CommonSpirit Health
System Director Senior Counsel
CommonSpirit Health, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32290
Overview
CommonSpirit Health is a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, CommonSpirit operates 140+ hospitals and more than 2,2000 care centers serving sites across 24 states, making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents.
If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.
As our System Director Senior Counsel with CommonSpirit Health in Englewood, Colorado, you’ll provide direct, high-level legal services and be a thought leader and trusted advisor primarily to one or more of CommonSpirit’s seven Operating Divisions.
In this role, you will serve as a legal subject matter expert providing sophisticated legal advice to assigned Operating Division leadership, management, boards, and committees, as well as to other members of the Legal Team.
Every day, you will provide strategic legal counsel across multiple business units, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and organizational goals. You will be expected to manage complex legal matters, lead negotiations, draft and review contracts, and advise leadership on legal risks and opportunities.
To be successful in this role, you must have a deep understanding of healthcare law, strong leadership capabilities, and extensive experience in corporate legal matters. Your proven track record in guiding organizations through complex legal landscapes will be essential in shaping our legal strategies.
Responsibilities
Job Summary / PurposeThis Senior Counsel role serves as Legal Operations Counsel to an assigned grouping of hospitals within the Mountain Region, which includes facitlites within Utah, Colroado and Kansas, providing direct, day-to-day advice and counsel to the operators, overseeing physician and non-physician contracting, and serving as a partner and trusted advisor to hospital leadership. This position will report to the Mountain Region General Counsel.
Essential Key Job Responsibilities
Perform direct, consistent, and high-quality legal services for hospitals within the Mountain Region. Direct legal services will include, but not be limited to: preparation, review, and revision of complex non-physician agreements and complex physician agreements (using templates adopted by the Legal Team, as appropriate); and provision of sophisticated legal counsel and guidance relating to health care operational issues, including patient consent, bioethics, risk management, medical staff, licensing and certification, policies, contractual arrangements (rights and responsibilities), regulatory requirements, Stark and Anti-Kickback compliance, and other areas of health care operations subject to state and federal laws and regulations.
Serve as a legal subject matter expert capable of providing sophisticated legal advice to assigned hospital leadership, management, boards, and committees, as well as to other members of the Legal Team and be knowledgeable about other health care laws applicable to CommonSpirit.
Develop and maintain subject matter expertise in one or more health care operations law substantive areas supported by the Legal Team and use this expertise for the benefit of CommonSpirit. This will include serving as a subject matter expert on one or more areas of health care operations law to assist other members of the Legal Team, as well as members of CommonSpirit business operations across the enterprise.
Actively engage and coordinate with other Legal Team members, as needed, for effective delivery of health care legal operations services across the enterprise.
Supervise, direct, manage, and collaborate with junior attorneys, paralegals, executive assistants, and other Legal Team support staff.
Manage and evaluate outside counsel engaged to provide health care operations-related legal support.
Prepare, review, and revise corporate documents (e.g., articles of incorporation and bylaws) and assist with internal CommonSpirit approval processes (e.g., Governance Matrix, Approval and Signature Authority Policy, etc.) for assigned Operating Division.
Manage and assist with assigned Mountain Region litigation, administrative proceedings, and other regulatory (including licensure and certification) proceedings or matters.
Qualifications
Juris Doctor or equivalent degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association.
Health law or specialty professional education, or equivalent experience preferred.
Minimum of eight (8) years’ legal work experience either with a law firm or in-house legal department involving the performance of general, operational, or specialty legal services for hospitals, health systems, medical foundations or groups, clinics, providers, health care delivery organizations, or integrated delivery systems.
Minimum of five (5) years’ leadership experience.
Active State Bar licensure, registration as in-house counsel, or equivalent acceptable status for the state of primary work location.
While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, annual incentive plan and more!
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Pay Range$80.77 - $129.23 /hour
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CommonSpirit Health is a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, CommonSpirit operates 140+ hospitals and more than 2,2000 care centers serving sites across 24 states, making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents.
If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.
As our System Director Senior Counsel with CommonSpirit Health in Englewood, Colorado, you’ll provide direct, high-level legal services and be a thought leader and trusted advisor primarily to one or more of CommonSpirit’s seven Operating Divisions.
In this role, you will serve as a legal subject matter expert providing sophisticated legal advice to assigned Operating Division leadership, management, boards, and committees, as well as to other members of the Legal Team.
Every day, you will provide strategic legal counsel across multiple business units, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and organizational goals. You will be expected to manage complex legal matters, lead negotiations, draft and review contracts, and advise leadership on legal risks and opportunities.
To be successful in this role, you must have a deep understanding of healthcare law, strong leadership capabilities, and extensive experience in corporate legal matters. Your proven track record in guiding organizations through complex legal landscapes will be essential in shaping our legal strategies.
Responsibilities
Job Summary / PurposeThis Senior Counsel role serves as Legal Operations Counsel to an assigned grouping of hospitals within the Mountain Region, which includes facitlites within Utah, Colroado and Kansas, providing direct, day-to-day advice and counsel to the operators, overseeing physician and non-physician contracting, and serving as a partner and trusted advisor to hospital leadership. This position will report to the Mountain Region General Counsel.
Essential Key Job Responsibilities
Perform direct, consistent, and high-quality legal services for hospitals within the Mountain Region. Direct legal services will include, but not be limited to: preparation, review, and revision of complex non-physician agreements and complex physician agreements (using templates adopted by the Legal Team, as appropriate); and provision of sophisticated legal counsel and guidance relating to health care operational issues, including patient consent, bioethics, risk management, medical staff, licensing and certification, policies, contractual arrangements (rights and responsibilities), regulatory requirements, Stark and Anti-Kickback compliance, and other areas of health care operations subject to state and federal laws and regulations.
Serve as a legal subject matter expert capable of providing sophisticated legal advice to assigned hospital leadership, management, boards, and committees, as well as to other members of the Legal Team and be knowledgeable about other health care laws applicable to CommonSpirit.
Develop and maintain subject matter expertise in one or more health care operations law substantive areas supported by the Legal Team and use this expertise for the benefit of CommonSpirit. This will include serving as a subject matter expert on one or more areas of health care operations law to assist other members of the Legal Team, as well as members of CommonSpirit business operations across the enterprise.
Actively engage and coordinate with other Legal Team members, as needed, for effective delivery of health care legal operations services across the enterprise.
Supervise, direct, manage, and collaborate with junior attorneys, paralegals, executive assistants, and other Legal Team support staff.
Manage and evaluate outside counsel engaged to provide health care operations-related legal support.
Prepare, review, and revise corporate documents (e.g., articles of incorporation and bylaws) and assist with internal CommonSpirit approval processes (e.g., Governance Matrix, Approval and Signature Authority Policy, etc.) for assigned Operating Division.
Manage and assist with assigned Mountain Region litigation, administrative proceedings, and other regulatory (including licensure and certification) proceedings or matters.
Qualifications
Juris Doctor or equivalent degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association.
Health law or specialty professional education, or equivalent experience preferred.
Minimum of eight (8) years’ legal work experience either with a law firm or in-house legal department involving the performance of general, operational, or specialty legal services for hospitals, health systems, medical foundations or groups, clinics, providers, health care delivery organizations, or integrated delivery systems.
Minimum of five (5) years’ leadership experience.
Active State Bar licensure, registration as in-house counsel, or equivalent acceptable status for the state of primary work location.
While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, annual incentive plan and more!
#LI-CSH
Pay Range$80.77 - $129.23 /hour
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