What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Counsel position at Sentara?
The General Counsel serves as a strategic legal executive and advisor to the senior team and Board of Sentara, and a business partner to leadership across the organization. He/she proactively engages business leaders and serves as a trusted and go-to partner on all critical legal matters facing the organization.
Responsibilities of the position include the following:
Responsibilities of the position include the following:
- Serve as the principal legal advisor to the organization and Board of Directors on legal, governance, and risk management matters.
- Proactively engage with leaders throughout the organization to ensure legal implications are being taken into account in all business operations.
- Support Sentara’s clinically integrated network, and assist in managing the relationship between the hospital system and their Optima health plan; advise the business on payer and provider contracting.
- Serve as the principal legal advisor on all mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, alliances, partnership agreements, and other complex commercial transactions.
- Provide counsel and representation to the organization, and oversee all litigation and negotiation of disputed matters in a way that protects Sentara’s rights and reputation.
- Serve, or support team member who serves, as Corporate Secretary, ensuring the fulfillment of board management tasks and the handling of all other related responsibilities.
- Oversee contract drafting and negotiation with Sentara clients, suppliers, and others.
- Develop standards for the provision of legal services to improve quality and reduce cost, including the development of formal contracts, guidelines, legal documents, policies and governing documents.
- Develop and lead an appropriately structured, effective in-house legal team; rationally allocate the provision of legal services between the in-house team and outside counsel
- Identify and engage outside counsel on behalf of the organization, and work with internal business partners as needed to leverage and manage that outside support effectively; serve as the one-stop-shop for the direct or indirect provision of legal services for the organization.The General Counsel serves as a strategic legal executive and advisor to the senior team and Board of Sentara, and a business partner to leadership across the organization. He/she proactively engages business leaders and serves as a trusted and go-to partner on all critical legal matters facing the organization.
Responsibilities of the position include the following:
- Serve as the principal legal advisor to the organization and Board of Directors on legal, governance, and risk management matters.
- Proactively engage with leaders throughout the organization to ensure legal implications are being taken into account in all business operations.
- Support Sentara’s clinically integrated network, and assist in managing the relationship between the hospital system and their Optima health plan; advise the business on payer and provider contracting.
- Serve as the principal legal advisor on all mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, alliances, partnership agreements, and other complex commercial transactions.
- Provide counsel and representation to the organization, and oversee all litigation and negotiation of disputed matters in a way that protects Sentara’s rights and reputation.
- Serve, or support team member who serves, as Corporate Secretary, ensuring the fulfillment of board management tasks and the handling of all other related responsibilities.
- Oversee contract drafting and negotiation with Sentara clients, suppliers, and others.
- Develop standards for the provision of legal services to improve quality and reduce cost, including the development of formal contracts, guidelines, legal documents, policies and governing documents.
- Develop and lead an appropriately structured, effective in-house legal team; rationally allocate the provision of legal services between the in-house team and outside counsel
- Identify and engage outside counsel on behalf of the organization, and work with internal business partners as needed to leverage and manage that outside support effectively; serve as the one-stop-shop for the direct or indirect provision of legal services for the organization.
Education Level
Doctorate Level Degree - JURIS DOCT
Doctorate Level Degree - JURIS DOCT
Experience
• Breadth of Legal Experience: A J.D. from a respected law school, 15 years of legal experience (with prior in-house experience preferred), and a background working across a range of legal disciplines, including but not limited to contracting, M&A and other complex transactions, anti-trust, and board management.
• Industry Experience: Experience working in healthcare services, ideally a complex health system or a payer; an understanding of payer and provider contracting (including risk-based contracting) is critical, as is a background engaging with Stark, the Anti-Kickback Statute and related laws.
• Management Experience: Experience building and effectively managing a team of attorneys and other legal professionals. Experience running an effective legal organization
• Breadth of Legal Experience: A J.D. from a respected law school, 15 years of legal experience (with prior in-house experience preferred), and a background working across a range of legal disciplines, including but not limited to contracting, M&A and other complex transactions, anti-trust, and board management.
• Industry Experience: Experience working in healthcare services, ideally a complex health system or a payer; an understanding of payer and provider contracting (including risk-based contracting) is critical, as is a background engaging with Stark, the Anti-Kickback Statute and related laws.
• Management Experience: Experience building and effectively managing a team of attorneys and other legal professionals. Experience running an effective legal organization
License
None, unless noted in the "Other" section below
None, unless noted in the "Other" section below
Skills
• Business Partnership: The successful candidate will be able to give nuanced legal advice in the context of business questions or needs; to creatively think through how best to accomplish business goals; to work closely with internal clients—across the hospital system, health plan, and physician groups—to understand and meet their needs; and to be a thoughtful contributor on the senior team.
• Confidence and Executive Presence: The next General Counsel will be an individual with the background, experience, and gravitas to earn the respect of the rest of the senior team and to push back where appropriate; to lead others through influence.
• Innovative Approach: The successful candidate will be forward-looking and innovative. He/she will question the status quo and push the envelope as Sentara continues to operate at the cutting edge of integrated care.
• Business Partnership: The successful candidate will be able to give nuanced legal advice in the context of business questions or needs; to creatively think through how best to accomplish business goals; to work closely with internal clients—across the hospital system, health plan, and physician groups—to understand and meet their needs; and to be a thoughtful contributor on the senior team.
• Confidence and Executive Presence: The next General Counsel will be an individual with the background, experience, and gravitas to earn the respect of the rest of the senior team and to push back where appropriate; to lead others through influence.
• Innovative Approach: The successful candidate will be forward-looking and innovative. He/she will question the status quo and push the envelope as Sentara continues to operate at the cutting edge of integrated care.
Other
Member of State Bar of Virginia. Risk management. Corporate policies and procedures. Legal research. Corporate contracts. Governance
Member of State Bar of Virginia. Risk management. Corporate policies and procedures. Legal research. Corporate contracts. Governance
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