Senior Operations Counsel

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Hospital Operations team at Ardent Health as a Senior Operations Counsel. The Senior Counsel, Hospital Operations prepares and reviews a variety of complex contracts and provides legal counsel, guidance and representation to the Company and its affiliated healthcare operations as requested on complex legal and operational issues.

Responsibilities

• Works with senior counsel to advise hospital administrators on a wide range of matters relating to healthcare operations, general corporate transactions, regulatory and compliance issues, employment, medical staff issues, and patient concerns.
• Participates in the development of system policies and procedures and assists senior legal counsel in legal research.
• Drafts, reviews and negotiates contracts to ensure compliance with applicable statutes, case law, governmental regulations and Company policy guidelines.
• Analyze and advise business owners of contractual terms and their implications and finalize the agreement consistent with the risk tolerance of the Company, producing clean and accurate legal documents.
• Assists with compliance investigations as needed. Coordinates with Compliance Department.
• Participates in activities that increase legal knowledge, professional expertise, and the delivery of quality legal services.
• Requests and utilizes interdepartmental services as they pertain to the provision of legal services; establishes and maintains working relationships with all department personnel relative to the legal service function.
• Assists in development of methods for achieving Company goals, such as competitive bids, form agreements, reviews legal resources, and system policies within legal limits.
• Uses skill, knowledge and experience to assist Company in amicably resolving disputes with third parties.
• Performs other legal tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Current license to practice law.
• 4+ years of experience in healthcare law, including but not limited to, EMTALA, HIPAA, Stark, ACA, fraud and abuse, healthcare regulatory compliance, and hospital governance and operations, including editing/drafting/negotiating contracts with some experience with hospital and physician contracting and a fundamental understanding of health care regulations including the Stark and Anti-Kickback Statutes.
• Previous law firm experience.
• Ability to travel as needed, up to 25%.