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Northern Arizona Healthcare · 2 days ago

Associate / Assistant / Deputy Legal Counsel - Flagstaff

Flagstaff, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Northern Arizona Healthcare is seeking an Associate/Assistant/Deputy Legal Counsel to provide legal services and counsel. This role involves managing legal processes, providing internal legal advice, and ensuring compliance with regulations while assisting various departments with legal documentation and contract management.

Health CareMedicalNon Profit

Responsibilities

Manages efficient processes of contract drafting, review, approval, and execution, assisting operational departments in obtaining all necessary approvals and in executing appropriate contracts in a timely manner

Negotiates, drafts, and reviews contracts and real estate documents

Defends depositions and represents witnesses in cases in which NAH is not a party

Engages outside legal counsel as appropriate and necessary to promote compliance, mitigate risk, and facilitate business transactions across NAH while controlling legal costs

Collaborates with Legal, Risk Management, and Compliance to ensure contracts include clauses to protect the organization's assets (insurance, indemnification, termination, etc.), as well as necessary related contracts including business associate agreements

Oversees the organization's contracts database, ensuring executed contracts are uploaded, appropriately coded, and have necessary documentation attached

Prepares professional and/or legal correspondence, including contract termination letters

Acts as a liaison between NAH and its insurance brokers to facilitate binding insurance policies, completing annual renewals, and resolving claims

Provides legal counsel to executives, directors, and departments on a variety of legal topics

Researches and evaluates different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations

Applies effective risk management techniques and offers proactive advise on possible legal issues

Drafts agreements to facilitate business transactions, joint ventures, relationships with physicians, and resolution of potential claims

Reviews, edits, and creates documents for the purpose of conveying information to both internal and external entities in a legally compliant manner

Responsible for reporting any safety-related incident in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety-related training programs; performs work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues and ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner

Stays current and complies with state and federal regulations/statutes and company policies that impact the employee's area of responsibility

If required for the position, ensures all certifications and/or licenses are up-to-date and valid prior to expiration dates

Completes all company mandatory modules and required job-specific training in the specified time frame

Participates in maintaining an effective internal control environment to ensure that assets are safeguarded, policies and operating procedures are followed, necessary controls are effective and efficient, proper compliance with existing laws and regulations achieved, and operations comply with the legal and regulatory parameters in which it operates

Qualification

Juris Doctor DegreeLicense to practice lawHealthcare law experienceContract negotiationEnterprise risk managementHealthcare Compliance CertificationLawsComputer proficiency

Required

Juris Doctor Degree

License to practice law in the state of Arizona

Must possess at least five (5) years of legal experience in at least two of the following three areas; healthcare law, contract negotiation or drafting, enterprise risk management

Knowledge of applicable city, state and federal laws and legislative processes