Associate General Counsel - Legal - FT - Days - MHS

Memorial Healthcare

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides support for the General Counsel and the organization on a variety of legal matters. Performs job duties consistent with safety, legal and regulatory requirements and the organizations values, standards, culture and business practices. Attorneys with healthcare-related legal experience are strongly preferred.

Requirements

• Accredited Program: Doctor of Jurisprudence (Required)
• State Bar License (STATE BAR) - State of Florida (FL)
• strong academic credentials and verbal/written communication skills
• outstanding interpersonal skills with a strong work ethic and high level of integrity and ethics
• detail-orientation with the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
• the ability to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action quickly
• a skill set that includes the ability to take initiative, manage projects and teams, think critically, and solve problems
• substantial experience in preparing, reviewing, and negotiating contracts and other complex legal documents.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as an attorney.
• Strong initiative as well as management, teamwork, delegation and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.

Nice To Haves

• healthcare-related legal experience are strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Negotiates with outside parties on regulatory and legal disputes, including settlements.
• Drafts, reviews, and negotiates contracts, in alignment with the organizations strategic objectives.
• Monitors and manages outside counsel and outside legal budgets.
• Conducts in-house training sessions for medical and other professional staff and employees regarding relevant legal issues.
• Manages, assigns duties, and provides organized and well-defined instruction and direction to the legal staff, including paralegals.
• Anticipates and mitigates potential legal problems within the organization and develops strategies to avoid litigation and reduce potential areas of risk.
• Strategically leads various legal projects and negotiates workable solutions to complex legal issues.
• Serves as subject matter expert in various substantive legal areas.
• Serves as advisor to identified executives and business unit leaders.
• Serves as a liaison and cultivates relationships between the Legal Department and executive leadership, management, outside counsel, and governmental/regulatory agencies.
• Serves as a legal representative for the organization in mediations, arbitrations, hearings, trials and other outside legal matters.
• Provides support and assistance in the development and drafting of Standard Practices and policies.
• Provides legal direction and supervision on organization's strategic initiatives, deals, and projects.
• Manages and advises clinical and business units on a broad spectrum of complex legal issues.
• Independently provides legal advice in diverse matters affecting the day-to-day activities of the organization by assisting, advising, investigating, researching and resolving legal matters.
• Provides coaching and mentoring to junior attorneys.
• Evaluates changes in laws and regulations, communicates those changes to business stakeholders and drafts policy changes, as required.

Benefits

• We encourage candidates to talk to their Memorial Healthcare System recruiter to discuss actual pay rates, during the hiring process.
• Memorial Healthcare System is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.
• We are proud to offer Veteran’s Preference to former military, reservists and military spouses (including widows and widowers).
• Employment is subject to post offer, pre-placement assessment, including drug testing.
• If you need reasonable accommodation during the application process, please call 954-276-8340 (M-F, 8am-5pm) or email [email protected]
• Memorial Healthcare System provides preference as part of our commitment to honoring the service and sacrifice of veterans in alignment with state regulations.
• Veteran's Preference allows for the first choice in interviewing, hiring, retention, and promotion after deployment when all other applicant qualifications are equal.
• However, Veteran's Preference does not guarantee a job.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree