Principal Paralegal

The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education • Scranton, PA

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About The Position

The Principal Paralegal serves as the Legal Operations Lead for the department. This role is dedicated to system management, workflow optimization, tracking legal assets, contract intake triage, document retention, and financial administration of outside legal spend. The Principal Paralegal ensures that both attorneys and compliance leaders have structured, audited systems to execute their duties seamlessly.

Requirements

• Meet The Wright Center for Community Health and its affiliated entity The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education EOS© People Analyzer Tool
• Buy in and experience working in the EOS® model (strongly preferred)
• Mission-oriented; represents the enterprise in a professional manner while demonstrating organizational pride
• Bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies or a related field, or an ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate (or equivalent career experience).
• 5–7+ years of dedicated paralegal or legal operations experience, preferably in healthcare, corporate, or non-profit settings.
• Strong relationship-building skills with all departments and employees, executives, volunteer Directors and community leaders
• Demonstrated mastery of contract lifecycle management systems and workflows.
• Exceptional organizational, tracking, and detail-oriented skills.
• Strong drafting abilities for routine legal documents and correspondence.
• Outstanding communication, collaboration and leadership skills; the ability to inspire and inform
• Is an outstanding ambassador for the Enterprise in the community and demonstrates organizational pride
• Unwavering ethical standards, commitment to whole-person care and community health.
• The highest personal integrity with a demonstrable commitment to the mission of the organizations
• Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and analytical thinking
• Expert knowledge of legal technology (specifically Compliatric or similar contract life-cycle systems), process optimization, tracking metrics, and administrative organization.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, results-driven environment
• Exceptional discretion with sensitive investigations, high accountability, team-oriented mindset, and alignment with the EOS® model.

Nice To Haves

• Buy in and experience working in the EOS® model

Responsibilities

• Serve as the super-user and primary system administrator for the Enterprise contract and compliance management software (Compliatric), ensuring 100% database accuracy and data integrity.
• Manage incoming legal and contract requests, triage assignments to the Associate Attorney or In-House Counsel, and track deliverables against established SLAs.
• Maintain accurate records of all active clinical affiliations, vendor contracts, leases, and agreements, generating proactive 60/90-day renewal/termination alerts for leadership.
• Audit outside legal counsel and consultant invoices against engagement letters and fee schedules prior to SVP approval, tracking overall department legal spend.
• Maintain official legal repositories, execute document retention/destruction schedules per Enterprise policy, and log corporate licensing and accreditation filings.
• Organize evidence files, coordinate interview scheduling, and compile investigative binders for the Director of Corporate Integrity during formal audits or internal investigations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal