General Counsel-FT-Days- Legal

DHR Health – US:TX:Edinburg – Days

Summary:

FLSA STATUS: ☒ Exempt ☐ Non-Exempt

MISSION STATEMENT:

Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.

VISION:

Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The General Counsel is responsible for managing the daily operations of Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR) office (attorneys, legal assistants, and administrative assistant) and managing outside counsel; reports directly to DHR’s Chief Executive Office; will serve as principal liaison between DHR and its office of General Counsel with numerous other state and federal agencies.

POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS­:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and a member in good standing, of the Texas State Bar (or ability to be admitted within one year of hire)
• Computer skills required with knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.
• Good written and verbal communication skills required.
• Some evening or weekend work will be required
• Bilingual – English/Spanish.

JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE­:

• Ten (10) years of litigation experience or other related legal experience handling a variety of legal issues and providing legal advice to a diverse client base.
• Experience must be related to areas of responsibilities and include progressively responsible administrative/management experience within a Acute Care Hospital
• Skill in establishing a balanced perspective on mission effectiveness and business results is critical.
• Knowledge of State, Federal, and JCAHO regulations.

Responsibilities:

POSITION RESPONSIBILITES:

• Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practices.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Negotiate and draft contracts and agreements including physician arrangements, and services and supplier agreements.
• Advise clients about the impact of recent regulatory and legislative changes and guidance.
• Maintain current knowledge of federal and state health care law, with a particular emphasis on Stark, Fraud and Abuse and Civil Monetary Penalty compliance.
• Work on transactional matters, particularly physician acquisitions, including negotiating agreements, drafting documents, conducting due diligence and obtaining regulatory approvals.
• Act as a consultant to medical staff regarding legal issues and concerns involving patients.
• Participate in committees and assisting in the development of DHR policies and procedures that raise health law issues.
• Support the corporate compliance program and providing legal advice related to compliance matters.
• Make presentations both inside and outside DHR and conducting teaching sessions for medical and professional staffs and other employees regarding relevant legal issues.
• Work directly with outside counsel on issues requiring specialized legal consultation and serves as liaison with outside counsel on referred legal matters.
• Participate in the Attorney On-call rotation for medical-legal emergencies.
• Perform other duties as assigned consistent with a lawyer with 8-12 years’ experience in health care law.
• Other duties as assigned.

Other information:

LINES OF REPSONSIBILITES:

(Chain-of-command)

1. Chief Executive Officer

CUSTOMER SERVICE:

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

AGE SPECIFIC:

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA):

A. Essential Duties: Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height.

Yes

Kneeling

Yes

Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs.

Yes

Walking

Yes

Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs.

Yes

Standing/Squatting

Yes

Straight pulling

Yes

Sitting

Yes

Pulling hand over hand

Yes

Pushing

Yes

Repeated bending

Yes

Stooping/Bending

Yes

Reaching above shoulder

Yes

Climbing Stairs

Yes

Simple grasping

Yes

Climbing Ladders

No

Dual simultaneous grasping

Yes

Depth Perceptions needed

Yes

Ability to see

Yes

Identify Colors

Yes

Operating office equipment

Yes

Twisting

Yes

Operating mechanical equipment

Yes

Crawling

No

Ability to read and write

Yes

Ability to Count

Yes

Ability to hear verbal communication without aid

Yes

Operating Personal Vehicle

Yes

Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication

Yes

Other: Ability to deal with stress

Yes

OSHA Category

III

B. Working Conditions: The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

D. Aptitudes: HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW

Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3

Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3

Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2

Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to “visualize” objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2

Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3

Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2

Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3

Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with fingers in placing and turning motions. 3

Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with hands in placing and turning motions. 3

Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination: Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli. 3

Color Discrimination:

Ability to perceive and respond to similarities or differences in colors, shapes, or other values of the same or different color. To identify a particular color, or to recognize harmonious or contrasting color combinations, or to match color adequately.

3

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