Paralegal

About Us:

At Cancer Center of South Florida, we provide personalized patient care with state-of-the-art medical treatments. We have a devoted team of former Harvard Medical School faculty to provide South Florida patients access to cutting-edge clinical trials and therapies. We have two clinical locations in Palm Beach County and a team of medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists spanning across the state focusing on providing world-class care in an academic setting. Our team is committed to providing patients with the best care possible and are looking for a dynamic and highly organized Paralegal.

Position Title: Paralegal

Job/Position Summary:

The Paralegal will support Cancer Center of South Florida’s (“CCSF”) finance, compliance, and human resource departments focusing on contract management, litigation support, and other general legal matters. This role helps establish and maintain legal frameworks that enable CCSF to deliver innovative healthcare solutions while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Essential Functions:

• Assist in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating healthcare-related and physician contracts, including service agreements, vendor contracts, and patient consent forms.
• Ensure that contracts comply with healthcare regulations and internal policies.
• Maintain contract database and tracking system.
• Manage company procurement processes, including request evaluation, coordinating committee meetings, and overseeing contract renewals and terminations.
• Conduct research on healthcare laws and regulations (HIPAA, EMTALA, Stark Law, etc.) to support senior leaders and compliance in providing legal advice.
• Ensure company policies and practices are compliant with federal and state healthcare laws, including privacy and security regulations.
• Prepare and organize legal documents such as healthcare compliance reports, regulatory filings, and contract renewals.
• Assist in managing healthcare licensing and certifications, ensuring all required documents and applications are completed accurately and submitted on time.
• File necessary documents with state and federal agencies, ensuring compliance with healthcare regulatory procedures.
• Support internal stakeholders and act as a liaison with outside counsel, government or regulatory agencies.
• Provide administrative support to the Chief Financial Officer.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in paralegal studies or related field
• 3-5 years paralegal experience, healthcare industry preferred
• Strong knowledge of healthcare regulations (HIPAA, Stark Law, Anti-Kickbacks)
• Proficient in drafting, reviewing, and managing contracts and agreements. Experience in contract negotiation and administration.
• Ability to maintain and organize a comprehensive contract database and tracking system

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Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Paralegal certification required (Certified Paralegal or Advanced Certified Paralegal)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work with diverse teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Ability to work in all Microsoft Office Suite applications
• Proficiency in legal research tools

Physician Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to ten (10) pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Environmental Exposure

• None

Please reach out to the hiring leader, Adeline Johnson, to apply at ajohnson@cancersf.com.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• AD&D insurance
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• West Palm Beach, FL 33401 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• West Palm Beach, FL 33401: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person