General Counsel - Illinois Division, Advocate Health

Department: 10114 Enterprise Corporate - Legal Services:
Enterprise Routine

Status: Full time

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Hours Per Week: 40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Hybrid Remote

Engages in rigorous problem solving, data collection, and analysis, then makes good decisions in the face of uncertainty and ambiguity.

Recognizes important patterns in complex environments, distills the essence, and communicates through “powerful simplification.”

Sees the big picture and has a long-term perspective, while balancing it against short term realities.

Catalyzes innovation and builds supporting capabilities.

Builds consensus; decides when necessary.

Manages and oversees the delivery of legal services to the organization by the functional team. Connects and collaborates across Advocate Health, recognizing the critical importance of integration and collaboration across Advocate Health to achieve high performance.

Leads effectively across cultures and builds and leads inclusive, high-performing teams.

Delivers business aware solutions while protecting the system’s interests and mitigating legal and reputational risk, instilling a culture of responsibility and ethical behavior.

Seeks win‑win outcomes and puts the well‑being of the patient and the overall organization first.

Accountable for assisting in the planning, designing, and developing the legal function and the people within the functional team. Identifies, assesses, and builds relationships with key stakeholders.

Mobilizes and directs supporting capabilities in public affairs, communications, government affairs and others to achieve desired outcomes.

Assesses and assists in the management of outside legal relationships related to the assigned function, assesses the talents and roles of outside legal counsel, retains outside counsel as required, and oversees the performance of outside counsel.

Invests time coaching and mentoring high potentials for success.

Assists in the development and oversight of the legal budget, including internal staff and outside counsel, related to the assigned function.

Develops and recommends operating and capital budgets and controls expenditures within approved budget objectives.

Knowledgeable about the Advocate Health business model, the consumer, and competitive, political and social environments in which the organization operates.

Performs human resources responsibilities for staff including interviewing and selection of new employees, promotions, staff development, performance evaluations, compensation changes, resolution of employee concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and overall employee morale.

Establishes trust and creates a culture of psychological safety to enable candid debate.

Responsible for understanding and adhering to the organization's Code of Conduct and for ensuring that personal actions, and the actions of employees supervised, comply with the policies, regulations and laws applicable to the organization's business.

Attorney licensed to practice law issued by the state in which the team member practices.

Doctorate Degree in Law from a top ABA accredited school of law.

Typically requires 10 years of progressive experience and documentable accomplishments in healthcare legal services which includes providing strategic oversight of the legal function within a major law firm or as in‑house legal counsel in a complex health system environment. Prior healthcare legal experience in a law firm.

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well‑being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

• Paid Time Off…