Paralegal

Purpose

Provides legal services under the direction of an attorney for the Trinity Health System Office and/or assigned Ministry(ies) as a member of the Trinity Health Legal Department and in coordination with the needs of the System Office and/or the assigned Ministry(ies) consistent with the strategies and priorities of Trinity Health.

Responsibilities

• Handles a variety of routine to moderately complex legal matters or projects.
• Strives to bring innovative solutions to problems and repetitive administrative processes, promoting quality and continuous improvement.
• Directly interacts with clients as needed.

Essential Functions

• Knows, understands, and incorporates Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, Actions, and Promise in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
• Performs a variety of complex, internal and external legal and administrative duties with a high degree of skill and accuracy.
• Assists with preparing initial draft legal documents, such as contracts, memoranda, reports, and spreadsheets.
• Manages various matters and associated filings, including immigration, mergers, acquisitions, and transitions.
• Forms and maintains corporate entities, drafting and filing articles of incorporation, bylaws, certificates, annual reports, and other documents.
• Drafts, reviews, and revises physician and/or vendor contracts, service agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and other agreements, managing contract processes like intake, electronic signature, compliance, and storage.
• Utilizes multiple system applications to perform analysis, create reports, and develop educational materials.
• Collaborates on performance improvement activities and advises the team through resolution.
• Supports review of correspondence, distributes and responds to correspondence in a timely manner, and maintains information in Trinity Health’s entity management system.
• Maintains information in Trinity Health’s entity management system for assigned Ministry(ies), including all corporate governance documents.
• Meets with attorneys of the Legal Department to establish priorities and manage expectations for the delivery of legal services.
• Represents the interests of Trinity Health and the assigned Ministry(ies) in contacts with outside parties, including attorneys, managers, and officials of other companies and government agencies.
• Manages and implements small-scale projects, programs, and initiatives, developing and managing aligned production, communications, and service delivery plans and workflows to ensure successful implementation and service delivery on time, on budget, and to specifications.
• Develops and provides live training sessions to business clients on legal contract policies, procedures, and use of contract management systems.
• Researches and compiles information to support ad-hoc operational projects and initiatives, synthesizing and analyzing data to provide detailed summaries and recommendations, and leveraging program and operational data and measurements to define and demonstrate progress, ROI, and impacts.
• Leverages knowledge of applicable Federal, state, and local laws/regulations, Trinity Health Integrity and Compliance Program, Code of Conduct, and other policies and procedures to ensure adherence in a manner reflecting honest, ethical, and professional behavior.

Minimum Qualifications

• Paralegal certificate, degree in paralegal studies, or a Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field.
• Five (5) or more years of experience working in a law firm and/or corporate legal department with an emphasis on corporate health care.
• Experience in corporate records and transactions.
• Experience with legal research, filing, and processing legal documents.
• Comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.

Physical And Mental Requirements And Working Conditions

• Located on-site at System Office in Livonia, Michigan or at an assigned Ministry.
• Must be able to travel to various Trinity Health sites.
• Operates in a typical office environment, including continuous work time indoors (subject to travel requirements), under temperature-controlled and well-lit conditions, may encounter occasional variable external environmental conditions.
• Occasional lifting up to 30 pounds unassisted, occasional travel, frequent use of computer, continuous sitting, and may require occasional long periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, bending, pulling, and pushing.
• Continuous attention to maintain a safe working environment and use of available personal protective equipment (PPE).

Pay Range

31.87-47.81