General Counsel

You can’t define it, but you know it when you see it: the difference between an average life and the good life. When your cup is full – with joy, purpose and lifelong health – it shows. At LMH Health, we are all about healthy people, healthy communities and healthy futures, and that makes us your destination for an exceptional career. From flexible, work-life harmony to competitive pay and great advancement potential, find everything you’re looking for at LMH Health.

You'll find everything you’re looking for at LMH Health:

• Join a team that cares about the community
• Tuition reimbursement to support continuing education
• Professional development and recognition
• Excellent benefits

We’re looking for you.

• Proactively identify legal risks affecting LMH Health and collaborate with senior management to mitigate risks.
• Drive constant improvement and operational efficiency of Legal function supporting LMH Health.
• Provides legal advice on proposed business arrangements.
• Provides regulatory support on acquisitions, and other transactions.
• Coordinates with compliance personnel to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations including training for the Board, management and other staff.
• Appraises and keeps management informed about the impact of legislative judicial and regulatory developments affecting university policies and operations.
• Reviews and approves marketing materials, advertising copy and public statements from a legal perspective.
• Provides input and legal advice on business strategy, tactical plan development and implementation, and other business issues; including legal assessments, solutions-oriented risk mitigation strategies, messaging, and interactions with healthcare professionals, patients and other external parties.
• Adhere to and uphold all applicable federal and state compliance regulations as well as LMH Health’s Code of Conduct, and Ethical Responsibility, Compliance policies and procedures, and applicable healthcare fraud, waste and abuse laws.
• Drive strategy and execution on litigation matters and potential disputes involving LMH Health.
• Work cross-functionally with business teams to mitigate risk and to ensure compliance with regulatory obligations.
• Be responsible for a diverse range of litigation and pre-litigation matters in a wide range of practice areas.
• Provide advice and counsel to various internal clients to proactively address and resolve current and potential disputes.
• Provide risk management advice while supporting LMH Health objectives.
• Supervise and collaborate with outside counsel to efficiently resolve disputes and manage all aspects of outside counsel relationships.
• Must be able to perform the professional and or technical competencies of the assigned department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required: 

• Graduation from an accredited school of law, with a Juris Doctorate degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Maintain and provide proof of a current State Kansas Law License in good standing or eligible for admission under Kansas Supreme Court Rule 721.
• The position requires at least five (5) years of relevant experience practicing law, working as an in house or government lawyer or at a law firm, or any combination of the foregoing. Relevant experience includes at least two of the following substantive legal areas (preferably for clients in the health care industry): Health care Law (includes any of the following: regulatory, compliance, provider operations, physician contracting, medical foundations, payor relations, medical staff, licensure & certification, clinical trials, and medical research), corporate/governance, real estate, tax-exemption/nonprofit organizations, or complex transactions.

• People First 
• Integrity Matters
• Better Together

At LMH Health, we value inclusion and diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.