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Bon Secours · 2 months ago

Senior Paralegal - St. Francis - Greenville

Greenville, SC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Bon Secours is a faith-based and patient-focused organization dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of all people. The Senior Paralegal supports attorneys and serves as a subject matter expert, handling legal documentation, coordinating activities, and conducting legal research.

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Responsibilities

Responsible for review and drafting of a high volume of agreements, correspondence, memoranda, policies or other communications for assigned legal matters

Investigate the facts, gather and arrange requested documents for attorney needs and provide summaries

Review appropriate correspondence queues, taking appropriate action and documenting the account accordingly

Maintain a repository of templates for various types of documents and contracts

Coordinate and monitor activities to triage work to appropriate person

Organize and maintain documents in a paper or electronic filing systems including Meditract and I-Manage

Conduct research on relevant laws, regulations, and legal articles

Delivers education and training in response to specific business needs

Serves as a Paralegal SME Expert or Consultant. Paralegal SME Lead is assigned when there is a centralized system business owner/entity. Role of Paralegal SME Lead is to be strategic partner with Attorney SME Lead and system business lead and to collaborate with them to develop and implement standard templates and processes. Paralegal SME Lead will seek input from market attorneys and appropriate support services attorneys to assure all needs are considered and coordinated. Paralegal SME Consultant works with Attorney SME Consultant and they are assigned if the business owners are decentralized, but there is value in a system wide standardized template and process. Other paralegals will be responsible for work to support their market or entity attorney and will consult with Paralegal SME Consultant on changes to standardized templates

Participates in analyzing issues and future needs to identify projects that support the strategic plans, achieve business goals and objectives, and/or improve or streamline functions

Owns and leads implementation of change

Completes twelve (12) hours of continuing legal education or other applicable education on an annual basis. Education may pertain to a particular practice area/subject matter or may be geared to general professional development. Education may be completed via seminar, webinar, internal attorney education, outside attorney/law firm education

Will be back up and support for other paralegal(s), as needed

Qualification

Paralegal certificationLegal researchContract reviewBachelor's DegreeNotary PublicClear communicatorCustomer orientationProactiveTechnical skillsOrganizationHigh energyTime managementFlexibility

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Paralegal Studies or Related Field (prior Paralegal experience may be substituted for education)

Minimum five years directly applicable work experience in law firm, corporate department, healthcare legal department, or other related department

Trustworthy – works with confidential and/or complex material. Uncompromising use of discretion and commitment to confidentiality

Highly professional – interacts with other internal/external customers who include Shared Services Executives, Local Market Executives, external counsel, consultants, etc. to facilitate desired client outcomes

Management – able to manage complex matters and work effectively with others to drive results

Customer Orientation – establishes and maintains long-term customer relationships, building trust and respect by consistently meeting and exceeding expectations

Proactive – anticipates problems and issues and exercises independent judgment to make sound, justifiable decisions, and takes action in solving problems, while knowing when and to whom to escalate issues

Clear communicator – demonstrates excellent communication skills with the ability to explain and implement complicated material both orally and in writing

Technical skills – advanced skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other windows-based applications

Organized – proactively prioritizes needs and effectively manages resources

Sound use of judgment and ability to work independently with initiative; sound decision-making skills

Tactical execution – assist in monitoring operational processes and making recommendations for changes/adjustments as needed during the implementation or change to new products or processes

Time management planning and organizational skills and the ability to work under pressures of deadlines and established priorities

Research - Excellent research and analytical skills and attention to detail

Availability - Must maintain constant high level of availability

High Energy – Must be able to manage workload for a high volume of contracts

Flexibility – Must be flexible to changing requirements and priorities