Associate General Counsel

Description

Overview

BHI Senior Living Inc. is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for older adults by providing a secure environment that supports their needs, values, interests, and independence while encouraging personal and spiritual development. Guided by our faith-based values, BHI has provided exceptional care and service for more than 50 years and now operates ten Life Plan Communities and two Active Adult Communities across Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

What We Offer

Employer-paid life insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid Time Off (PTO) beginning day one

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Commitment to continuing education and professional growth

Position Summary

The Associate General Counsel supports the General Counsel by managing a wide range of legal matters, including healthcare regulatory issues, corporate and employment matters, contracts, litigation, and major transactions. This role helps develop and improve legal department processes and ensures ongoing compliance with all applicable laws and company policies. The position provides direct legal guidance to multiple communities and central office departments while also supervising outside counsel as needed. The successful candidate will handle significant legal initiatives and projects assigned by the General Counsel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Possessing and consistently demonstrating the highest level of personal integrity and professional judgment, and working in a collaborative, collegial, and respectful manner.
• Reporting to the General Counsel (or his or her designee), and being responsible for handling legal matters assigned by the General Counsel from time-to-time including, without limitation, healthcare operational and regulatory matters, corporate, employment, litigation, quality of care matters, governance and board-related matters, contract matters, and transactional matters such as mergers and acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures, and other business combinations and divestitures.
• Responsible for creating, maintaining, and improving processes related to programs managed by the legal department (such as legal and certain organization-wide policies and procedures), and for the most important initiatives of the legal department, among other responsibilities assigned from time-to-time by the General Counsel.
• Possessing and ensuring awareness of and compliance with all applicable laws and company policies and procedures.
• Directly providing legal advice and support to multiple communities throughout the Midwest and to various departments within the central office headquarters.
• Supervising and directing outside counsel retained on behalf of the company or one or more of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
• Fulfilling the duties and responsibilities assigned or delegated from time-to-time by the General Counsel. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will be assigned a number of matters for which she or he will be ultimately responsible on a daily basis, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Must have a J.D. from an ABA accredited law school and be licensed to practice in the State of Indiana.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience as licensed attorney; healthcare industry experience preferred.
• A thorough understanding of one or more relevant areas of law applicable to the business including, without limitation, healthcare operational and regulatory law, corporate and transactional law; real estate; healthcare litigation.
• This position requires extensive, self-initiated client contact, and an ability to provide both senior management and operating personnel with sound, timely and practical legal advice.
• The ability to handle successfully complex and multiple legal projects at once.
• Excellent interpersonal and writing skills, experience in drafting and negotiating agreements, strong problem solving capabilities, and a clear understanding of the lawyer's role as a legal and business advisor.
• The ability to consistently meet deadlines while handling multiple complex projects.