Medical Legal Partnership Fellow
85171BR
General Counsel
Status
Full-Time
Standard Hours per Week
40
Job Category
Legal,
Regular, Temporary, Per Diem
Regular
Pay Range
$74089.60-$118549.60 Annual
Office/Site Location
Boston
Remote Eligibility
Part Remote/Hybrid
Job Posting Description
At Boston Children’s Hospital, the quality of our care – and our inclusive hospital working environment – lies in the diversity of our people. With patients from local communities and 160 countries around the world, we’re committed to reflecting the spectrum of their cultures, while opening doors of opportunity for our team. Here, different talents pursue common goals. Voices are heard and ideas are shared. Join us, and discover how your unique contributions can change lives. Yours included.
This is an opportunity for a 2 – 3 year appointment.
Position Summary/ Department Summary:
The Medical Legal Partnership Fellow is a lawyer within the Office of General Counsel and is supervised by the lawyer responsible for patient care matters. The Fellow will serve as a legal advocate for patients and families who cannot afford an attorney and who are experiencing legal problems that are creating barriers to the delivery of effective healthcare and treatment. The Fellow will receive referrals from members of the General Counsel’s office and from hospital clinicians.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing Boston Children’s Hospital’s Medical-Legal Partnership; which provides access to justice in the areas of housing, family law, education, benefits, and immigration for a 2-3 year appointment.
- Engaging in strategic outreach with local law firms and local legal services organizations.
- Coordinating with clinical teams, stakeholders, and outside counsel regarding time-sensitive guardianship matters.
- Partnering with all members of the patient care team to identify and resolve legal issues which could have negative impact on the patient’s health and/or delivery of effective healthcare and treatment to patients and families.
- Conducting initial assessment of legal matters referred to the Office of General Counsel.
- Directly identifying matters that can be resolved in a short time frame.
- Coordinating the hand-off of more substantive and complex matters to legal service providers and law firm partners.
- Tracking all cases and maintaining databases relating to legal services provided on-site and referred out, and updating databases to track case outcomes.
- Providing support to the Office of General Counsel regarding patient care matters, including participating in team coverage rotation for off-hour patient care emergency matters after an initial six-month training period.
- Providing education and training to clinicians in substantive legal topics that impact effective delivery of health care services and treatment.
- Organizing Medical Legal Partnership Advisory Committee meetings and presentations.
- Performing other legal duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
- Juris Doctorate’s Degree required
Experience/Skills:
- Must have demonstrated affinity and set of experiences in the area of child advocacy.
- The analytical skills to resolve highly complex problems requiring the application of scientific or technical principles, theories and concepts and in depth, experienced based cross functional knowledge.
- Advanced interpersonal/communication skills to represent the hospital in legal proceedings
- The ability to negotiate in extremely important and sensitive situations, persuade members of the Executive Management Group on issues and programs that impact assigned department
- Will represent the Hospital to external parties, or perform other duties requiring a high level of communication skills
Licensure/ Certifications:
- Current licensure by the Massachusetts Bar Association as a lawyer is required
The posted pay range is Boston Children’s reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.
Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.
Boston Children’s Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, military or veteran status or any other classification protected by law in hiring, promotion, compensation and other terms and conditions of employment. Boston Children’s Hospital collects and maintains information regarding gender, race, and ethnicity for equal opportunity compliance purposes. Boston Children’s Hospital also is subject to various government recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the administration of civil rights laws and regulations.
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