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Health Quality Enforcement Attorney
The California Department of Justice is hiring an experienced Health Quality Enforcement Attorney.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
The Health Quality Enforcement Section (HQE) is committed to protecting consumers, and enhancing public safety in its practice of health care law on behalf of the Attorney General and the State of California. HQE's work is sensitive, subject to public scrutiny, and calculated to protect health care consumers. HQE seeks experienced public interest minded litigation attorneys to represent health care oversight state agencies in prosecuting administrative cases against the licenses of dangerously negligent and incompetent medical professionals, including physicians, osteopaths, podiatrists, and psychologists, and in defending our clients' health and safety mandates in state and federal civil litigation.
Day-to-day duties include:
- Analyzing medical records and medical expert reports in order to recommend charges and causes for license discipline against licensees under the jurisdiction of health care oversight client agencies
- Representing clients in administrative cases, writs, appeals, and injunctive proceedings in courts, including accusations, statement of issues, requests for bail restrictions and sentencing recommendations in criminal court, and interim suspension petitions against negligent and/or incompetent medical practitioners
- Defending our health care oversight agency clients, board members and client staff in state and federal litigation
- Appearing in specialized proceedings, including public board meetings in both open and closed sessions, and enforcing board subpoenas in superior courts
- Working closely with client agency representatives, sworn and unsworn investigators, medical consultant and independent expert witnesses, and patients to effectuate our clients' mandate to protect the public
- Advising client agencies in programmatic and public policy issues, including providing training to agency staff, including medical consultants and investigators
- Selected deputies serve as liaisons to HQE client agencies and assist the section in programmatic and public policy issues.
Deputies are expected to work under time constraints, client and department guidelines, and to abide by ethical and professional standards. Some travel within the state is required.
This is a position with the opportunity to work in the office or remotely with regular required in-office attendance. Travel and additional in person attendance may be required for court appearances, meetings, and other occasional operational needs.
Required Qualifications:
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
- Civil or criminal litigation experience in a court of law within the prior six months.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines, public scrutiny, and pressure to produce high quality work in short timeframes.
- A demonstrated ability and experience in developing litigation plans, and in efficiently managing large caseloads.
- Excellent research and writing skills (exhibited by recent drafting of motions, complaints, petitions for injunctive relief, dispositive motions, and/or appellate briefs), as well as skill in oral advocacy and negotiations (exhibited by recent appearances in trial and appellate courts, and participation in settlement conferences).
- Well-organized and detail-oriented, a positive attitude, be team players, excellent work ethic and strong skills in interpersonal communication and collaboration.
- Highly motivated to work in the area of consumer protection, public safety and health care law on behalf of the Attorney General and the State.
- A demonstrated ability and experience in exercising excellent judgment.
- A health care law background and knowledge of the administrative adjudication process pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, Government Code section 11400 et. seq are highly desirable.
- Experience in medical malpractice litigation, health care fraud, and/or criminal law is highly desirable.
Permanent
Monthly Salary: $10,536.00 - 14,879.00
Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
Salary : $10,536 - $14,879
