Senior Paralegal

Summary: Senior paralegal will oversee the legal department, mentor other paralegals and clerks and must be highly organized and pay close attention to details, tracking and timelines as well as coordinating with outside General Counsel on business and litigation matters. Oversee other paralegals and/or legal assistants. Performing these job duties often takes coordinating a team of people and liaising with both internal departments and external organizations. 

Essential Functions: 

A:      Job Specific 

Summarize cases and prepare biweekly reports to CEO and VP of Finance 

Overseeing the TDI process and timely filing 

Keeping track of changes in the legal framework and providing timely updates on changes 

Prepare and organize various legal documents for upcoming cases and trials. 

Prepare affidavits, legal contracts, pleadings and correspondence 

Contract administration and organize and archiving documents related to company records in LinkSquares database; facilitate, save, track and coordinate all contracts and eSignatures 

Assist with analysis of contract terms and summaries 

Provide compliance metrics reporting for contract management 

Build and refine Standard Operating Procedures that improve team and contract workflow efficiencies  

Work independently negotiating, drafting and editing employment and physician agreements, notices and other legal documents 

Create and maintain case files, both digital and hard-copy; manage electronically stored information 

Responding to discovery 

Ensuring that copies of documentation are properly filed and distributed 

Schedule appointments, client meetings and calendaring court dates 

Creating and organizing appendices, briefs, indexes 

Coordinating and interacting with outside counsel 

Performing legal research 

Identifying and contacting experts who may help in a case 

Taking minutes at company meetings 

Review of information and preparation of liens 

Demonstration of agility in handling a variety of matters as they arise 

Other duties as assigned 

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B:      Company Specific 

Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean and wears appropriate identification while on duty. 

Completes annual health, safety, and education requirements.  Maintains professional growth and development. 

Maintains confidentiality of all patient and/or employee information to assure patient and/or employee rights are protected. 

Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and the skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to the patient population served. 

Reports to work on time as scheduled; adheres to policies regarding notification of absence. 

Attends all mandatory in-services and staff meetings. 

Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner. 

Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices. 

Communicates the mission, ethics, and goals of the hospital, as well as the focus statement of the department. 

Maintains current licensure/certification for position, if applicable.  

Consistently demonstrates Guest Relation’s skills to patients, physicians, visitors, employees, and any other individuals with whom they may come in contact. 

Consistently follows departmental and hospital Health, Safety, Security, Hazardous Materials policies and procedures. 

HIPAA: Conduct job responsibilities in accordance with HIPAA privacy laws, follow hospital policy in provision of patient confidentiality. Able to identify patient confidentiality issues and reports to proper hospital personnel immediately. 

Compliance: Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with standards set forth in FHMC Code of Conduct, FHMC policy and procedures, applicable federal and state laws, and applicable standards. 

Employee must maintain a courteous and respectful attitude toward fellow employees, staff, contractors, vendors and the public at all times. Employee must avoid loud, profane, or unprofessional language at all times during the performance of duties. It is immediate grounds for termination if Employee engages in misconduct or is incompetent or negligent in the proper performance of duties or is disorderly, dishonest, intoxicated, or discourteous. 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 

Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills. 

Qualifications:  

Education: Bachelor's degree degree preferred  

            Licenses/Certification:   None 

Experience: 2- year experience working in a law firm.