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Job Title: Legal and Risk Analyst, Department of Global Pediatric Medicine

Overview

The Department of Global Pediatric Medicine (GPM) is a growing department looking for professionals who are eager to help implement the St. Jude Global (SJG) mission by training the clinical workforce, developing and strengthening health systems and patient-centered initiatives, and advancing knowledge to sustain continuous improvement through research.

Responsibilities

The Department of Global Pediatric Medicine Legal and Risk Analyst will:

• Assist with legal operations and support the legal function for the assigned department, as requested.
• Perform simple contract/amendment drafting, review, and negotiation independently, and collaborate with other St. Jude departments, vendors, and others, as needed.
• Support organization and maintenance of agreements in the contract lifecycle system, including training and educational opportunities.
• Support creation, maintenance and review of templates, standard operating procedures (SOPs), policies, and other documents (including reports, graphs, and presentations) for consistency with current legal and regulatory standards.
• Monitor and track legal, risk, governance and compliance issues as requested. Assist with timely responding to issues as necessary, including compliance issues, investigations, and implementation of corrective actions.
• Assist with risk assessments, including identification, prioritization, and determination of ways to monitor and manage significant legal, risk, governance & compliance issues, as requested.
• Identify and present thoughtful solutions to legal and risk management issues.
• In coordination with legal staff members, provide training on a variety of legal and risk management subjects, as requested.
• Perform legal research and compile data on a wide variety of healthcare, risk management and general corporate and litigation issues.
• Participate on committees and attend relevant meetings, as assigned.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all patient and institutional information.
• Perform other related duties, as directed and within the individual’s area of expertise/sphere of influence, to meet the goals and objectives of the department and the institution.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance.

Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of legal terminology.
• Knowledge of federal and state statutes regarding healthcare and reporting requirements.
• Skill and ability to attend to details and detect errors in logic or calculations and omissions.
• Skill and ability to organize, prioritize, and handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Knowledge and skill with word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, and e-mail.
• Skill and ability to solve problems and make decisions.
• Ability to prepare charts, reports, dashboards, policies, procedures, and contracts.
• Knowledge and ability to perform basic mathematical computations.
• Ability to handle sensitive matters in a confidential and professional manner.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally verbally and in writing.

All candidates must submit a cover letter to be considered for the position.

Minimum Education and/or Training:

• Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Health Care Administration, Paralegal Studies, or related field required.
• Juris Doctorate degree preferred.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum Experience: 4+ years of legal assistant, paralegal, or related experience.
• Experience Exception: Juris Doctorate degree with 1+ years of experience including internship(s).
• Experience working in an academic or healthcare setting preferred.
• Proven performance in earlier role.

This position may be eligible for remote work. However, St. Jude requires all remote employees to:

• Travel to our Memphis campus for the interview process and/or orientation, if selected
• Travel to Memphis to work on-site for one week per quarter, or as requested based on business needs, if hired

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by Law:

• None

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by SJCRH Only:

• None

Special Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Seeks to understand customer needs by asking clarifying questions.
• Prioritizes responses to customer queries.
• Solves routine customer problems as per processes, and seeks guidance, if needed for quick resolution.
• Effectively relays understanding of diverse perspectives.
• Can handle communication upwards and downwards as needed.
• Presents information in a clear, well thought out way and tailored to the audience.
• Shows support for the new direction even when the details have not been finalized.
• Uses a data-driven approach to spot early indications of underperformance and takes corrective actions. Celebrates successes.
• Works with partners in their function to find the best solutions that align with functional priorities. Works effectively to find solutions.
• Understands the task at hand, seeks out information, and draws conclusions from available data to deliver outcomes.
• Adapts quickly to changing priorities to perform as needed in his/her role.
• Remains calm when faced with changes to (and in) his/her work.
• Shows strong knowledge of policies, procedures, regulatory requirements and protocols related to Legal Operations.
• Plans and executes legal operations activities and related requests.
• Performs research, analysis and document preparation as well as interacts with other teams on a variety of legal/contracting queries.
• Shows ability to inquire and clarify key legal questions and issues before conducting legal analysis.
• Performs legal research and interpretation around case law and regulations to prepare and present materials for internal/external counsel.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully