Associate General Counsel, Healthcare Law
About The Position
This position is responsible for providing strategic legal advice for the health system, including its hospitals, agencies, and physician organizations. This position will provide counsel on general healthcare issues, privacy and regulatory matters, and will review, draft, and negotiate a wide array of contracts, with a focus on contracts for general goods and services, consulting services, shared and managed services, physician employment agreements, business associate agreements, grants funding, collaboration agreements, data use agreements, and clinical trials, material transfers, and research agreements. This position may serve on hospital committees and participate in working groups as needed, providing practical legal guidance on regulatory, contracting, privacy, and operational matters. This position will advise hospital departmental leaders on a range of commercial, legal, privacy, and regulatory matters, and will support organizational initiatives and handle special projects and other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Juris Doctorate.
- Licensed or eligible to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Five (5) years of legal experience working in the area of healthcare law.
Nice To Haves
- Eight (8) years of legal experience working in the area of healthcare law.
- Proven competence as an Attorney working for a Corporate Law Firm, with in-house experience preferred but not required.
- Familiarity with hospital or healthcare environment with an understanding of hospital operations and medical terminology.
Responsibilities
- Provides expert legal advice and ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to a wide array of healthcare laws and regulations.
- Manages litigation and dispute resolution to minimize organizational risk.
- Drafts, reviews, and negotiates contracts.
- Supports corporate governance practices.
- Supports policy development and collaborates with external counsel and regulatory agencies.
- Monitors legal and regulatory changes impacting business operations.
- Provides strategic legal insights and guidance to senior leadership.
- Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others by adhering to organizational policies and guidelines, support compliance initiatives, conduct business with honesty, show consistency in words and actions, and follow through on commitments.
- Effective consensus builder with strong negotiation, persuasion and communication skills to propose enhancements to operational processes to improve efficiency and/or effectiveness.
- Strong advocate for the desired culture in high-level planning and decision making, with a focus on performance accountability and achieving greater operational efficiencies.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports your health, financial security, and career growth.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
