Description
Providence is calling for Senior Paralegal - Legal - Remote
This position will provide professional legal support to the Department of Legal Affairs (“DLA”) attorneys generally and/or in a specific practice area or across practice areas. This position will be responsible for the coordination, provision, and completion of various legal support tasks as outlined below or requested by a supervising attorney in support of Providence St. Joseph Health’s various operations within its operating footprint.
This position will manage legal matters, in partnership with attorneys, and exercise independent judgment in determining and recommending courses of action based on matter type, carrying out those actions, and bringing matters to closure. This position may also support attorneys/other DLA staff throughout DLA’s offices and will interact frequently with internal and external clients, outside counsel, third party vendors and business associates.
Essential Functions
General Paralegal Responsibilities
Enhance own professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, review of current literature, in-service meetings, and DLA-organized CLE offerings.
Monitor and manage all aspects of projects or legal matters including, but not limited to, transactions, governance, investigations, and litigation.
Assist attorney in intake/triage, creating, tracking, and managing ongoing matters and prioritizing the same.
Familiar with and able to independently utilize ServiceNow, Legal Tracker, iManage and various other platforms and document management systems used by DLA, including using these systems for reporting.
Field inquiries from outside counsel and business partners when requested by the DLA attorney (or when said attorney is not available), and summarizes with relevant details, business partner legal issues or questions.
Consistent with DLA’s protocols, contract (including physician, clinical education, clinical research, services agreements, and supply chain purchase agreements) drafting and review.
Compose, edit, and proofread a variety of correspondence, memos, presentations and materials, and directly handle within the assigned scope of authority, knowledge and understanding of activity.
Practice Area Specific Responsibilities
Healthcare Operations
Draft and prepare a wide range of documents, including resolutions, governance documentation, certifications, consents, reports, articles of incorporation, letters of intent, deeds, leases, etc.
Provide substantive support on a variety of matters to include but not be limited to, intellectual property matters including copyright, trademark, and patent filings; internal advice matters on a wide variety of subjects; regulatory matters, a wide variety of contracting matters, medical staff matters, and pre litigation disputes.
Enter timely status updates in DLA’s matter management system (Legal Tracker), ensure the matter record is complete and accurate, and ensure all documents are filed to the appropriate matter using DLA’s document management system (iManage).
Assist with support for governmental inquiries, civil investigative demands, other regulatory investigations, and various components of litigation.
Coordinate matters relating to Medical Staff, including facilitating the provision of legal advice to business partners regarding issues such as Peer Review, credentialing, Board Investigations, miscellaneous complaints.
Draft and review wide variety of legal documents and agreements, including, but not limited to clinical education/affiliation agreements; Non-Disclosure Agreements; letters of intent; Business Associate Agreements; and other agreements.
Maintain knowledge of various federal and state healthcare laws including Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, Medicare and Medicaid billing rules, HIPAA-HITECH, and EMTALA, and explain the broad concepts of each law to a variety of audiences.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Friendly and service-oriented. Consistently goes out of the way to listen, understand, and support the needs of others in a sensitive manner. Listens with sensitivity and openness. Actively seeks constructive feedback and remains open and receptive to it.
Performs challenging tasks efficiently and effectively. Anticipates problems and takes corrective action prior to completing the task.
Demonstrated personal management skills and ability to work effectively to build collaborative relationships with colleagues, customers, and executive management through positive interaction.
Strong attention to detail and outstanding critical thinking and analytical skills.
Proven ability to organize multiple projects, schedules, demands and to meet shifting priorities.
High degree of technical aptitude for learning new software and systems with a demonstrable working knowledge of Office 365.
Ability to work independently and with a high degree of initiative.
Demonstrated organizational awareness to work in a complex business environment.
Able to identify and resolve problems and conflicts by employing open, respectful and clear communication.
Ability to explain laws, legal concepts and tools to a variety of audiences.
Ability to identify and articulate legal risks and escalate issues as appropriate.
Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Providence Strategic And Management Services and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.
Required Qualifications:
Associate's Degree in ABA-approved Paralegal Studies Program or Certificate from a paralegal program at, or a degree from, an accredited secondary institution which requires at least 24 semester units in law-related courses
5 years of Paralegal experience in a relevant practice area with an in-house legal team, or equivalent experience in a law practice setting
5 years of Demonstrated experience performing substantive legal work for multiple attorneys in a relevant practice area
Preferred Qualifications:
Salary Range by Location:
AK: Anchorage: Min: $40.11, Max: $62.27
AK: Kodiak, Seward, Valdez: Min: $41.81, Max: $64.91
California: Humboldt: Min: $40.98, Max: $64.88
California: All Northern California - Except Humboldt: Min:$46.91, Max: $72.82
California: All Southern California - Except Bakersfield: Min: $41.81, Max: $64.91
California: Bakersfield: Min: $40.11, Max: $62.27
Idaho: Min: $35.69, Max: $55.41
Montana: Except Great Falls: Min: $32.29, Max: $50.13
Montana: Great Falls: Min: $30.59, Max: $47.49
New Mexico: Min: $32.29, Max: $50.13
Nevada: Min: $41.81, Max: $64.91
Oregon: Non-Portland Service Area: Min: $37.39, Max: $58.05
Oregon: Portland Service Area: Min: $40.11, Max: $62.27
Texas: Min: $30.59, Max: $47.49
Washington: Western - Except Tukwila: Min: $41.81, Max: $64.91
Washington: Southwest - Olympia, Centralia & Below: Min: $40.11, Max: $62.27
Washington: Tukwila: Min: $41.81, Max: $64.91
Washington: Eastern: Min: $35.69, Max: $55.41
Washington: South Eastern: Min: $37.39, Max: $58.05
Why Join Providence?
Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.
Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.
About Providence
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.
Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
About the Team
Providence Shared Services is a service line within Providence that provides a variety of functional and system support services for our family of organizations across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. We are focused on supporting our Mission by delivering a robust foundation of services and sharing of specialized expertise.
Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.
Requsition ID: 443107
Company: Providence Jobs
Job Category: Legal
Job Function: Legal/Compliance/Risk
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Shift: Day
Career Track: Technical/Skilled Support
Department: 4007 SS LEGAL OPERATIONS
Address: CA Irvine 15480 Laguna Canyon Rd
Work Location: Providence System Offices Discovery Park-Irvine
Workplace Type: Remote
Pay Range: $See Posting - $See Posting
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
