Healthcare Executive Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate is required.
• Have passed the bar exam and maintain an active license to practice law in a jurisdiction in the United States.
• At least 3 years of legal experience gained through either a major law firm or in-house experience or a combination of both.
• Solid healthcare experience, including hospital/healthcare business operations and contracting; hospital/physician contracting; business transactions, including joint ventures, mergers/acquisitions and financing; and healthcare regulatory and legal compliance with a solid understanding of major federal laws, applicable state laws and related regulations that govern the provision of for-profit healthcare.
• Executive leadership and ability to see and handle more than the “legal” issues of a project; strong pragmatic business acumen with the ability to recognize the business consequences of legal advice; a strategic and innovative thinker who can develop and articulate a clear understanding of the organization’s strategy from all perspectives and find creative solutions to complex legal problems.
• Experience with compliance-related issues and demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and enforce compliance and legal policies and procedures.
• Experience with regulations impacting the provision of healthcare services and hospital operations.
• Proven track record of strong negotiation, communication, organizational and people management skills and the ability to influence and build relationships without direct authority.
• Skill in exercising a high degree of initiative, judgment, discretion, problem solving and decision making.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Skill in developing and maintaining effective relationships with management, staff, physicians and banking personnel.
• Skill in developing effective divisional policies and procedures.
• Ability to travel less than 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and day-to-day legal advice to a national healthcare company consisting of ambulatory surgery centers, surgical hospitals and multi-specialty physician practices.
• Review, draft and negotiate contracts for ambulatory surgical centers, surgical hospitals, and physician practices, including, without limitation, operating agreements, business associate agreements, commercial leases, joint venture agreements, non- disclosure agreements, exclusive services agreements, affiliation agreements, employment and independent contractor agreements, professional services agreements, billing agreements, vendor agreements and management services agreements.
• Provide legal and regulatory advice in connection with development and marketing activities.
• Manage outside counsel in corporate, regulatory and litigation matters as needed.
• Work collaboratively with the Office of Compliance to structure corporate arrangements.
• Evaluate legal issues and documents to determine the organization’s rights and responsibilities.
• Provide high quality legal advice to management and other internal sources on issues presented, including issues of corporate and health law.
• Perform legal research of all relevant sources of authority to prepare legal opinions.
• Assist in the development of communications methods to share legal knowledge throughout the company.
• Serve as a member of various Company work groups, committees and teams, as appropriate, where the strategic or legal advice and counsel of a lawyer are appropriate.
• Deliver strategic and tactical legal and consulting services to Company leadership and staff.
• Recommend opportunities or required changes to take advantage of new legal and regulatory developments and likely trends.
• Assist in management of the Company’s contract management system.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account with an employer contribution
• Life Insurance
• PTO
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match