Associate General Counsel

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Associate General Counsel

Orthopedic Care Partners is seeking an experienced, business-minded Associate General Counsel to join our growing physician practice platform. This is an exciting opportunity for a healthcare attorney who wants to work closely with executive leadership, physician leaders, and operational teams to support strategic growth, clinical operations, and continued organizational success across a large, multi-site practice environment.

In this role, you will serve as a trusted legal advisor on a broad range of healthcare, regulatory, contracting, employment, compliance, risk management, and transactional matters. You will help guide practical decision-making in a fast-paced environment while supporting initiatives that enable our physicians and care teams to deliver exceptional patient care.

What You’ll Do

• Provide practical legal advice to senior leaders, physicians, and business partners on healthcare operations, compliance, governance, employment, contracting, transactions, and risk management.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements, including physician employment agreements, vendor contracts, professional services agreements, managed care arrangements, leases, and healthcare-related contracts.
• Advise on healthcare regulatory matters, including Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA, fraud and abuse, licensure, reimbursement, and other laws affecting physician practices.
• Support growth initiatives, including acquisitions, affiliations, new practice locations, physician recruitment, and service line expansion.
• Partner with compliance, human resources, finance, operations, and outside counsel to solve complex legal and business issues.

Requirements:

What We’re Looking For

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and an active license to practice law.
• At least 4-7 years of relevant legal experience, preferably with healthcare providers, physician groups, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, or management services organizations.
• Strong experience with healthcare contracting, regulatory compliance, employment matters, risk management, transactions, or litigation management.
• A practical, collaborative, and solutions-oriented approach to legal advice.
• Ability to thrive in a growing, entrepreneurial healthcare organization where legal guidance directly supports physicians, patients, and business growth.

Why Join Us

This is a unique opportunity to join a growing physician practice at an exciting stage of expansion. The Associate General Counsel will have meaningful visibility with senior leadership, exposure to a wide range of strategic initiatives, and the ability to make a tangible impact on the organization’s continued growth. We offer a collaborative culture, a broad and engaging legal practice, and the opportunity to help shape the legal infrastructure of a dynamic healthcare platform.

Orthopedic Care Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer.