Chief Legal Officer
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Job Description
Primary Location:
University Hospital - UMCAddress:
530 South Jackson Street Louisville KY 40202Shift:
First Shift (United States of America)Job Description Summary:
UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals four medical centers nearly 200 physician practice locations more than 700 providers the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center.With more than 12000 team membersphysicians surgeons nurses pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionalsUofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.
Job Description:
The Chief Legal Officer (CLO) is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of the organizations legal and risk management framework to identify assess manage and mitigate internal and external risks that could hinder business operations or strategic goals.
The CLO plays a critical role in protecting the organizations assets reputation and sustainability by promoting a proactive approach to legal risk compliance and governance. The CLO collaborates across departments to ensure that legal and risk considerations are embedded in all major business decisions.
The CLO leads the development of policies manages enterprise-wide legal and risk assessments and ensures adherence to regulatory standards. By championing a culture of risk awareness the CLO helps safeguard the organizations long-term stability and success.
Essential Functions:
- Developing and maintaining the organizations enterprise legal and risk management framework policies and procedures.
- Leading regular risk assessments across business units to identify and evaluate strategic operational financial legal and compliance risks.
- Establishing and maintaining risk registers and control frameworks that track exposures and define mitigation actions.
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements industry standards and internal policies including those related to cybersecurity data privacy and financial reporting.
- Provides expert and strategic legal advisement to the board of directors CEO and other senior management.
- Oversees the work of the legal team and outside counsel.
- Negotiates writes and executes agreements and contracts on behalf of UofL Health.
- Collaborates with internal audit compliance finance HR and IT to ensure comprehensive legal and risk coverage and incident response planning.
- Advises on legal aspects of the organizations financing including assessing and advising on current and future business structures and legal entities.
- Oversees and advises on complex significant matters that cut across legal and related areas such as employment law mergers and acquisitions corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
- Staying current on emerging risks (e.g. regulatory environmental geopolitical cyber) and integrating insights into the risk management approach.
Other Qualifications
- Thorough knowledge and understanding in trends in health care especially legal risk and compliance trends.
- Exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills required to initiate and develop productive working partnerships with all levels of management/ leadership and staff.
- Ability to influence results garner support and tactfully manage complex relationships and influences within and across the organization.
- Demonstrates customer service orientation and seeks to understand customer requirements and exercising judgment in meeting their expectations particularly when there are differences of opinions on needs and services unanticipated contingencies or a divergence of ideas/perspectives.
- Exceptional oral and written communication persuasion consulting team building and negotiation skills.
- Must be able to clearly articulate and demonstrate commitment to high quality and patient safety.
- Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative shared leadership environment.
- Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty integrity and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy mission vision goals and values of UofL Health System.
Additional Job Description:
Education:
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited institution is required.
Experience:
- Ten (10) or more years of senior leadership experience in a legal context.
Certification:
- None required
Licensure:
- Must be eligible to practice law within the state of Kentucky.
Job Competency:
Knowledge Skills and Abilities critical to this role:
Language Ability:
- Must be able to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats.
Reasoning Ability:
- Able to critically think through complex situations process improvements and evidence-based practice.
- Able to assist others in developing clinical reasoning skills.
Computer Skills:
- Computer skills with Microsoft Excel PowerPoint and Word required.
- Data analytic skills required.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates a commitment to service organization values and professionalism through appropriate conduct and demeanor at all times.
- Maintains confidentiality and protects sensitive data at all times.
- Adheres to organizational and department specific safety standards and guidelines.
- Works collaboratively and supports efforts of team members.
- Demonstrates exceptional customer service and interacts effectively with physicians patients residents visitors staff and the broader health care community.
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full-Time
