Senior Vice President/Chief Legal Officer

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Join VHC Health as Senior Vice President/Chief Legal Officer!

VHC Health, a premier healthcare provider, is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Vice President - Chief Legal Officer to lead and manage the legal affairs of Virginia Hospital Center and its affiliated entities. In this strategic role, you’ll provide expert legal guidance on a broad spectrum of matters, including contract negotiations, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and medical staff issues. You’ll play a key part in ensuring the hospital’s legal compliance with critical laws and regulations such as HIPAA, Stark Law, and the False Claims Act, while also overseeing real estate and commercial litigation matters. Your expertise will be essential in shaping policies and providing counsel to senior leadership, the Board, and other stakeholders.

This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned legal professional to make a meaningful impact within a respected healthcare organization. If you're passionate about healthcare law and eager to contribute to the success and integrity of VHC Health, we invite you to apply.

Hospital Information: VHC Health® is an independent, not-for-profit, 548-bed health system serving the Washington, DC metropolitan area, anchored by a nationally recognized top teaching hospital. We deliver high-quality, patient-centered care using advanced technology. With a growing network of primary and specialty care locations, we make healthcare more accessible for our community. Consistently recognized as a leading health system in Virginia, VHC Health has earned numerous awards and proudly holds the Magnet® designation for nursing excellence.

Responsibilities

At VHC Health, every role contributes to exceptional care, better outcomes, and stronger communities.
\nIn addition to your base compensation, VHC Health offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage (subject to eligibility requirements), as well as additional wellness and retirement benefits designed to support our employees and their families.
\nVHC Health is committed to wage transparency and equitable pay practices. The compensation offered for this position—whether expressed as an annual salary or hourly rate—is determined based on a variety of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, a candidate’s qualifications, relevant training and experience, skill level, shift differentials (where applicable), internal equity, and current market conditions.
\nThe posted hiring range reflects the range VHC Health, in good faith, believes is appropriate for this role at the time of posting. This range may be adjusted in the future based on business needs or market changes. No portion of compensation is considered earned until it is vested and determined in accordance with the terms of applicable policies and benefit plans. The availability and amount of any bonuses, incentives, or other benefits are subject to the terms of those plans and may be modified at the sole discretion of VHC Health, in accordance with applicable law.
\nVHC Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.
\nVHC Health maintains a drug-free workplace. The unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited at all VHC Health locations.

Qualifications

Purpose & Scope:

Serve as Senior Vice President/Chief Legal Officer to Virginia Hospital Center and its affiliated entities as needed. Duties include drafting, negotiation and management of various types of contracts, including physician employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, teaching and other administrative stipend arrangements, leases and licenses, confidentiality and business associate agreements, student affiliations, information services agreements, and vendor services agreements; provide legal advice and guidance on regulatory matters such as tax-exemption, Stark Law, Anti-kickback Statute, False Claims Act, Fraud and Abuse, Department of Health, the Joint Commission, HIPAA and EMTALA; assist with corporate governance issues including review and revision of bylaws and corporate documents; deal with matters relating to real estate, zoning and leasing; attend Board-level and other committee meetings; provide counsel on medical staff matters (disruptive physicians, chain of command, peer review, disciplinary matters, credentialing and privileging, and medical staff investigations); assist with legal issues relating to patient care (substitute decision-making, refusal of care, guardianships); oversee commercial litigation; and coordinate matters with outside counsel.

Education:

Doctorate in law is required.

Experience:

Seven years of healthcare law is required.

Experience in healthcare compliance, corporate law, and contracting is required.

Certification/Licensure:

License to practice law is required.

Commonwealth of Virginia license is preferred.