Associate Senior Counsel - Clinical Risk Management

Job Responsibilities:

The Associate Senior Counsel provides legal advice regarding clinical risk, adverse events, patient care issues, patient and regulatory complaints, bioethical issues, guardianships, and medical staff issues. In addition, they provide legal and risk management education for faculty and staff, policy review and revision for legal and risk management implications, medical staff bylaws review and revisions and consultation with leadership on hospital clinical and medical staff risk issues.

Role Accountabilities Include:

• Providing legal advice and assistance in the identification, tracking, and trending of significant clinical issues regarding patient care, regulatory matters, ethics and other healthcare related matters.
• Providing legal counsel to the committees of affiliate(s) including leadership reports as required by bylaws and policy.
• Investigating adverse patient outcomes in anticipation of litigation and developing strategic and tactical positions and responses to proposed courses of action.
• Researching and analyzing heath care related legal issues and drafting legal memoranda.
• Investigating and preparing responses to departments of health (DOH) and other regulatory complaints.
• Providing guidance during announced and unannounced site visits (TJC, DOH, etc.).
• Managing and reporting events to state, federal and other regulatory bodies as necessary.
• Attending State regulatory meetings regarding patient safety, quality and risk management.
• Participates in and advises on proactive risk assessments.

Qualifications:

• A Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school. Continuing legal education involving legal seminars, review and study of legal periodicals and review of judicial decisions and legislative enactments and pronouncements.
• Seven (7) years of related or relevant experience, including five (5) years of legal practice as a licensed attorney.
  • Of the total experience, three (3) years should include demonstrated leadership responsibilities such as managing projects, assigning work, or leading teams.
• CPHRM certificate is preferred
• Risk management or clinical experience in an academic health center is preferred
• Analytic ability required to identify risk issues and compliance with standard of care from medical record review and/or interviews with clinical staff
• Professional level of knowledge of regulatory and accreditation bodies (HHS, OCR, CMS, FDA, TJC, etc.)
• Familiarity with legal concepts related to clinical operations.
• Knowledge of medical terminology

Salary Range: $165,000 to $195,000 per year. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility.

The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.

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