Legal Counsel – Medico Legal, Litigation And Dispute Resolution

Job Description:
We are currently recruiting for a Legal Counsel – Medico legal, litigation and dispute resolution
In this role you will be part of the valued in-house legal team for the St Vincent’s Health Australia (SVHA) Group, working closely with Group General Counsel to provide strategic and legally sound advice to support SVHA business activities and decision making, highlighting business risks and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.
Key responsibilities include:

• Provide litigation management and dispute resolution services to SVHA’s hospitals and aged care facilities
• Provide general and regulatory advice on health and aged care services matters
• Assist with:

• corporate governance and legislative compliance
• managing complex consumer complaints and disputes
• developing legal precedents, policy, processes and workflows
• strategic corporate initiatives related to legal, risk, governance and privacy
• Brief and instruct external legal advisers including efficient matter management and maintaining relationships

Selection criteria for this position include:

• Tertiary qualification in law
• Admitted to practice in at least one state jurisdiction in Australia
• Unrestricted practising certificate in at least one state jurisdiction in Australia
• Prior experience in a leading law firm and/or as an in-house counsel in a large complex organisation.
• Substantial experience in litigation management and dispute resolution
• Substantial experience in managing complex consumer complaints

The following will be viewed favourably:

• Experience gained in a corporate healthcare or aged care environment and/or advising healthcare, aged care and home care clients
• Experience in risk, compliance and governance including assisting with Board processes
• Experience in advising/ drafting in relation to private health insurance, IT/ technology, property and construction, and procurement

This position will be offered as a full time permanent role based out of our Sydney or Brisbane offices.
For more information, please refer to the position description.
About St Vincent’s
30,000+ employees work across diverse healthcare settings including critical frontline roles at St Vincent’s Health Australia. Our shared goal is outstanding care and we are looking for a Legal Counsel to make every employee successful in this goal.
St Vincent's Health Australia is the largest diversified health care organisation within Australia's not for profit Catholic health care sector. St Vincent’s is a clinical, research and education leader and operator of private hospitals, public hospitals and aged care services in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland .
As a valued employee of St Vincent’s we can offer you:

• Tax saving salary packaging benefits through Smart Salary
• Access to health and wellbeing benefits including Fitness Passport, employee assistance program and discounted private health insurance
• Flexible working arrangements, including working from home
• A friendly team environment with a great community care spirit.

Position Description and Critical Job Demands Checklist: Review the following documents:
Contact Details: Group General Counsel, Paul Fennessy, Paul.Fennessy@svha.org.au
Alternate Contact: Senior People Partner, Hannah Manton, hannah.manton@svha.org.au
Closing Date: 12 March 2024 11:59pm
Reconciliation Action Plan:
At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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