Associate General Counsel-Employment Compliance Full-time Days
Company: Northwestern Medicine
Location: Chicago
Posted on: October 4, 2024
Job Description:
DescriptionThe Associate General Counsel reflects the mission,
vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization's Code of
Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all
relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory
and accreditation standards.Responsibilities:This position will be
responsible for advising about labor and employment matters in
health care.
- Provide legal representation to NMHC in discrimination
complaints filed with the Illinois Department of Human Rights, the
Illinois Human Rights Commission,the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, and other local agencies.
- Review complaints, draft responses and appear as needed in
agency matters.
- Engage with outside counsel and manage federal and state
lawsuits.
- Provide a broad range of labor and employment advice to NMHC,
such as wage and hour, Title VII, ADA, unemployment, and
immigration.
- Provide advice on traditional labor matters.
- Assist with various employment compliance efforts:
- policy review, training of employees, Affirmative Action Plans,
EEO-1 reporting, Equal Pay Act reporting, licensure, accreditation
surveys, health care worker background checks, sanction screening,
and other system employment compliance duties as assigned.Advice
and Counsel:
- Provide legal advice and counsel regarding health care and
general corporate legal issues affecting all areas of the NMHC
systems operation, including employment, physician relationships,
managed care arrangements, tax-exemption, antitrust, corporate law,
governance, patient care and medico-legal issues, licensure,
Medicare and Medicaid, medical staff matters, Corporate Compliance,
Corporate Governance, and the broad range of regulatory matters
affecting health care institutions.Corporate Transactions:
- Assist on corporate transactions, including strategy
development, negotiation and drafting of necessary
documents.Regulatory Matters:
- Review, analyze and counsel regarding federal and state
legislation (and governmental and judicial interpretations thereof)
relevant to health care providers, including, but not limited to,
Medicare and Medicaid, Antitrust, Internal Revenue Code, ERISA,
Insurance and Licensure.Contract Drafting, Review, and Negotiation:
- Review and draft a wide variety of contracts and other
documents relating to all areas of the NMHC systems operation.
Often involves active participation in the negotiation
process.Managed Care:
- Assist in review and negotiation of managed care contracts and
provide ongoing counsel for such contracts and strategies.Legal
Research:
- Conduct legal research and prepare legal memoranda on the wide
variety of issues described above.Policy
- Review and comment on hospital administrative
policies.Committee Participation:
- Participate and provide legal advice to various committees such
as Bylaws, Patient Care, Medical Records, etc.Additional Functions:
- Such other duties as may be assigned by the NMHC Deputy General
Counsel from time to time.EOE/AA.QualificationsRequired:
- J.D.
- Minimum 5 years of health law or related experience.Preferred:
- Experience in the areas of general corporate, health care
regulatory matters, managed care, corporate finance, corporate
transactions, complex contracts, mental health law and employment
matters is desired.
- Prior law firm and/or in-house experience is also desired.
Illinois license to practice law.
- Negotiation and mediation skillsEqual OpportunityNorthwestern
Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and
does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age,
sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity,
veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other
protected status.
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