Description:
A Non-Profit Organization is looking to fill a full-time Attorney position to work within our Medical-Legal Unit.Job Description:
Manage an on-site legal center at Oishei Children's Hospital; provide direct civil legal services to patient-clients. Practice areas include but are not limited to housing, consumer, substituted decision making matters, elder law, and public benefits. Consult and train medical providers to identify common legal issues, and develop collaborative working relationships with key administrators, physicians, nurses and medical staff.
Work closely with health care providers and general counsel to address complex and intractable problems facing hospital patients. Handle legal issues that are largely linked to elder law, including housing matters, employment, healthcare, and end of life planning. Maintaining strong relationships with hospital staff and general counsel is essential.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Admitted to practice in NYS
- 2-5 years legal experience preferred
- Self-starter; self-motivated
- Must enjoy a fast-paced environment
- Able to handle multiple tasks
- Must be comfortable in a hospital setting
- This is not a traditional desk job; required to meet with patient's bedside
- Program development experience
- Substituted decision making, wills, elder law experience, preferred
- Communication and interpersonal skills required – must be comfortable collaborating with hospital staff
- Public speaking (trainings)
- Able to identify and evaluate legal issues
- Commitment to communities we serve
- Travel, required
