Legal Assistant- Legal Office, LRS

CAMH • Toronto, ON

2d • CA$54,428 - CA$81,642 • Onsite

About The Position

The CAMH Legal Office is seeking a full-time, permanent Legal Assistant to support the Clinical Legal Services team. This role involves providing legal advice and litigation services to CAMH clinical teams and administrators concerning mental health law. The Legal Assistant will support lawyers who represent CAMH and its clinicians in various legal proceedings, including before the Consent and Capacity Board, the Ontario Review Board, health regulatory Colleges, and the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. The practice also includes appellate advocacy at the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal. The successful candidate will proactively and independently manage a dynamic practice for multiple legal professionals, enhancing legal practice efficiency through a high level of support. This role requires superior multi-tasking, administrative, and communication skills, initiative, the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and excellent client service. Experience in health law is preferred. The Legal Assistant will collaborate closely with the Director of Legal Services (Clinical), lawyers, other staff on the Clinical Legal Services team, hospital administrative staff, physicians, allied health staff, clinical leadership, and personnel across various hospital departments. CAMH is committed to its core values of Courage, Respect, and Excellence, and is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education, and drive social change. CAMH's mission is to change societal perceptions of mental illness and to create a world where mental health is prioritized within the healthcare system.

Requirements

• Superior multi-tasking skills
• Superior administrative skills
• Superior communications skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent client service skills
• Initiative

Nice To Haves

• Experience in health law

Responsibilities

• Proactively and independently manage a dynamic practice for multiple legal professionals.
• Provide a high level of support to enhance legal practice efficiency.
• Support the Clinical Legal Services team.
• Support lawyers representing CAMH and its clinicians in various legal proceedings.
• Collaborate with the Director of Legal Services (Clinical), lawyers, other staff, hospital administrative staff, physicians, allied health staff, clinical leadership, and personnel across hospital departments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed