Associate General Counsel (Finance)
Nemours is seeking an Associate General Counsel to join our legal team! This is an on-site position in either Delaware or Florida. The Nemours Foundation is seeking an attorney with professional and general liability claims and risk management experience to join our in-house legal team as an Associate General Counsel. This Associate General Counsel will manage professional and general liability matters involving the hospital system, its affiliates and associates, to include clinical and medical staff. This Associate General Counsel will work collaboratively with the risk management team in relation to risk mitigation education, analysis of trends, policy and procedure development, incident response, pre-suit investigation and support. Travel is required and dependent on litigation activity and in-person meeting needs within the enterprise.
Responsibilities:
- Claims Management: Effectively manages professional and general liability matters involving the enterprise:
- Risk Management: Supports the risk management function of the enterprise.
Qualifications:
- Juris Doctorate from accredited law school with strong academic records required
- Admission to the Bar in the state of DE, PA or FL or eligibility for in-house counsel license required
- 5+ years of experience to include professional liability claims management and/or risk management in healthcare setting Excellent written and verbal communication skills to include presentations and reports required
- In-house legal experience preferred
- Clinical background preferred
- Strong negotiating skills in relation to resolution of claims
- Ability to work collaboratively within the department and outside of the department with associates, clinicians, medical staff across the enterprise in various locations
- Experience managing discovery in litigation matters with knowledge of applicable evidentiary rules
- Experience managing outside counsel
- Experience attending mediations, settlement conferences and/or trials
About Us
Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive. It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children's and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .
