Associate General Counsel – Health Care Position Available In Fulton, Georgia

Job Description:

Discover Your Career at Emory UniversityEmory University is aleading research university that fosters excellence and attractsworld-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for thefuture. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the excellenceof our academic community.

DescriptionEmory’s Office of the GeneralCounsel seeks a health care attorney with significanttransactional, operational, and regulatory experience to serve asAssociate General Counsel. If that’s you, we’re thrilled that wefound each other so quickly. Want to know more first? See thedetails below.

Help us make the world healthierThe Associate GeneralCounsel will join an outstanding group of teammates representingEmory University and Emory Healthcare on challenging mattersconfronting one of the nation’s premier academic medical centersthat includes highly ranked Schools of Medicine, Nursing, andPublic Health, a national primate research center, the onlyNational Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer institutein Georgia, a global health institute that supports initiatives innearly 100 countries, and a leading research enterprise thatreceives more than one billion dollars in annual sponsored researchfunding and is responsible for the development of lifesavingtreatments such as angioplasty, drug-eluting stents, and the mostsuccessful and commonly used

HIV/AIDS

drugs in the world.

You willrepresent Georgia’s most comprehensive health system that cares forpatients making more than 6 million visits to Emory each year andthat encompasses 10 hospitals (and growing!), more than 490outpatient provider locations, and the largest clinicallyintegrated network in the state, with more than 3,450 physiciansconcentrating in 70 different subspecialties.

Are you ready?

TheAssociate General Counsel’s duties in support of Emory Universityand Emory Healthcare will include: Advising on a broad spectrum of business opportunities,including counseling, contract review and negotiation, andcommercial dispute resolution. Providing legal analysis and advice concerning regulatorycompliance, physician-hospital relationships, and a wide variety ofuniversity and health care operational issues. Developing new areas of sub-specialty as needs may arise. Duties also may include participation on committees as thelegal advisor.

We are looking for candidates who: Work well on a team. Have outstanding negotiation and verbal and writtencommunication skills. Display high levels of emotional intelligence, includingkindness, empathy, optimism, and self-awareness. Approach work with a commitment to excellence, intellectualcuriosity, strong work ethic, and integrity. Have excellent judgment, client counseling, multi-tasking, anddecision-making skills. Have a license to practice law in a U.S. state, and excellentacademic credentials. Preferably have a minimum of five years of legal experience inthe health care field. Previous experience with academic medical centers, physiciangroup practices, health care delivery systems, and/or in-houselegal departments is a plus. A sense of humor is also valued!

Where will I work?

Where wouldyou like to work? We have an office waiting for you in the heart ofthe university on the “quad”, where our Atlanta-area team memberscan collaborate two days a week (more or less, as needed). But, weare flexible. What work environment / location will contribute toyou doing your best work for Emory?

Other benefitsEmory’scompensation is competitive with similar universities and comeswith outstanding benefits, including: A generous contribution from the university, in an amount up toan additional 9% of your salary, to your 403(b) tax-deferredretirement savings plan. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, includinga three tier plan that lowers your deductibles and out of pocketmaximums even more. Eleven paid holidays and two paid floating holidays. Three additional paid days off during the Winter Recess(Christmas to New Years). Four weeks of paid vacation per year, which increases withlength of service. FMLA and six weeks of paid parental leave. A Courtesy Scholarship program that covers between 50% and 100%of tuition for your children who apply to, and are admitted forenrollment at Emory University. An exceptional gym which employees can join for $360 peryear.

NOTE:

Tasks related to this position can be performed remotelywith only occasional supported visits to an Emory Universitylocation. Emory reserves the right to change this status withnotice to employee.

Additional DetailsEmory is an equal opportunityemployer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration foremployment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, nationalorigin, disability, protected veteran status or othercharacteristics protected by state or federal law. Emory Universitydoes not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, oremployment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers,discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits,and training. Students, faculty, and staff are assured ofparticipation in university programs and in the use of facilitieswithout such discrimination. Emory University complies with Section503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran’sReadjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders,federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equalopportunity, and affirmative action (for protected veterans andindividuals with disabilities). Inquiries regarding this policyshould be directed to the Emory University Department of Equity andCivil Rights Compliance, 201 Dowman Drive, Administration Building,Atlanta, GA 30322.

Telephone:

404-727-9867 (V) – 404-712-2049(TDD).Emory University is committed to providing reasonableaccommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities uponrequest. To request this document in an alternate format or torequest a reasonable accommodation, please contact the Departmentof Accessibility Services at 404-727-9877 (V) – 404-712-2049 (TDD).Please note that one week’s advance notice is preferred. #J-18808-Ljbffr