Senior Paralegal

American Oncology Network•Urbana, IL

5d•$57,699 - $107,141•Remote

About The Position

Provides administrative support to the legal department and quality legal services to company departments. Utilizes experience and judgment to support and accomplish department goals, performing complex and specialized tasks, and working collaboratively and cooperatively with others in a team-oriented environment. Demonstrates working knowledge of all facets of the role, relevant regulations, and organizational and departmental policies and procedures. Performs other duties and projects as assigned. Performs all duties in accordance with regulatory requirements and organizational policies and procedures.

Requirements

Paralegal certification or Bachelor’s degree in a related field
Paralegal certification in required state
7 years of corporate and/or health care law experience in a law firm or corporate legal department.
In-depth knowledge of corporate transactional agreements, employment agreements, and other business agreements.
Understanding of healthcare laws and healthcare transactions.
Excellent writing, proofreading, and verbal communication skills.
Ability to interact with Executive and Senior Management.
Effective planning, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects, competing priorities, and deadlines
Critical thinking skills including solid problem solving, analysis, decision-making, planning, time management and organizational skills.
Must be detailed oriented with the ability to exercise independent judgment.
Developed interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, diplomacy, tact, conflict management, delegation skills, and diversity awareness.
Ability to work effectively with sensitive and confidential material and sometimes emotionally charged matters.
Good command of the English language.
Strong customer focus.
Ability to build an engaging culture of quality, performance effectiveness and operational excellence through best practices, strong business and political acumen, collaboration and partnerships, as well as a positive employee, physician and community relations.
Effectively manages own time, conflicting priorities, self, stress, and professional development.
Self-motivated and self-starter with ability work independently with limited supervision.
Ability to work remotely effectively as required.
Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, multi-site environment with demonstrated ability to juggle competing priorities and demands from a variety of stakeholders and sites.
Proficiency in MS Office Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook required.

Nice To Haves

Second language is an asset but not required.
Knowledge of NetDocuments perferred

Responsibilities

Assists department attorneys with transactional and other agreements; drafts documents in connection therewith; performs due diligence searches in connection with acquisitions and unwinds and prepares appropriate UCC forms; coordinates with Executive and Senior Management and various internal departments for document production/ information requests related to transactions and other corporate matters.
Tracks status of acquisitions and unwinds.
Prepares and files formations for new entities and dissolutions in various jurisdictions; obtains good standing certificates and other entity documents as requested.
Drafts written consents for various AON entities.
Reviews CSC invoices for accuracy.
Maintains fictitious name database and files/renews applications.
Attends weekly transition meetings, providing department updates as necessary.
Proofreads documents; drafts correspondence as requested; reviews email and responds to same; completes special projects as requested by department attorneys; performs miscellaneous tasks as requested.
Tracks matters through Xakia.
Researches statutes and regulations.
Comply with all Federal and State laws and regulations pertaining to patient care, patients rights, safety, billing, human resources and collections.
Adhere to all AON and departmental policies and procedures, including IT policies and procedures and Disaster Recovery Plan.
Maintain and ensure the confidentiality of all patient and employee information at all times.
Adheres to all company and departmental policies and procedures.
Keeps work area and records in a neat and orderly manner.
Maintains all company equipment is a safe and working order.
Performs other duties and projects as assigned.