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Legal Counsel Risk & Litigation

Children's National Medical Center

Silver Spring, MD

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$129,355.20–$215,612.80 Per Year
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Calendar Management, Claims Management, Claims Processing, Contract Research Organization (CRO), Data Analysis, Data Entry, Employment Law, Event Management, Financial Risk Management, Financial Strategy, Human Resources, Insurance, Legal, Legal Reports, Litigation, Litigation Settlement, Mail Processing, Medical Records, On Call, Organizational Skills, People Management, Position Statements, Process Improvement, Reporting Skills, Risk, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Time Management, Trend Analysis, Worker's Compensation, Workplace Issues
LOCATION
Silver Spring, MD
POSTED
Today
The Legal Counsel Risk Litigation serves as a principal legal advisor for medical malpractice and general liability litigation,claims strategy, and financial risk management. In this role, the Litigation Counsel exercises independent legal judgment inmanaging all professional and general liability litigation at CNMC, assessing litigation risk, exposure trends, and resolutionoptions, and is relied upon to provide comprehensive claims assessments and frame strategic recommendations for theGeneral Counsel and Deputy General Counsel. Functional accountabilities also include management of external counsel, eventinvestigations as well as maintaining claims data and analytics that report on medical malpractice and general liabilitylitigation operations. The position requires exceptional communication and critical thinking skills, as well as attention todetail, resourcefulness, and a commitment to process improvement.Salary Range: $129,355.20-$215,612.80Minimum EducationJuris Doctorate (J.D.) (required)Minimum Work Experience3 years (Required)Required LicensesDC Bar admittance required within 6 months (required)Functional AccountabilitiesDiscovery and Litigation Process* Respond to litigation discovery requests from outside counsel including conduction of email archive searches and coordinating with other CNMC departments to collect information to respond to discovery.* Manage subpoenas that are served on CNMC and or CNMC employees.* Process all 90 day notices and complaints.* Set up depositions of CNMC personnel.* Provide initial analysis of new lawsuits to CRO upon assignment.* Provide initial review and analysis of medical records to CRO upon assignment.Risk Management* Take risk management reports and triage appropriately based on analysis of facts.* Staff internal investigations into risk management events as needed.* Work with Risk Managers to investigate and handle visitor injury claims.* Review consent paperwork presented by clinical staff for sufficiency and escalate consent authority questions to Director of RM* Cover risk on-call yearly schedule* Advise Risk Managers as needed.* Manage business risk event investigations and risk event RCA/ACA* Staff Enterprise Risk Management workgroup.Manage Litigation Committee Meetings* PRC meetings: schedule meetings, prepare materials, schedule and attend prep meeting with CRO. Manage all day to day activities associated with PRC meetings.* CRC meetings: schedule meetings, prepare materials, schedule and attend prep meeting with CRO. Manage all day to day activities associated with CRC meetings.* Prepare monthly litigation grid for Legal Affairs meetings. Prepare other reports for Legal Affairs meetings as assignedManage Filing, Data Entry and Report Generation for Claims* Ensure all incident reports are entered into the system in a timely manner and that LAFs are prepared as needed.* Timely report any serious or potentially compensable claim to Risk Manager.* Maintain loss run.* Maintain litigation and claims files in good order* Maintain settlement and litigation contract document in good order* Review correspondence from outside counsel and maintain electronic filings of litigation reports.* Enter claims information into electronic claims system and prepare reports as requested.Employment Litigation Claims and Loss Run, Worker's Compensation* Manage all employment litigation claims and employment loss run.* Prepare draft position statements for CRO review.* Attend mediations with CRO.* Coordinate with outside counsel as directed.* Interface with Human Resources Department to investigate, manage and respond to all employment law claims.* Report employment matters to insurance as directed by CRO.* Oversee Worker's Compensation function and directly supervise Worker's Compensation Coordinator.* Manage employee safety issues.

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