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Nationwide Children's Hospital · 2 months ago

Assistant General Counsel - Legal Services

Main Campus, Columbus, OH

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Nationwide Children's Hospital is seeking an Assistant General Counsel to provide legal advice and services for the organization. The role involves reviewing and negotiating hospital agreements, supporting risk management activities, and providing legal analysis regarding hospital policies and compliance.

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Responsibilities

Reviews, negotiates, and assists in the development of Hospital agreements and contracts with an emphasis on agreements such as IS/IT, EULAs, SaaS, SLAs, Business Associate Agreements, and MOUs with community partners

Assists in supporting the integration of risk management and quality control activities to create an environment that minimizes legal risk to the Hospital, including reviewing, implementing, and monitoring Hospital’s risk management programs and insurance programs, with a focus on behavioral health

Provides legal review, analysis, and advice with respect to the legal implications of Hospital policies, procedures, processes, and decisions, with a focus on HIPAA privacy and security compliance and the Hospital’s Enterprise Risk Management initiatives

Completes, on a timely basis, projects as assigned by the General Counsel, Senior Associate General Counsel, or Associate General Counsel

Assists the General Counsel, Senior Associate General Counsel, and Associate General Counsel in supporting the integration of risk management and quality control activities to create an environment that minimizes legal risk to the Hospital, including reviewing, implementing and monitoring Hospital’s risk management programs and insurance programs

Provides legal review, analysis, and advice with respect to the legal implications of Hospital policies, procedures, processes and decisions

Assists the General Counsel, Senior Associate General Counsel, Associate General Counsel, and outside counsel, as needed, in the preparation and defense of litigation, including the preparation and filing of pleadings and discovery, preparation of staff for their roles as witnesses, and the development of strategy

Provides support to staff members related to subpoenas and other court documents

Performs legal research and analysis to provide recommendations to General Counsel and other attorneys and/or internal clients

Provides support to the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Integrity and Compliance Program

Participates in Hospital committees as deemed appropriate, attends annual Hospital and departmental fire/safety and infection control training, and maintains current knowledge of safety procedures within the Hospital and department

Qualification

Juris DoctorateLicensed to practice lawHealth care lawLegal researchLegal analysisContract negotiationRisk managementCompliance support

Required

Juris Doctorate, or equivalent, required

Licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio, required

Two years of experience in the practice of law and exhibit an interest and aptitude for health care law, clinical research, nonprofit law, or health care related litigation, required