The Director, Assistant General Counsel, JV/ASC Operations and Compliance role provides legal advice and counsel in the areas of joint ventures and other endeavors related to Novant Health Enterprises, a division of Novant Health.  This role supports operations and compliance of Novant’s joint ventures related to the provision of patient care outside of Novant’s main facilities.  The ideal candidate has a blend of regulatory and transactional experience with a special focus on fraud and abuse and contracting related to transactions.  This role reports and takes direction from the Senior Director and Assistant General Counsel over compliance and privacy.

• Education: 4 Year / Bachelor’s Degree, required. Undergraduate Bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university, required.  Juris Doctorate Degree from an accredited law school, required.
• Experience:  7+ Years Experience in the Practice of Law, required. Previous experience in law or a healthcare setting, preferred. 
• License/certifications:  Admission to the bar of at least one state or the District of Columbia, required. Admission to the bar of South Carolina, preferred.
• Additional skills required: 
  • 7-8+ years experience in the practice of law.
  • Regulatory healthcare experience.
  • Experience with the Anti-Kickback Statue (AKS), the Stark Law, and other regulations.
  • Healthcare transactional experience (physician acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, etc.)
  • Foundational knowledge of healthcare operations.
  • Skills for problem solving, teamwork, and developing innovative solutions. Excellent communication skills required. Ability to handle unusual, demanding and unrelated tasks and strong organizational skills.
  • Speed to Market: Effectively works in a fast-paced work environment to deliver results.
  • Problem Solving: Strong analytical, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.
  • Judgment: Demonstrated ability to act independently upon information and make decisions that achieve optimal results.
• Additional Skills/Requirements (preferred): Experience with value-based arrangements, physician networks and clinically integrated networks.

·         Creates an environment that supports and respects diversity to promote creative problem solving.

·         Respects and follows organizational policy and procedure, including rules of conduct.

·         Responsible for helping to achieve goals defined by People & Culture and Novant Health leadership.  Constantly monitor progress and metrics toward meeting defined goals.

·         Supports growth, development of initiatives, and overall performance of strategy. Demonstrates dedication to meeting the expectations and requirements of stakeholders.

·         Work alongside team members to monitor and evolve practices for continuous process improvement.

·         Oversee specialized legal areas such as joint ventures, ambulatory surgery centers and other market/specialty specific programs and strategic partnerships;

·         Develop policies, practices, and procedures that have a significant impact on the Provides reliable and well-researched advice on all manner matters

·         Advises on specific health care issues such as HIPAA Privacy Rule, the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback statute, government and confidentiality issues.
·         Reviews and prepares agreements and contracts

·         Assists in the development of new policies, procedures and forms for the organization.
·        Maintains professional competency, according to department policies, procedures, and protocols.