Job Description
Elevate Your Legal Career at Regional One Health: Where Excellence Meets Innovation in Healthcare Law Regional One Health seeks a skilled and experienced
In-House Counsel to join our team, providing legal support under the direction of the Chief Legal Officer for contracts and transactional matters across our complex healthcare system. In this role, you will leverage your expertise to draft, negotiate, and execute a diverse portfolio of agreements, including clinical affiliation contracts, IT transactions, and construction projects, while ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks.
Competitive Compensation : The salary range for this position is $100,000 to $156,000, determined based on experience. Regional One Health also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health coverage, retirement plans, and work-life balance initiatives.
Your acumen in risk mitigation, corporate governance, and policy development will be instrumental as you collaborate with executive leadership and represent the Office of General Counsel on key initiatives. This is an unparalleled opportunity to apply your legal proficiency in a dynamic, mission-driven healthcare organization.
What you will do - Prepares and reviews legal documents for SCHCC. •Reviews, drafts, and negotiates contracts that come for legal review to the Office of General Counsel. •Participates in structuring, negotiating, and documenting complex financial transactions. •Works with various institutional departments/constituents to review, draft, and negotiate all clinical and educational affiliation agreements. •Conducts legal research and draft legal memoranda on issues affecting the hospital and its affiliates.
- Quality Improvement Activities •Advises institutional constituents regarding transactional, regulatory, health, benefits, insurance, employment, and labor laws. •Ensures compliance with transactions and general corporate legal matters. •Assists with other projects/duties as assigned by the SVP/Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel.
- Risk Management and Risk Mitigation Activities •Represents the Corporate Legal Department on appropriate hospital committees as directed by the SVP/Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel.
- Coordinates and performs daily administrative functions of legal department. •Handles administrative matters and ensures that activities/projects are implemented in accordance with established policies and procedures. Adheres to professional standards and ethics and complies with organizational, state and federal regulations regarding confidentiality. •Coordinates filing of annual reports, prepares renewal information and premium schedules. •Responds to requests for information from government agencies as well as departments within the organization as directed by the SVP/Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. •Documents and maintains up-to-date records of projects/activities. Reviews and processes contract proposals/agreements, claims, applications, forms, correspondence and other documents to ensure that required information is accurate and complete. •Answers inquiries and provides information and assistance as needed. Communicates with broker(s) as needed for changes, endorsements to policies, loss payee clauses, etc.
- Maintains accurate information systems, databases and tracking systems in accordance with contract management, insurance, claims and other agency requirements and criteria. •Maintains current awareness of requirements for data collection and ensures compliance. •Reviews contract proposals, claims, insurance applications and other documents to ensure required information is obtained and specifications are met. •Enters data into database software designated for the activity. •Reviews reports and corrects any data entry errors, as identified. •Keeps management informed of any issues/concerns which require intervention.
- Serves as administrative liaison and works collaboratively with other departments, medical/hospital staff, and outside attorneys or agencies in compliance with iRESPECT standards and promoting patient/customer satisfaction to implement legal activities; to obtain information; to answer inquiries and resolve problems.
- Provides research and administrative support to special projects, preparing data, reports, and follows-up on projects. Obtains information for various legal proceedings.
- Prepares and maintains required corporate documents, reports, records, files, logs and attendance records; collates and assembles reports and documents as required for operational, administrative and compliance purposes. Utilizes computer and information systems to enter format and retrieve data, generate statistics, computations, tables, charts and graphs.
- Maintains confidentiality of information collected and reported in accordance with confidentiality/HIPAA/compliance policies and procedures.
- Completes required continuous training and education, including department specific requirements. Responds to problems/opportunities to improve work environment and participates in performance improvement activities which includes committees, monitoring and follow-up.
- Monitors and maintains budget records. Requisitions and maintains office supplies.
Qualifications - Law Degree (J.D. or L.L.B.) from an accredited school of law and current Tennessee license Required
- At least 5 years experience of transactional experience either as in-house counsel or with a law firm advising corporate and healthcare clients required.
Regional One Health
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