Division Senior Corporate Counsel

The Division Senior Corporate Counsel position is responsible, under the guidance of Department of Legal Affairs (DLA) Leadership, for providing valued, strategic, and practical legal services for one of the System Divisions (North, Central, South, PCN) (“Division”) within Providence St. Joseph Health (“Providence”), and for specific projects as assigned. The Division Senior Corporate Counsel has a significant degree of independence exercised in performing their duties and responsibilities.

The Division Senior Corporate Counsel serves as the “single point of contact” for a Division.

The Division Senior Corporate Counsel provides legal advice, strategic business consultation, policy analysis and interpretations of numerous areas of law, and policy recommendations. The Division Senior Corporate Counsel provides opinions and guidance to executive management teams and other internal clients.

The Division Senior Corporate Counsel keeps informed of opinions, orders, decisions, and developments relating to legal requirements within the Division or their area(s) of responsibility, and other matters of interest, and carries out the essential position responsibilities in a timely manner in response to client needs. The Division Senior Corporate Counsel is responsible for fostering development of key legal talent and may be assigned responsibility for directly supervising attorney and non-attorney practice support staff and/or administrative duties within the DLA.

The Division Corporate Counsel performs all duties in a manner that promotes Providence‘s mission, values, and philosophy. In all aspects, the Division Corporate Counsel serves as a role model for the values and mission of the organization.

The Division Corporate Counsel works to foster and maintain a team-focused approach to the delivery of legal services for Providence with other members of the DLA. The Division Corporate Counsel is supervised by a member of DLA Leadership. The Division Corporate Counsel regularly interacts with all levels of the organization, particularly with executive leadership and senior management within the respective Division or area(s) of responsibility, developing and maintaining effective working relationships to provide the best legal counsel and advice.

• Meet periodically with key Division Administration and Business Executives.
• Attend relevant Board or Governance meetings as an advisor to the governing body.
• Stay knowledgeable about legal needs within the Division.
• Assure legal needs are met by conducting or triaging work for the Division.
• Develop internal DLA work-teams to meet Division-specific needs.
• Identify challenges within the Division.
• Select and supervise outside counsel, as needed, in partnership with DLA specialists as appropriate.
• Construct and implement a process with Division Administration designed to track and manage external legal costs.
• Collaborate with other Division Counsel to streamline the delivery of legal services; provide consistent, effective legal advice; and manage legal resources across all divisions.

• Provide valued, strategic, timely, and effective leadership to Division Executives focusing on legal services across all areas of Providence within the Division, with a focus on responding to client needs and providing practical solutions to complex legal issues.
• Provide research and technical support and prepare legal opinions for the determination and resolution of complex legal issues.
• Participate in the supervision and preparation of defense in non-malpractice litigation matters, working directly with DLA Litigation counsel, as well as independently with…