Top Benefits
About the role
About The Ottawa Hospital Inspired by research and driven by compassion!
The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) is one of Canada's largest learning and research multi-campus hospitals. With more than 1,400 beds and approximately 17,000 staff members, we deliver specialized care to the Eastern Ontario region.
From the compassion of our people to the relentless pursuit of new discoveries, The Ottawa Hospital never stops seeking solutions to the most complex health-care challenges while continually engaging with the community to support our vision for better patient care.
Working together with its research institute, the University of Ottawa, and other partners, the hospital is continually gaining national and international recognition for high-quality patient care, teaching and research, while striving to meet the needs of the culturally diverse community we serve.
Rotation/Shifts Days 8 hour shifts.
- For information purposes only - The Hospital reserves the right to change.
What You Will Do Reporting to the to the Executive Vice-President and Chief Strategy and People Officer, the Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate, acts as the counsel for complex contract negotiations, legal advice, and associated risk management in the areas of corporate and medico-legal law.
The successful incumbent will play a key risk mitigation function for TOH. The Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate will provide expert and effective counsel; manage external counsel relationships; and identify, monitor, and manage potential areas of legal vulnerability and risk. Senior Legal Counsel will be expected to develop strong relationships to drive performance and provide a disciplined, well balanced, and values-based approach to anticipating, mitigating and managing legal risks and seizing opportunities. The role will deliver expert legal counsel to key internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, to execute on legal and regulatory requirements relating to TOH's organizational objectives.
Senior Legal Counsel is a resource for staff on a wide range of corporate and medico-legal related issues on a day-to-day basis. The position also supports the standardization of due diligence and related policy development, contract drafting and negotiation, claims management.
The Senior Legal Counsel is responsible for:
- Managing and providing specialized advisory services and evidence-based strategic advice and agreement/transaction support on complex matters.
- Providing technical legal support, leadership and education to corporate teams and to management of all levels across TOH
- Evaluating and assessing risk, liabilities, and efficiencies from a corporate/medico- legal perspective.
- Drafting relevant contract templates, developing frameworks for risk-based negotiations, and negotiating relevant contracts.
- Collaborating with other department and team leads on complex and multidisciplinary projects, providing reasonable, balanced, and researched-based legal advice.
- Ensuring TOH is compliant with workforce-related legislation, regulations, and rules of regulatory agencies, and that its policies and procedures are monitored for compliance.
- Reviewing, in collaboration with stakeholders, agreements of all kinds to mitigate associated risks.
What You Will Bring
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant field of study;
- Juris Doctor Degree (J.D.) or Bachelor of Laws (LLB);
- Call to the Ontario Bar and member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario;
- Experience with (CanLII, WestlawNext, LexisNexis Quicklaw, Brown, and Beatty, etc.);
- Seven (7) years of progressive experience in consulting, advising, analyzing and problem-solving legal matters in the field of corporate and medico-legal law;
- Five (5) years of experience managing, coaching, mentoring, and leading staff;
- Superior knowledge of corporate and medico-legal law policies and procedures, and related legislation (i.e. Human Rights Code, Public Hospitals Act, Coroner's Act, Mental Health Act, Regulated Health Professionals Act, Labour Relations Act.);
- Superior knowledge of Legal principles and framework associated with all aspects of corporate and medico-legal law;
- Knowledge of legislation, regulations, policies, procedures, and other legal requirements affecting public hospitals and the broader public sector;
- Excellent organizational skills, prioritization, and capable of managing competing priorities/meeting deadlines;
- Confidence, diplomacy, service-oriented, discretion, sound judgment;
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills including exceptional negotiation skills;
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills, and group facilitation skills and ability to develop others, including providing effective feedback and coaching to others;
- Strong conceptual thinking and analytical abilities;
- Ability to analyze problems, develop and assess solutions and provide risk management assessments to ensure legal and regulatory compliance, translating complex compliance and regulatory standards into material that can be understood by a diverse audience;
- Proficiency in the use and maintenance of computer database systems and data analysis;
- Ability to establish and develop effective working relationships with others and foster collaboration between diverse groups in order to drive positive change.
You will stand out with:
- Experience working in healthcare or health-related environment.
What You Can Expect From Us The Ottawa Hospital is committed to providing a healthy, safe, and inclusive work environment for everyone. We are driven by our purpose to provide each patient with the world-class care, exceptional service and compassion we would want for our loved ones.
We offer an attractive and equitable compensation package including a comprehensive benefits package, a Defined Benefit Pension (DBP) plan, and insurance protection. We also offer discounts from choice providers on a variety of products and services.
The Ottawa Hospital provides various Health and Wellness resources as well as opportunities for personal and professional development opportunities from our in-house Learning and Leadership Development team to help align your goals with your career objectives.
Interested? Apply today! If you are passionate about what you do, motivated by improving the health of the community, excited by leading-edge medical technology, and as committed to excellence, quality and patient safety as we are, we would like to hear from you. Please submit an on-line application for the position you are interested in. We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
The Ottawa Hospital is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, accommodations due to a disability are available throughout the recruitment process.
About The Ottawa Hospital
The Ottawa Hospital is one of Canada’s largest learning and research hospitals, with more than 1,100 beds, approximately 12,000 staff members and an annual budget of about $1.2 billion.
Our focus on learning and research helps us develop new and innovative ways to treat patients and improve care. As a multi-campus hospital affiliated with the University of Ottawa, we deliver specialized care to the Eastern Ontario region, but our techniques and research discoveries are adopted around the world. We engage the community at all levels to support our vision for better patient care.
From the compassion of our people to the relentless pursuit of new discoveries, The Ottawa Hospital never stops seeking solutions to the most complex health-care challenges.
L’Hôpital d’Ottawa Inspiré par la recherche. Guidé par la compassion.
L’Hôpital d’Ottawa est l’un des plus importants hôpitaux d’enseignement et de recherche au Canada. Il est doté de plus de 1 100 lits, d’un effectif de quelque 12 000 personnes et d’un budget annuel d’environ 1,2 milliard de dollars.
L’enseignement et la recherche étant au cœur de nos activités, nous possédons les outils qui nous permettent d’innover et d’améliorer les soins aux patients. Affilié à l’Université d’Ottawa, l’Hôpital fournit sur plusieurs campus des soins spécialisés à la population de l’Est de l’Ontario. Cela dit, nos techniques de pointe et les fruits de nos recherches sont adoptés partout dans le monde. Notre vision consiste à améliorer la qualité des soins et nous mobilisons l’appui de toute la collectivité pour mieux y parvenir.
Par la compassion de son personnel et la quête perpétuelle de nouvelles découvertes, L’Hôpital d’Ottawa cherche sans relâche des solutions aux défis les plus complexes en santé.
Top Benefits
About the role
About The Ottawa Hospital Inspired by research and driven by compassion!
The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) is one of Canada's largest learning and research multi-campus hospitals. With more than 1,400 beds and approximately 17,000 staff members, we deliver specialized care to the Eastern Ontario region.
From the compassion of our people to the relentless pursuit of new discoveries, The Ottawa Hospital never stops seeking solutions to the most complex health-care challenges while continually engaging with the community to support our vision for better patient care.
Working together with its research institute, the University of Ottawa, and other partners, the hospital is continually gaining national and international recognition for high-quality patient care, teaching and research, while striving to meet the needs of the culturally diverse community we serve.
Rotation/Shifts Days 8 hour shifts.
- For information purposes only - The Hospital reserves the right to change.
What You Will Do Reporting to the to the Executive Vice-President and Chief Strategy and People Officer, the Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate, acts as the counsel for complex contract negotiations, legal advice, and associated risk management in the areas of corporate and medico-legal law.
The successful incumbent will play a key risk mitigation function for TOH. The Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate will provide expert and effective counsel; manage external counsel relationships; and identify, monitor, and manage potential areas of legal vulnerability and risk. Senior Legal Counsel will be expected to develop strong relationships to drive performance and provide a disciplined, well balanced, and values-based approach to anticipating, mitigating and managing legal risks and seizing opportunities. The role will deliver expert legal counsel to key internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, to execute on legal and regulatory requirements relating to TOH's organizational objectives.
Senior Legal Counsel is a resource for staff on a wide range of corporate and medico-legal related issues on a day-to-day basis. The position also supports the standardization of due diligence and related policy development, contract drafting and negotiation, claims management.
The Senior Legal Counsel is responsible for:
- Managing and providing specialized advisory services and evidence-based strategic advice and agreement/transaction support on complex matters.
- Providing technical legal support, leadership and education to corporate teams and to management of all levels across TOH
- Evaluating and assessing risk, liabilities, and efficiencies from a corporate/medico- legal perspective.
- Drafting relevant contract templates, developing frameworks for risk-based negotiations, and negotiating relevant contracts.
- Collaborating with other department and team leads on complex and multidisciplinary projects, providing reasonable, balanced, and researched-based legal advice.
- Ensuring TOH is compliant with workforce-related legislation, regulations, and rules of regulatory agencies, and that its policies and procedures are monitored for compliance.
- Reviewing, in collaboration with stakeholders, agreements of all kinds to mitigate associated risks.
What You Will Bring
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant field of study;
- Juris Doctor Degree (J.D.) or Bachelor of Laws (LLB);
- Call to the Ontario Bar and member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario;
- Experience with (CanLII, WestlawNext, LexisNexis Quicklaw, Brown, and Beatty, etc.);
- Seven (7) years of progressive experience in consulting, advising, analyzing and problem-solving legal matters in the field of corporate and medico-legal law;
- Five (5) years of experience managing, coaching, mentoring, and leading staff;
- Superior knowledge of corporate and medico-legal law policies and procedures, and related legislation (i.e. Human Rights Code, Public Hospitals Act, Coroner's Act, Mental Health Act, Regulated Health Professionals Act, Labour Relations Act.);
- Superior knowledge of Legal principles and framework associated with all aspects of corporate and medico-legal law;
- Knowledge of legislation, regulations, policies, procedures, and other legal requirements affecting public hospitals and the broader public sector;
- Excellent organizational skills, prioritization, and capable of managing competing priorities/meeting deadlines;
- Confidence, diplomacy, service-oriented, discretion, sound judgment;
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills including exceptional negotiation skills;
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills, and group facilitation skills and ability to develop others, including providing effective feedback and coaching to others;
- Strong conceptual thinking and analytical abilities;
- Ability to analyze problems, develop and assess solutions and provide risk management assessments to ensure legal and regulatory compliance, translating complex compliance and regulatory standards into material that can be understood by a diverse audience;
- Proficiency in the use and maintenance of computer database systems and data analysis;
- Ability to establish and develop effective working relationships with others and foster collaboration between diverse groups in order to drive positive change.
You will stand out with:
- Experience working in healthcare or health-related environment.
What You Can Expect From Us The Ottawa Hospital is committed to providing a healthy, safe, and inclusive work environment for everyone. We are driven by our purpose to provide each patient with the world-class care, exceptional service and compassion we would want for our loved ones.
We offer an attractive and equitable compensation package including a comprehensive benefits package, a Defined Benefit Pension (DBP) plan, and insurance protection. We also offer discounts from choice providers on a variety of products and services.
The Ottawa Hospital provides various Health and Wellness resources as well as opportunities for personal and professional development opportunities from our in-house Learning and Leadership Development team to help align your goals with your career objectives.
Interested? Apply today! If you are passionate about what you do, motivated by improving the health of the community, excited by leading-edge medical technology, and as committed to excellence, quality and patient safety as we are, we would like to hear from you. Please submit an on-line application for the position you are interested in. We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
The Ottawa Hospital is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, accommodations due to a disability are available throughout the recruitment process.
About The Ottawa Hospital
The Ottawa Hospital is one of Canada’s largest learning and research hospitals, with more than 1,100 beds, approximately 12,000 staff members and an annual budget of about $1.2 billion.
Our focus on learning and research helps us develop new and innovative ways to treat patients and improve care. As a multi-campus hospital affiliated with the University of Ottawa, we deliver specialized care to the Eastern Ontario region, but our techniques and research discoveries are adopted around the world. We engage the community at all levels to support our vision for better patient care.
From the compassion of our people to the relentless pursuit of new discoveries, The Ottawa Hospital never stops seeking solutions to the most complex health-care challenges.
L’Hôpital d’Ottawa Inspiré par la recherche. Guidé par la compassion.
L’Hôpital d’Ottawa est l’un des plus importants hôpitaux d’enseignement et de recherche au Canada. Il est doté de plus de 1 100 lits, d’un effectif de quelque 12 000 personnes et d’un budget annuel d’environ 1,2 milliard de dollars.
L’enseignement et la recherche étant au cœur de nos activités, nous possédons les outils qui nous permettent d’innover et d’améliorer les soins aux patients. Affilié à l’Université d’Ottawa, l’Hôpital fournit sur plusieurs campus des soins spécialisés à la population de l’Est de l’Ontario. Cela dit, nos techniques de pointe et les fruits de nos recherches sont adoptés partout dans le monde. Notre vision consiste à améliorer la qualité des soins et nous mobilisons l’appui de toute la collectivité pour mieux y parvenir.
Par la compassion de son personnel et la quête perpétuelle de nouvelles découvertes, L’Hôpital d’Ottawa cherche sans relâche des solutions aux défis les plus complexes en santé.