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Director & Asst General Counsel, SC Facilities

Charlotte, United States

Overview:

This Assistant General Counsel/Director role provides legal advice and counsel for hospitals and associated physician practices in South Carolina. This role supports facilities and physician network operations, including physician contracting, employment law, and patient care related legal matters. The ideal candidate has a blend of health care regulatory and transactional experience with a special focus on hospital operations.

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At Novant Health, one of our core values is diversity and inclusion. By engaging the strengths and talents of each team member, we ensure a strong organization capable of providing remarkable healthcare to our patients, families and communities. Therefore, we invite applicants from all group dynamics to apply to our exciting career opportunities.

Qualifications:

Education: High School Diploma or GED, required.
Experience:
- Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school, required.
- Five year Law experience, preferably in Corporate, Tax or Litigation with a focus on health care transactions, required.
Licensure/Certification: Active license to practice law, in good standing with jurisdiction in which licensed, required.
Additional Skills (required):
- Operational Excellence: Exceptionally strong attention to project deadlines and details; broad-based experience to ensure organizational growth and advancement.
- Executive presence: Has the ability to navigate and communicate effectively at a high level with top executives of the organization to collaborate and share ideas on a variety of items.
- Efficiency: Effectively works in a fast-paced work environment to deliver results.
- Problem Solving: Strong analytical, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills
- Highly Effective Communicator: Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, appropriately, and inclusively with key stakeholders at all levels. Ability to distill complex topics into crisp and concise narratives that can be consumed by audiences with varying degrees of familiarity with the subject matter.
- Inclusion and Belonging: Fosters a work environment of inclusion and belonging for all team members.
- Judgment: Demonstrated ability to act independently upon information and make decisions that achieve optimal results.
- Confidentiality: Respects confidential information.
- Broad healthcare transactional experience, including physician acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and foundational knowledge of healthcare operations.
- Managed care, value based arrangements and physician network experience preferred.
- Foundational experience with Stark, the Antic-kickback statute and applicable antitrust regulations.
Additional Skills (preferred):
- Entrepreneurial spirit and innovative drive for reaching the next great idea and exceeding goals while focusing on thought partnerships.
- Intellectual depth, moral integrity, personal vision, creativity, leadership skills, fortitude, sincerity, and diplomacy.
- Ability to work independently and as a team player who will productively engage with others at varying levels of seniority within and outside of Novant Health.
- 340B regulatory experience
- Healthcare regulatory experience

Responsibilities:

Primary legal support for hospitals located in South Carolina and associated integration efforts
Legal support for physician practices located in South Carolina
Create an environment that supports and respects diversity to promote creative problem solving.
Respects and follows organizational policy and procedure, including rules of conduct.
Responsible for helping to achieve goals defined by People & Culture and Novant Health leadership. Constantly monitor progress and metrics toward meeting defined goals.
Supports growth, development of initiatives, and overall performance of strategy. Demonstrates dedication to meeting the expectations and requirements of stakeholders.
Work alongside team members to monitor and evolve practices for continuous process improvement.
Assist with specialized legal areas such as joint ventures, ambulatory surgery centers and other market/specialty specific programs and strategic partnerships;

Develop policies, practices, and procedures that have a significant impact on the [business?]

Provides reliable and well-researched advice on all manner of matters

Advises on specific healthcare issues such as HIPAA Privacy Rule, the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback statute, regulatory and confidentiality issues.