Summary
Job Description:
Baptist Healthcare System, Inc. is seeking a skilled attorney to join its in‑house legal services team and support a growing, mission‑driven, not-for-profit healthcare system headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Founded in 1924, Baptist Health is the largest healthcare system in Kentucky. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 team members in Kentucky and surrounding states. The Baptist Health family consists of 8 owned hospitals with more than 2,300 licensed beds throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana, more than 1,940 employed providers and 2,200 independent providers, and more than 480 locations for care.
We’re continuing to grow through new facilities, physician recruitment, and strategic development projects across the region—creating a dynamic environment for legal professionals.
Onsite, hybrid, or remote work arrangements in Kentucky preferred.
Position Overview
The Corporate Counsel delivers practical, business-oriented guidance to support Baptist Health’s operations and strategic initiatives. You will work closely with executive leadership, operational teams, and clinical partners, advising on a broad range of healthcare and corporate matters in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with a team of in-house attorneys.
Key Responsibilities
Advise Baptist Health and its affiliated companies to assure that business transactions and operational activities comply with legal and regulatory requirements
Provide counsel on healthcare regulatory, corporate, and operational matters impacting hospitals, physician practices, and affiliated entities
Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of agreements, including professional service agreements, leases, physician employment agreements, commercial and vendor contracts, and strategic affiliations
Support growth initiatives, including expansions, acquisitions, and new service offerings
Interpret and advise on federal, state, and local laws and regulations involving general healthcare, patient care, regulatory, and compliance matters including HIPAA, guardianship, consent, billing, Medicare and Medicaid regulations, 340B, accreditation and licensure, anti-kickback law, tax exemption, and Stark law
Collaborate with internal stakeholders to mitigate and manage enterprise risk while enabling business objectives
Qualifications
J.D. from an accredited law school; 5+ years of relevant experience
Active license to practice law or eligible for licensure in Kentucky and Kentucky Bar Association membership
Experience in healthcare law, corporate law, or a related practice area
Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills
Clear communicator who can deliver practical advice in a highly collaborative setting
Work Experience
Education
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.Skills Required
- Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
- At least five years' experience
- Active license to practice law in Kentucky
- Experience in healthcare law or corporate law
- Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
