You’ll need
Licensure
✓Registered In House Counsel (California) within 12 months of hire OR State Bar License (California) within 12 months of hire
Education
✓Law degree required.
Qualifications
✓Minimum ten (10) years of experience as a practicing attorney analyzing and applying health care or employment, contract, and/or corporate laws, regulations and guidelines to the practice of law.
✓Strong client service skills required with demonstrated excellent client satisfaction.
✓Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
✓Demonstrated ability to define the strategy of and provide overall direction to a specified practice area.
✓Excellent skills in complex analytic problem solving, project management, change management, and group process.
✓Superior communication, consulting, facilitation, negotiation, conflict management, problem resolution, change management skills and consensus building skills.
✓Ability to adapt to constantly changing priorities in managing a wide range of projects.
✓Demonstrated ability to lead professionals through influence and collaboration.
✓Understanding of Health Care operations and KP competitors, and economic, social, and legal environment.
✓Superior leadership and project management skills. Demonstrated ability to bring projects/initiatives to completion.
✓Must possess superior interpersonal skills (oral and written), coaching and mentoring skills, presentation skills, and must exemplify key leadership attributes.
✓Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
The preferred candidate will need a minimum of five (5) years of California-specific employment law experience advising a health care system or systems (and/or clinic or medical group) as internal or external counsel, with a significant employed and/or contracted physician component.
Experience representing medical professionals before their licensing boards would also be desired. preferred
A demonstrated understanding of physician/hospital/health plan relationships, as well as proven strong client service, project management, problem solving, negotiation, change management, and both written and verbal communication skills are essential. preferred
About the role
The Senior Counsel will serve as a key legal advisor to a large, multi-specialty medical group, providing strategic and transactional legal support across corporate matters and intellectual property (IP) initiatives. This role will play a central part in advising on the formation and operation of an affiliated startup subsidiary focused on healthcare innovation, digital health, and emerging technologies.