What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Counsel position at Acuity Eye Group?

Job Description

Description : General Counsel

Santa Ana, Ca.

SUMMARY :

General Counsel, reporting directly to the company’s Founder, plays a pivotal role in providing comprehensive legal guidance across all facets of the company. Actively collaborates with various departments to align legal strategies with business objectives, mitigating risks, and fostering a culture of legal awareness and compliance throughout the Company.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily with or without accommodation. The requirements listed below are representative, but not all inclusive, of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Legal Advisory and Strategy : Provide expert legal advice on a wide range of legal matters including employment law, healthcare regulation, litigation, contract law, and corporate governance.
Contract Negotiation and Review : Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and agreements, ensuring they comply with legal requirements and serve the Company’s best interests.
Litigation Management : Help oversee and manage litigation matters, including working with external counsel, developing legal strategies, and ensuring effective resolution of disputes.
Regulatory Compliance : Help ensure compliance with healthcare laws and regulations, including HIPAA, ACA, and other relevant federal and state laws affecting the healthcare industry.
Employment Law Guidance : Help advise on employment-related legal issues, including hiring, employee relations, terminations, and compliance with labor laws.
Policy Development and Implementation : Assist in developing and implementing company policies and procedures to mitigate legal risks and ensure regulatory compliance.
Corporate Governance : Provide counsel on corporate governance matters.
Risk Management : Identify and evaluate legal risks, and advise on risk management strategies to protect the Company’s interests.
Legal Research and Analysis : Conduct comprehensive legal research and analysis on various legal issues, providing clear and concise recommendations to the company Founder and other executives.
Cross-Departmental Collaboration : Collaborate with different departments to provide legal support and ensure alignment of business strategies with legal requirements.
Legal Representation : Represent the Company in legal proceedings, negotiations, and other legal matters as required.

Requirements :

QUALIFICATIONS : REQUIRED :

Law Degree and admitted in good standing with CA State Bar. Maintain the requirements for bar license by attending necessary continuing legal education courses. Prior experience in healthcare lawa, document drafting, litigation and business or corporation law. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects without supervision.

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / ABILITIES / TALENTS :

Knowledge of Healthcare law, HIPAA, and Compliance Requirements.

Models professionalism by maintaining effective working relationships, following all policies and procedures and approaching challenges with a proactive and positive attitude. Also develops strong, trusted relationships with colleagues and customers.

Ability to analyze problems, implement acceptable solutions and provide continuous process improvements.

Maintains the confidentiality of all business documents and correspondence.

Results driven; aligns and allocates time and energy on key drivers.

Ability to identify and resolve issues in a timely and proactive manner.

Leadership

Clearly communicates vision and aligns team members around it

Provides continual, direct feedback; coaching vs. directing.

Appropriately delegates authority and responsibility and holds accountable.

Recognizes and celebrates success.

Ability to develop trusting, mutually respectful relationships with professionals.

Tailors coaching style to the individual’s needs and appropriate professional boundaries (e.g., clinicians).

Effective Collaborator with Peers and Support Resources

Oriented towards team success; effectively communicates needs and expectations.

Shares best practices; innovates to improve operational processes; resourceful; optimistic; humble.

Detail oriented, organized, process focused, problem solver, self-motivated proactive, customer service focused.

Displays independent judgment by willingness to make timely and accurate decisions based on available information that is sometimes vague or limited in nature.

Ability to multitask effectively and work in a fast paced and sometimes ambiguous environment, without compromising quality of work.

Ability to prioritize tasks and projects with limited direction, while understanding and contributing to the success of the organization.

All of the information contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this classification, the level of knowledge and skill typically required and the scope of responsibility, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Management reserves the rights to add, modify, change, or rescind the duties and / or work assignments of all positions, without advanced notice, and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing described job responsibilities, employee shall not engage in activities that constitute the practice of ophthalmology as prohibited under applicable law. Employee shall neither exercise control over nor interfere with the clinician-patient relationship. Clinicians shall have sole responsibility for all professional services provided to patients.

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