Associate General Counsel

Position Summary
The Associate General Counsel’s primary responsibility is to provide legal services and advice to the senior leadership team and various business units. Serve in a generalist capacity to provide support in the functional areas of Legal and Risk Management that will include contracts, business and health care transactions, clinical and research regulatory compliance, policy development, data privacy, risk management, and estate law. 

Essential Duties

1. Regularly draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements including  SaaS contracts, partnership and innovation agreements, complicated vendor agreements, business associate agreements, data use agreements, affiliation agreements, and clinical trial agreements. Ensure agreements are in compliance with institutional policy and applicable laws and regulations. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure contractual agreements align with business objectives and the institution’s best interests.
2. Advise on all relevant federal and state employment laws, providing guidance and support to HR and company leadership to maintain a compliant and inclusive workplace.  
3. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement data protection policies and practices and support privacy standard practices for customers, employees, partners, and vendor personal information. 
4. Respond to data breach incidents and manage the legal aspects of data privacy incidents and regulatory inquiries.
5. Play a key role in advising on and implementing controls, policies, and processes necessary for the institution to achieve compliance with state and federal law, as well as support operations. 
6. Provide general regulatory advice on relevant laws and regulations affecting hospitals and academic research arising within the day-to-day operations of the institution, including pertaining to nonprofit operations, privacy, conflicts of interest, and fraud, waste, and abuse. 
7. Support and/or lead insurance claims and risk management initiatives. 
8. Participate in internal investigations as needed to provide legal advice to the institution.
9. Maintain expertise and stay current on relevant laws and regulations through self-directed professional reading, development of professional contacts with colleagues, attendance at professional development courses, and participation in  training.
10. Act as key contributor to the achievement of the Legal and Risk Management Department goals and objectives, ensuring effective day-to-day operations.
11. Collaborate with fellow members of Legal and Risk Management Department to ensure consistency in legal and regulatory advice.
12. Participate in managing the NJH legal intern program.
13. Participate in identifying legal practice management solutions and maintaining an efficient and organized department structure.

Other Duties

1. Address legal considerations unique to academic medical centers, medical practices, institutional pharmacies (including 340B), research, and hospitals accurately and efficiently.  
2. Shared responsibility with General Counsel for Legal on-call coverage.

Competencies

1. Accountability: Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member; displays honesty and truthfulness; confronts problems quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals; demonstrates a commitment to National Jewish Health. 
2. Adaptability: Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
3. Attention to Detail: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time. Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.
4. Collaboration/Teamwork: Cooperates with others to accomplish common goals; works with employees within and across his/her department to achieve shared goals; treats others with dignity and respect and maintains a friendly demeanor; values the contributions of others.
5. Decision Making: Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.
6. Informing and Communicating: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
7. Managing Work and Time/Project Management: Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently. Effectively manages project(s) by appropriately focusing attention on the critical few priorities; effectively creates and executes against project timelines based on priorities, resource availability, and other project requirements (i.e., budget); effectively evaluates planned approaches, determines feasibility, and makes adjustments when needed.
8. Problem Solving: Uses issue identification, data relation and comparison, pattern recognition and information gathering to create analyses and make recommendations.

Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility
None

Travel
Minimal local travel may be required. 

Core Values

1. Be available to work as scheduled and report to work on time.
2. Be willing to accept supervision and work well with others.
3. Be well groomed, appropriately for your role and wear ID Badge visibly.
4. Be in compliance with all departmental and institutional policies, the Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and completes NetLearning by due date annually.
5. Promotes a workplace culture based on mutual respect and merit, where all individuals are treated fairly and provided with equal opportunity to contribute to the mission and goals of the institution.
6. Adheres to safe working practices and at all times follows all institutional and departmental safety policies and procedures. 
7. Wears appropriate PPE as outlined by the infection control policies and procedures.
8. Demonstrates compliance with all state, federal and all other regulatory agency requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Education: Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from an accredited ABA law school. 
2. Work Experience: 6 years of experience as a practicing attorney with experience advising clients on agreements and transactions, preferably in or regarding a healthcare setting or academic medical center.  Experience troubleshooting and managing risk and legal issues. Demonstrated ability to learn new legal areas, multitask, and efficiently advise clients.  
3. Special Training, Certification or Licensure: Good standing membership in or eligibility for admission to the Colorado State Bar. Proficient in Microsoft Office (particularly Outlook and Word) and Adobe. Ability to utilize Westlaw, Bloomberg, Lexis Nexis, or other comparable legal research platform. Ability to learn and efficiently use software platforms to manage, track, and organize issues within the department.

Salary Range: $156,026.13 - $206,344.55

Benefits
At National Jewish Health, we recognize that our outstanding faculty and staff are the essence of our organization. For every aspect of health care, our employees are our greatest asset. With that in mind, we have designed a valuable, comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and their families. 

• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Multiple Cigna health plans for Colorado, regional office and remote employees. Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) available to pair with some plans.
• Paid Time Off: Generous PTO accruals to use for vacation and sick days, and six paid holidays, all compliant with Colorado state sick leave regulations.
• Dental & Vision Plans: Coverage effective the first of the month after hire.
• Retirement Savings: 403(b) plan with employer contributions after two years.
• Wellness Incentives: Earn up to $200 annually for preventive health activities.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $5,250 annually for full-time and part-time employees.
• Child Care Assistance: Childcare Flex Spending Account (FSA) with annual employer contribution.
• Loan Forgiveness: Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer.
• Disability & Life Insurance: Employer-paid plans and optional buy-up choices.
• Voluntary Benefits: Full suite of coverage options such as Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Plan
• Exclusive Discounts: Savings on local services, insurance, and RTD bus passes.