Description:

Summary:
  • Best in Class Work Environment
  • 5x Modern Healthcare Best Places to work
  • America's Greatest Workplaces 2023 – Newsweek
  • Best Employers for New Grads 2023- Forbes
  • Greatest Workplace for Women 2023 - Newsweek

Job Summary:
The Assistant General Counsel II reports to the Executive Vice President and General Counsel and will provide legal advice on all assigned matters handled by the Legal Department including, without limitation, sophisticated legal analysis, contracts, handling patient care issues as applicable, researching and rendering legal advice to decision-makers and others at A Locally Owned, Not-For-Profit Health System. The Assistant General Counsel II will independently review, revise, and draft a variety of legal documents including contracts, policies, correspondence and memos and will frequently communicate with senior administration, physicians, department leaders, frontline staff, vendors, opposing counsel and patients and family members among others.

Job Requirements:
Education:
  • Required: Juris Doctor Degree from accredited law school

Experience:
  • Required: 3 years' related experience
  • Preferred: Previous healthcare experience
  • Preferred: Prevous in-house experience

Skills:
  • Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills
  • Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills
  • Excellent investigative skills
  • Excellent computerized and non-computerized research skills
  • Excellent judgment skills

Licensure/Certification/Registration
  • Required: Active Missouri Law License, in good standing