Assistant General Counsel - Clinical

5-5 yrs required

Full-time

No

## Assistant General Counsel - Clinical
HCSC is looking for a motivated lawyer to provide legal support to HCSC’s health care management and clinical strategy and operations teams and other internal business partners supporting HCSC clinical initiatives across all lines of business. This position is available in five locations: Richardson, Texas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Helena, Montana; and Chicago, Illinois. This is a full-time position and the successful candidate will be responsible for providing legal advice and support on a variety of moderately complex legal projects and assignments relating to health care management, clinical initiatives, benefit plan design, pharmacy, and other miscellaneous initiatives.

### Job Summary
The successful candidate will serve as a partner to our business leaders in developing adaptive strategies to support HCSC’s established business and to further its growth while continually advancing HCSC’s mission of expanding access to high-quality, cost-effective health care.

### Essential Functions
- Provide legal advice and support on a variety of moderately complex legal projects and assignments relating to health care management, clinical initiatives, benefit plan design, pharmacy and other miscellaneous initiatives.
- Provide legal support on more routine day-to-day business matters with reasonable degree of independence.
- Work with the business and legal colleagues to understand impact of and ensure compliance with new and proposed legislation, regulations, rules and court rulings. Support business in implementation of new requirements.
- Work proactively with business and legal partners to identify and address potential regulatory, legal and business risks.
- Exercise judgment and ability to manage competing deadlines.
- Provide functional advice and guidance to legal support staff when assigned.
- Collaborate with legal colleagues to identify legal issues with potential cross-functional impact.
- Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with co-workers, management, customers, and other stakeholders.
- Demonstrate ability and interest in learning and willingness to take on new challenges.
- Comply with HIPAA, Diversity Principles, Corporate Integrity, Compliance Program policies and other applicable corporate and departmental policies.

### Job Requirements
- Juris Doctor Degree and a license to practice law in the state where the legal department is located.
- 5 years experience as a practicing attorney after receiving a law degree.
- Experience in the health care industry may substitute for legal experience.
- Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.

### Preferred Job Requirements
- Knowledge or understanding of the health care, claim administration or health insurance field.
- 3+ years’ experience advising insurers, third-party administrators, or health plans on health plan administration, laws and regulations relating to commercial health plans (self-funded and fully insured), Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care plans, Affordable Care Act plans, health care fraud and abuse laws, and/or other relevant federal and state health care laws.
- Knowledge and understanding regarding federal and state laws relating to health plan quality and performance improvement initiatives.
- Strong business collaboration and writing skills, including the ability to clearly provide legal counsel and solutions to complex issues.

### Salary and Benefits
HCSC offers competitive salaries and benefits, including healthcare and retirement savings plans. HCSC is committed to diversity in the workplace and to providing equal opportunity and affirmative action to employees and applicants.

### Apply
If you are interested in applying for the Assistant General Counsel - Clinical role, please visit HCSC’s website for more information. We encourage people of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. Even if you don’t think you are a perfect fit, apply anyway - you might have qualifications we haven’t even thought of yet. If you are being referred to one of our roles, please ask your connection at HCSC about our Employee Referral process.

Clear and Concise Verbal and Written Communication Skills, Business Collaboration and Writing Skills, Ability to Clearly Provide Legal Counsel and Solutions to Complex Issues

Juris Doctor Degree

Please Note This role is a hybrid role and will require 3 in-office days per week. Apply at HCSC website.

Qualification and Experience Juris Doctor Degree and a license to practice law in the state where the legal department is located, 5 years experience as a practicing attorney after receiving a law degree, Experience in the health care industry may substitute for legal experience

Legal