Corporate Counsel

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Corporate Counsel','Full-time','Professional Non-Clinical','1','1','80','80','Occasional','Occasional','COLORADO-ENGLEWOOD-DENVER INVERNESS','','!*!
Job Summary:
To implement a continuing program of legal services, including legal and strategic advice and counsel, in one or more specialty areas. Specialty areas may include: Compliance, Employment/Labor, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Managed Care, Physician Relations, Provider Operations, Real Estate, Research, or Transactions. The Corporate Counsel shall also serve on or assist the Legal Services Group in developing legal products and/or performing legal services for the CHI Healthcare System as a whole.
 
Key Responsibilities:


Provide direct legal support services in connection with one or more specialty areas, as noted above.  Specialty services may be in support of the CHI System as a whole or designated CHI national entity(ties), group(s) or service line(s), as well as CHI market based organizations (MBOs). 

Depending on the specialty, legal support services may include preparation, review, and revision of contracts and agreements; development of specialty-specific policies, protocols, and guidelines; preparation, review, and revision of corporate documents (e.g., articles of incorporation and bylaws); assistance with internal CHI approval (Governance Matrix) process; preparation, review and revision of state or federal notices, reports, and filings; conduct of, participation in or oversight of internal or government reviews and investigations; assistance with due diligence efforts; assistance with transition of new entities into the CHI System (specific to the assigned specialty); and preparation, review, and revision of other documents with legal implications.

Provide legal advice and counsel to CHI national staff, CHI national leadership, LSG team members and, as appropriate, MBO leadership with respect to assigned area(s) of specialty legal expertise.  When providing advice to MBOs, close collaboration between specialty counsel and MBO counsel is expected.

Provide education on assigned specialty specific area(s), as and when needed or requested.

Evaluate and furnish legal strategic advice and participate in strategic development of assigned specialty area(s) through attendance at appropriate board and management meetings, as well as CHI national group(s) and service line(s) meetings, by invitation.

Manage and evaluate outside legal counsel on matters referred by the LSG to such outside counsel.

Participate, as requested in CHI Resource Groups, Task Forces, and/or Solution Teams.
 

Perform other duties as assigned by managing attorney or other CHI LSG senior team members.
 
 
 
Job Requirements/Qualifications:


Education / Accreditation / Licensure (required & preferred):
              


J.D. or L.L.B. awarded by an ABA accredited law school.
 


Experience (required and preferred):
 


License to practice in one or more states.

Minimum of five years’ experience as legal counsel in the healthcare industry relating to clinical legal issues either in private legal practice or as an in-house counsel to a hospital health system.

Provide professional responsibilities in a manner consistent with the philosophy, mission, and values of CHI.

Good interpersonal skills.

Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Health professional education, experience, and/or equivalent.

Decision-making skills and judgment to ensure that activities maximize benefits to the CHI Healthcare System and those activities are conducted in accordance with CHI Mission and Core Values and the ERDs.

Ability to ensure the effective use of in-house and outside legal resources to accomplish tasks, resolve legal issues, and achieve cost effectiveness; ability to provide comparison of outside attorneys in order to evaluate performance and to create uniformly high expectations.

The skills required to work in a matrix organization. Strong interpersonal skills that build effective working relationships with CHI leadership, staff, and other CHI Groups, Task Forces, and Teams.
 ','!*!Job Requirements/Qualifications:
 
Education / Accreditation / Licensure (required & preferred):             


J.D. or L.L.B. awarded by an ABA accredited law school.
Experience:


License to practice in one or more states.

Minimum of five years’ experience as legal counsel in the healthcare industry relating to clinical legal issues either in private legal practice or as an in-house counsel to a hospital health system.

Provide professional responsibilities in a manner consistent with the philosophy, mission, and values of CHI.

Good interpersonal skills.

Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Health professional education, experience, and/or equivalent.

Decision-making skills and judgment to ensure that activities maximize benefits to the CHI Healthcare System and those activities are conducted in accordance with CHI Mission and Core Values and the ERDs.

Ability to ensure the effective use of in-house and outside legal resources to accomplish tasks, resolve legal issues, and achieve cost effectiveness; ability to provide comparison of outside attorneys in order to evaluate performance and to create uniformly high expectations.

The skills required to work in a matrix organization. Strong interpersonal skills that build effective working relationships with CHI leadership, staff, and other CHI Groups, Task Forces, and Teams.','We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.','2017-R0138541','Catholic Health Initiatives - National Office','Corporate Counsel

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