Legal Counsel

We are seeking a highly developed and results-oriented Legal Counsel to join our Legal Affairs team. The successful candidate will provide a full spectrum of legal services across the hospital and support the team in maintaining and monitoring legal obligations of the hospital’s administrative and clinical departments with a focus on corporate/commercial work and health law.

Requirements

• Drafts, negotiates and reviews contract and commercial transactional and related documents with a focus on MOU's, collaboration agreements, and other corporate/commercial matters, including procurements, finance, construction, leasing, information technology and privacy related agreements
• Works closely with directors and managers to support their contract requirements with vendors, other hospitals and partners
• Advises staff and management on other legal matters, including contract law, administrative law, corporate/commercial law, health law and other issues that arise
• Identifies areas of potential legal and statutory risks, determines acceptable levels of risk, and makes recommendations to ensure clients take appropriate measures to manage risk in their contractual and other arrangements
• Develops policies and procedures, including identifying and addressing legal risks and compliance considerations
• Participate in working groups across the hospital, providing legal input and support as required
• Managers implementation of Olser's Disclosing Information to Police Policy, including providing training to Olser's clinical team members
• Leads Osler's legislative compliance program, working directly with various Osler's departments, and summarizing Olser's compliance for reporting to the Executive Team and Board
• Identifies areas of potential legal and statutory risk
• Monitors legislative and regulatory developments impacting the healthcare sector and advise on implications for the hospital
• Provides in-service training to staff on relevant and changing legal and regulatory matters
• Assists with the maintenance of the organization’s legislative registrar

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plan
• Healthcare Services