Principal Counsel, Health - 136163

The UC San Diego Office of Campus Counsel provides legal advice, manages litigation, reviews university policies, retains outside counsel, and works closely with other administrative offices to ensure legal compliance and to respond to disputes. The Chief Campus Counsel/Associate General Counsel reports to the Chancellor and to the Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs & General Counsel. The Chief Counsel, UC San Diego Health, reports to the Chief Campus Counsel and the Deputy General Counsel, Health Affairs and Technology Law, but also has a functional reporting line to the Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences and the Chief Executive Officer of UC San Diego Health. There is a direct reporting line between the Chief Counsel, UC San Diego Health to the Chief Executive Officer of UC San Diego Health as it relates to their oversight and management responsibility over UC San Diego Health Risk Management.

Reporting to the Chief Counsel, UC San Diego Health, the Principal Counsel serves as lead counsel on a full range of risk management, transactional, and regulatory affairs at UC San Diego Health as directed. Independently handles complex legal matters and projects, to include those which hold substantial importance and impact. Works closely with the Health Sciences leadership, Risk Management, Regulatory Affairs, and School of Medicine leadership to provide legal counsel on faculty affairs, transactional, and regulatory matters. Possesses and demonstrates a commitment to working collegially in a fast-paced, high-volume, and complex environment that often includes responding to telephone calls and emails after normal business hours. Provides expert advice and negotiation on legal and regulatory issues impacting health care clinical operations and educational and research affairs. Communicates effectively in writing and verbally with diverse clients and other stakeholders. Provides due diligence while assisting with the development of effective compliance and risk mitigation strategies to facilitate the University's mission.

~Cover letter required for a complete application.

• Must possess a J.D. from an accredited law school.

• Minimum of 8 years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Must be a member in good standing of the California Bar. (Out-of-state hire would be afforded time to pass the Bar within a reasonable period.)

• Relevant practice experience in a law firm, or in-house counsel for an academic institution, corporation or other entity. Relevant practice experience in a health law firm or general law firm health law department and/or an in-house counsel for a community health system.

• In-depth understanding of highly complex legal issues and ability to foresee implications in specialty area, even when ambiguous or hidden. Experienced attorney with academic medicine and healthcare transactions experience with in-depth knowledge of and experience counseling clients in connection with simple and complex healthcare transactions. Strong understanding of laws and regulations governing healthcare providers, in particular hospitals and physician groups, and payers, and relationships between and among providers, payers, and industry partners.

• Experience anticipating, reviewing, commenting on and advocating client positions with respect to legislative, regulatory, and related developments affecting healthcare regulatory matters and health system strategy.

• Advanced skills in project management, and facilitating policy review and changes. Includes interpreting, reviewing, and developing organizational policies.

• Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on Background Check results.

• Cover letter required for a complete application.

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