Paralegal

Overview

Required skills and experience: • Associates degree with paralegal training or 4-year Bachelor s degree • 5+ years’ experience as a paralegal in a healthcare environment • Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) • Ability to work on concrete deadlines • Demonstrated past experience with project management, independent work, and implementing new processes from the ground up. • Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with discretion What you need to know: As Paralegal, you will report to the company's General Counsel and be responsible for supporting the legal function in a fast paced, start up, environment. You will harness your knowledge, skills, and abilities to support a legal function that is nimble, responsive, and innovative in problem solving and business strategy. Primary responsibilities for this role: • Assist attorneys with contract review and drafting of legal documents, templates, and contracts. • Work with attorneys to respond and coordinate third party subpoenas. • Prepare initial agreements and contracts for various departments based on templates under attorney supervision (e.g., NDA, affidavits, RCAs). • Draft and edit reports, presentations, forms, and other legal documents. • Assist attorneys with assembling educations/training/ research materials and document production (including exhibits, presentations, and documents to support audit). • Proofread legal documents, for clarity and grammar. • Conduct legal research as needed. • Under direction of General Counsel, create, update, and maintain contract templates and clause libraries in the legal department s contract management system. • Prioritize work while keeping appropriate attorney(s) apprised of project status; lead and coordinate other special projects, legal support tasks, and administrative duties • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher
• 5+ years of experience in ANY of the following:
  • Outlook
  • Powerpoint
  • Word
  • Excel
• Are you comfortable working in a start-up environment?
• Valid Paralegal

• Please describe your experience in the Healthcare Industry.

Benefits

Company

Our client is a Home Health Care Service company that partners with local Primary Care Doctors to continuously challenge the status quo in care provided for people with Medicare. They focus on the whole care experience. This means improved patient outcomes and it also saves money.