Paralegal – Smg

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Acting under the direction and supervision of the Vice President & Deputy General Counsel and its designee, provides general paralegal functions in support of the contracting and insurance functions and responsibilities of the Associate General Counsel, as well as in support of the more general legal needs of the WVU Health System’s Legal department.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Bachelor’s Degree OR Four years of high level administrative experience in a law firm or healthcare organization.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Paralegal certificate from an accredited organization.

EXPERIENCE:

1. Three Years’ experience related to drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, leases, employee agreements, memoranda of understanding, non-disclosure agreements, intellectual property instruments, and other forms of commercial contracting instruments.

2. Three Years’ experience with healthcare related laws and regulations such as Stark, fraud and abuse and similar laws.

3. Three Years’ experience with commercial insurance and self-insurance programs.

4. Three Years’ Experience in a private law firm, governmental agency legal department, or in house legal department.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties.  Other duties may be assigned.

1. Reviews contract terms and conditions making sure that they comply with federal and state laws and company policies.

2. Assists WVU Medicine personnel in interpreting contract terms and conditions that might apply.

3. Monitor governmental websites for excluded parties on governmental and OIG websites.

4. Provide training of the contract requirements to various personnel.

5. Responsible, as assigned, for drafting, analyzing, and negotiating contracts, under supervision of Associate General Counsel.

6. Required to write amendments to contracts in order to improve on service or change policy procedures that meet the need of the customer and the company.

7. Show proficiency with contract language, copyright principles, and computer systems.

8. Convey to the proper parties in the corporation about any new changes to a contract and what they mean.

9. Effectively access various relevant Internet resources.

10. Reviews contracts for key elements in accordance with policy and law.

11. Prepares, reviews, and, when directed, negotiates, contracts on behalf of affiliated entities protecting the corporation's interests.

12. Assist in populating and maintaining the legal Department’s contracts management system.

13. Supports the WVU Medicine Legal Services Department in all matters. Will provide support to other counsel and staff within the Department as needed.

14. Will oversee entry of new matters into system.

15. Will manage close out of completed files, including entry into contracts management system.

16. Will ensure that files are complete and ready for close out.

17. Will perform sanctions screenings of all vendors and other due diligence and make record thereof.

18. Participates in continuing education activities to develop and maintain professional expertise.

19. Assists in training other personnel as directed.

20 Provides adequate notice to Associate General Counsel prior to absence or lateness in accordance with departmental policy.

21. Maintains proper attendance, in accordance with hospital policy.

22. Works weekends and evenings on occasion as may reasonably be required in order to fulfill obligations

23. Reports to work on time in accordance with hospital policy.

24. Promotes and contributes positively to the teamwork of the department by volunteering to assist co-workers, contributing ideas and problem-solving with co-workers as observed by Associate General Counsel.

25. Participates in planning and implementing change and maintaining and improving productivity through attendance and participation in staff meetings and discussions with Associate General Counsel.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Good grammatical skills.

2. Ability to proofread and edit documents.

3. Proficiency in reading and writing legal documents

4. Good verbal and written communication skills.

5. Good organizational skills.

6. Ability to analyze contracting documents and assess their compliance with internal policies and state and federal laws and regulations.

7. Experience with Microsoft Office suite and ability to use various computer programs.

Additional Job Description:

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Shift:

Exempt/Non-Exempt:

United States of America (Non-Exempt)

Company:

SYSTEM West Virginia University Health System

Cost Center:

509 SYSTEM Legal Services

Address:

1240 Suncrest Towne CentreMorgantownWest Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.