Description:

Overview:
A Not-For-Profit Healthcare Organization is recruiting an Associate General Counsel to work in Virginia!

The Associate General Counsel will provide general legal services, representation, and counsel to Sentara Health on various health care and health care regulatory matters. The Associate General Counsel will have experience working in highly matrixed organizations, strong analytical ability, outstanding negotiation and communication skills, with sharp attention to detail.

The Associate General Counsel will possess:
  • Experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, including technology agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS contracts, hardware and software purchasing agreements.
  • Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating educational affiliation agreements.
  • Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating institutional research related agreements including memoranda of understanding, IRB authorization agreements, individual investigator agreements and site research agreements.
  • Experience drafting, advising and negotiating contract terms relative to data privacy and data security issues.
  • Experience conducting regulatory research and analysis.
  • Experience advising business teams on compliance with Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, including HIPAA, Stark, and AKS.

Personal Attributes:
  • Project management skills, including the ability to prioritize, balance, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously; accept responsibility and manage matters independently.
  • Ability to appreciate the importance of meeting deadlines and keeping colleagues and clients informed.
  • The ability to communicate complex matters concisely and effectively in oral and written form.
  • A strong work ethic; desire to learn, develop, and refine skills as an attorney; demonstrates willingness to do what is necessary to ensure the job is done properly.
  • Solid analytical skills and solution-driven thinking; exceptional problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills and demonstrated attention to detail.
  • Demonstrates the organization's core values, exuding behavior that is aligned with Sentara Health's culture.
  • Maintain confidentiality and exercise a high standard of judgment and discretion.
  • Ability to balance legal expertise with practical business judgement.
  • Ability to think strategically.
  • Works well with clients and contributes to the team approach.

Professional Experience & Qualifications:
  • Minimum of four (4) years of legal experience, preferably at a law firm or a corporate in-house legal department with specific focus on general corporate matters, technology, data privacy and data security agreements.
  • Graduation from an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor degree, with an unrestricted license to practice law in one or more jurisdictions in the United States. Candidates must be eligible for admission to the Virginia State Bar.

Responsibilities:
The Associate General Counsel will provide general legal services, representation, and counsel to Sentara Health on various health care and health care regulatory matters. The Associate General Counsel will have experience working in highly matrixed organizations, strong analytical ability, outstanding negotiation and communication skills, with sharp attention to detail. The Associate General Counsel will possess: • Experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, including technology agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS contracts, hardware and software purchasing agreements. • Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating educational affiliation agreements. • Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating institutional research related agreements including memoranda of understanding, IRB authorization agreements, individual investigator agreements and site research agreements. • Experience drafting, advising and negotiating contract terms relative to data privacy and data security issues. • Experience conducting regulatory research and analysis. • Experience advising business teams on compliance with Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, including HIPAA, Stark, and AKS. Personal Attributes: • Project management skills, including the ability to prioritize, balance, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously; accept responsibility and manage matters independently. • Ability to appreciate the importance of meeting deadlines and keeping colleagues and clients informed. • The ability to communicate complex matters concisely and effectively in oral and written form. • A strong work ethic; desire to learn, develop, and refine skills as an attorney; demonstrates willingness to do what is necessary to ensure the job is done properly. • Solid analytical skills and solution-driven thinking; exceptional problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills and demonstrated attention to detail. • Demonstrates the organization's core values, exuding behavior that is aligned with Sentara Health's culture. • Maintain confidentiality and exercise a high standard of judgment and discretion. • Ability to balance legal expertise with practical business judgement. • Ability to think strategically. • Works well with clients and contributes to the team approach. Professional Experience & Qualifications: • Minimum of four (4) years of legal experience, preferably at a law firm or a corporate in-house legal department with specific focus on general corporate matters, technology, data privacy and data security agreements. • Graduation from an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor degree, with an unrestricted license to practice law in one or more jurisdictions in the United States. Candidates must be eligible for admission to the Virginia State Bar.

Qualifications:
License/Certification:
Education:
  • Doctorate Level Degree

Experience:
  • Related 3 years

Skills:
  • Active Learning
  • Active Listening
  • Communication
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Coordination
  • Critical Thinking
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Leadership
  • Learning Strategies
  • Mathematics
  • Mgmt of Financial Resources
  • Mgmt of Material Resources
  • Mgmt of Staff Resources
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • Monitoring
  • Negotiation
  • Persuasion
  • Project Management
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Science
  • Service Orientation
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Speaking
  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Technology/Computer
  • Time Management
  • Troubleshooting
  • Writing