACOG, AWHONN).
- Standard of Care Assessment: Identify missing records, altered documentation, and specific breaches in nursing or obstetric standards of care.
Litigation & Attorney Support
- Expert Witness Coordination: Locate, vet, and collaborate with board-certified OB/GYN, Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM), neonatology, and nursing experts.
- Discovery & Deposition Prep: Assist attorneys in drafting medically accurate discovery requests, interrogatories, and targeted deposition questions for healthcare providers and opposing experts.
- Trial & Mediation Readiness: Create medical demonstratives, anatomical timelines, and trial exhibits that simplify complex perinatal concepts for judges and juries.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Licensure: Active, unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of Georgia (or multi-state compact license).
- Clinical Experience: Minimum of 3 to 5+ years of recent, hands-on clinical experience in Labor & Delivery (L&D), high-risk antepartum, or perinatal nursing. Fetal heart monitoring certification (C-EFM) is strongly preferred.
- Legal Experience: Prior experience working as a Legal Nurse Consultant in a law firm, insurance defense, or risk management setting is a strong plus, though we welcome seasoned L&D nurses with exceptional analytical and writing skills.
- Work Arrangement: Must be able to work in-person at our Atlanta office to collaborate directly with our trial teams.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.