[Hiring] Associate Counsel - Contracts @Cleveland Clinic

Role Description

Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. As Associate Counsel, you will serve as a licensed attorney providing substantive legal services to clients while maintaining positive, confidential client relationships through consultation and communication. In this role, you will serve as a dedicated legal resource supporting Supply Chain, IT, and vendor technology, with a primary focus on reviewing agreements and contracts.

• Review a high volume of contracts, approximately 200–400 per year.
• Support a wide range of legal matters across the organization.
• Maintain expertise and advise appropriate department members regarding legal developments within areas of expertise.
• Actively seek out opportunities to maintain compliance within those areas of the law.
• Provide timely responses to requests for legal advice for assigned areas.
• Identify and implement measures to bring effective legal services to the organization.
• Collaborate and provide leadership on projects and teams within the Law Department and the organization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from ABA accredited law school.
• Two to five years of attorney and/or comparable direct experience in legal specialty.
• Member in good standing of the state bar or ability to become a member of the state bar within a reasonable period of time.
• Exercises independent judgment and discretion to perform legal services.
• Ability to take appropriate action in a stressful environment.
• Extensive experience in contract review and negotiation (e.g., supply chain, IT, vendor technology, general business contracts).

Requirements

• Familiarity with regulatory compliance, including HIPAA and related privacy regulations.
• Contract review experience.

Benefits

• Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods.
• Ability to travel throughout the hospital system.
• Ability to operate a computer, audio visual and other office equipment.
• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information, including the ability to deliver training in person and virtually.

Company Description

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug-free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.