Paralegal jobs in Portland, OR

Description

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Paralegal

• Hybrid *

This position will provide professional legal support to the Department of Legal Affairs (“DLA”) attorneys generally and/or in a specific practice area or across practice areas. This position will be responsible for the coordination", provision, and completion of various legal support tasks as outlined below or requested by a supervising attorney or other team member in support of Providence St. Joseph Health’s various operations within its operating footprint.

The Paralegal should enjoy a fast-paced environment and have a focus on the accurate and timely completion of legal tasks. This position may interact frequently with internal and external clients, outside counsel, third party vendors and business associates.

• Maintains the strictest confidentiality, trustworthiness and integrity at all times.

• Understands ABA Model rule 5.3 and how it applies to a Paralegal. Actively avoids the unauthorized practice of law.

• Enhance own professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, review of current literature, in-service meetings, and DLA-organized CLE offerings.

• Monitor and assist with all aspects of projects or legal matters including, but not limited to, transactions, investigations, and litigation.

• At direction of attorney actively takes part in creating, tracking and managing ongoing matters and prioritizing the same.

• Requests needed documentation and information from business partners at direction of attorney or in-line with practice group standards.

• Assist with a variety of matters to include but not be limited to, intellectual property matters including copyright, trademark and patent filings; internal advice matters on a wide variety of subjects; regulatory matters, a wide variety of contracting matters, medical staff matters, and pre litigation disputes.

• Enter timely status updates in DLA’s matter management system (Legal Tracker), ensure the matter record is complete and accurate, and ensure all documents are filed to the appropriate matter using DLA’s document management system (iManage).

• May coordinate conflict waiver requests and ensures they comply with established requirements for reviewing and considering such requests.

• May assist with support for governmental inquiries, civil investigative demands, other regulatory investigations, and various components of litigation.

• Provide support for regulatory filings including certificates of need.

• Assist with matters relating to Medical Staff, including facilitating the provision of legal advice to business partners regarding issues such as Peer Review, credentialing, Board Investigations, miscellaneous complaints.

• Assist with drafting and review of a wide variety of physician/provider agreements and agreement templates.

• Assist with drafting and review of wide variety of legal documents and agreements, including, but not limited to clinical education/affiliation agreements; Non-Disclosure Agreements; letters of intent; Business Associate Agreements; and other agreements.

• May participate in the review and revision of operational policy reviews and revisions. Including research into relevant statutes.

• Maintain knowledge of various federal and state healthcare laws including Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, Medicare and Medicaid billing rules, HIPAA-HITECH, and EMTALA, and explain the broad concepts of each law to a variety of audiences.

Required qualifications:

• Associate Degree ABA-approved Paralegal Studies Program -Or-

• Certificate from a paralegal program at, or a degree from, an accredited secondary institution which requires at least 24 semester units in law-related courses.

• 2 years Paralegal experience in a relevant practice area with an in-house legal team, or equivalent experience in a law practice setting.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree Paralegal Studies / Law / Legal Studies

• Coursework/Training eDiscovery / Contract Management / Project Management

• Upon hire: Notary Public

• 2 years Demonstrated experience performing substantive legal work for multiple attorneys in a relevant practice area.

• 2 years General understanding/exposure to the health care industry working with large integrated health systems.

Salary Range by location:

NorCal (Napa, Sonoma)

Min: $35.65, Max: $57.55

Southern California, NorCal (Humboldt)

Alaska (Kodiak, Seward, Valdez)

Min: $31.77, Max: $51.29

WA Puget Sound

Oregon (Portland)

Alaska (Anchorage)

Min: $30.48, Max: $49.21

Oregon (Hood River, Medford, Seaside)

Min: $28.41, Max: $45.87

Eastern Washington (Richland, Spokane, Walla Walla)

Min: $27.12, Max: $43.79

Montana

Min: $24.54, Max: $39.62

Texas

Min: $23.25," Max: $37.53

Why Join Providence?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well", growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you," so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone"," especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

" About Providence

"At Providence", our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people," advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role", such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives," or bonus opportunities.

Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

" About the Team

"Providence Shared Services is a service line within Providence that provides a variety of functional and system support services for our family of organizations across Alaska", California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. We are focused on supporting our Mission by delivering a robust foundation of services and sharing of specialized expertise.

We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

We are committed to cultural diversity and equal employment for all individuals. It is our policy to recruit, hire, promote, compensate, transfer, train, retain, terminate, and make all other employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin (including certain language use restrictions), ancestry, disability (mental and physical including HIV and AIDS), medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, age, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, and military and veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status. We will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified caregiver or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.

We are a community where all people, regardless of differences, are welcome, secure, and valued. We value respect, appreciation, collaboration, diversity, and a shared commitment to serving our communities. We expect that all workforce members in our community will act in ways which reflect a commitment to and accountability for, racial and social justice and equality in the workplace. As such, we will maintain a workplace free of discrimination and harassment based on any applicable legally protected status. We also expect that all workforce members will maintain a positive workplace free from any unacceptable conduct which creates an intimidating, hostile," or offensive work environment.

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Requsition ID: "219467
Company: Providence Jobs
Job Category: Legal
Job Function: Legal/Compliance/Risk
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Shift: Day
Career Track: Technical/Skilled Support
Department: 4007 SS LEGAL 1
Address: OR Portland 4400 NE Halsey St
Work Location: Providence Office Park Portland Bldg 1-Portland",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Pay Range: $See posting - $See posting
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Providence does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.