Chief Legal Officer

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Chief Legal Officer

The candidate functions as a member of the Executive Leadership Team and reports directly to the President/CEO. Will be the legal subject matter expert providing professional legal advice to leadership and management. Directly oversee the Human Resources department and functions as the Compliance Officer. Be responsible for providing guidance related to labor law, general corporate contracts, health care compliance, and regulatory requirements related to state and federal laws. Works closely with the Board of Director’s attorney and other outside attorneys used periodically during the normal course of business. Responsible for facilitating quality delivery of legal services. Acts as the guiding force behind all legal affairs and HR operations. Leads manage and assists with assigned litigation, administrative proceedings, and other regulatory proceedings or matters. Provides legal advice to the Director of Human Resources (HR) on labor and employment matters including the EEO, ADA, FMLA, and FLSA. Reviews and approves all employee termination requests made by Human Resources. Mitigates legal risk to the organization through proactive training and education, establishing systems and processes for managing conflicts with and between employees. Responsible for performing direct, consistent, high-level legal services. Direct legal services include the preparation, review, and revision of complex non-physician and physician agreements and the provision of sophisticated legal counsel and guidance relating to labor law, health care operational issues, including patient consent, risk management, licensing and certification, policies, contractual arrangements (rights and responsibilities), regulatory requirements, and other areas of health care operations subject to state and federal laws and regulations. Performs legal and factual research necessary to draft, revise, review, and negotiate contracts, and other legal documents, including corporate transaction documents, real estate leases, property and asset acquisitions, purchasing, joint ventures, managed care, physician services, licenses, and other intellectual property agreements, academic affiliations, and financing and bond documentation. Provides counsel on health care laws including those on privacy, Medicare, Medicaid, fraud and abuse, physician self-referral and anti-kickback laws, and 340B. Provides counsel for legal aspects of patient care including informed consent, medical records/privacy issues, and patients' rights issues. Functions as Compliance Officer and oversees Corporate Compliance Program. In collaboration with compliance staff, develops policies and procedures, and works closely with compliance to investigate and resolve issues and concerns. Maintains current knowledge and application of all relevant laws and regulations at the local, state, and national levels relating to employment and organizational compliance. Educate and advise managers and senior leaders on HR-related legal and regulatory matters and ensure HR programs, practices, and policies are aligned. Functions as a strategic business advisor to the executive/senior management of each business unit. Provides overall leadership and guidance to the HR function by overseeing talent acquisition, career development, succession planning, retention, training, leadership development, compensation, and benefits. Establish and implement HR efforts that effectively communicate and support the company's mission and strategic vision. Develop and drive talent management strategies to ensure effective alignment with the needs of the business. Creates systems to attract talent, identify critical talent needs, develop core competencies and corresponding development opportunities, and engage leadership in succession planning. Lead the effective administration of the performance management process, making sure that managers are equipped to engage in constructive and ongoing feedback and coaching, collaborate effectively when managing staff, and encourage staff to actively participate in identifying and addressing performance gaps. Develop comprehensive strategic recruiting and retention plans to meet the human capital needs of strategic goals. Develop and implement comprehensive compensation and benefits plans that are competitive and cost-effective. Develop a strategy to optimize and integrate HR technology, enabling managers and employees to easily perform people-related transactions (e.g. benefits enrollment), facilitates delivery of effective HR services, securely store employee data, and support people-related decisions.

Additional Information

Job ID 2022-2895.

Company info

United Health Centers of San Joaquin Valley
476 E. Washington Avenue
2661488
California
United States 93219
Website : http://public.uhcofsjv.org/