General Counsel Associate 4

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General Counsel, Associate 4

The candidate should have: L.L.B / J.D. Degree and 2 years' experience as an attorney. Must be a member of the Florida Bar or become a member within twelve months of employment. Preferred: J.D. Degree / L.L.B. degree from an ABA-accredited law school and have 7+ years of experience practicing law or equivalent experience in relevant fields, with more experience being appropriate. Must have excellent project management and administrative skills, analytical ability, writing skills, listening and oral communications skills, diplomacy, finesse and interpersonal skills, and well developed, excellent judgment and skill in when to be appropriately assertive or adversarial, when to be deferential or conciliatory, in garnering consensus, and in distinguishing between high and low priority legal issues. Must have knowledge of and a high level of expertise in most (if not all) of the following areas and will demonstrate the ability to acquire expertise in the remaining areas: (a) health affairs policy, funding structures, and organizations and related regulations and laws (e.g., federal and state health care fraud, waste, and abuse laws, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement regulations, tax codes and restrictions related to exempt organizations, and HIPAA/HITECH) that affect academic health centers and medical colleges, faculty, residents, staff, and students; (b) the variety of legal issues arising in university health science centers (e.g., regarding student, resident and faculty affairs, faculty practice plans, etc.) and the inter-relationship of academic health science centers with their affiliated teaching hospitals; structuring, negotiating and documenting strategic initiatives and affiliations, acquisitions, finance and other transactions and contracts, particularly in a health affairs setting; and (d) experience in resident and student affairs issues and sufficient experience to triage and then partner with specialists as needed on complex human resources issues, and the ability to handle day-to-day issues in the Jacksonville HSC. This attorney will be an integral part of the OGC and will work collaboratively with HSC leadership, physician leadership, practice plan administrators, hospital administrators and hospital legal counsel to ensure HSC operations meet all applicable standards, regulations, and laws, in a manner consistent with the policies and mission of the University of Florida and the standards and policies of the OGC. This position reports directly to the Deputy General Counsel for Health Affairs (UF Deputy/HA) within the OGC. This position will also be a trusted and valuable member of the advisory team supporting the HSCs and UF health affairs endeavor and must be well-integrated with key clients.

Closing Date: July 9, 2015

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