Contracts and Legal Risk Analyst

Location Remote\-United States Category Legal, Compliance, Quality \& Safety Department Global Pediatric Medicine Shift Weekday Day Position Type Full Time Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Req \# JR7629 **Job Description** ------------------- Provides analytical and research support for the Office of Legal Services with a focus on the Department of Global Pediatric Medicine. Coordinates with senior level staff in the department and in the institution. Responsible for effectively interfacing, communicating and collaborating with other departments and/or vendors in efforts to comprehensively assess and mitigate risks. Responsible for a wide variety of healthcare, risk management, and general corporate and litigation issues including legal research, writing, contract review, and investigation support.**Overview** The Department of Global Pediatric Medicine (GPM) is a growing department looking for professionals who are eager to help implement the St. Jude Global (SJG) mission by training the clinical workforce, developing and strengthening health systems and patient\-centered initiatives, and advancing knowledge to sustain continuous improvement through research. **Responsibilities** **The Department of Global Pediatric Medicine Contracts and Legal Risk Analyst will:** * Assist with legal operations and support the legal function for the assigned department, as requested. * Perform simple contract/amendment drafting, review, and negotiation independently, and collaborate with other St. Jude departments, vendors, and others, as needed. * Support organization and maintenance of agreements in the contract lifecycle system, including training and educational opportunities. * Support creation, maintenance and review of templates, standard operating procedures (SOPs), policies, and other documents (including reports, graphs, and presentations) for consistency with current legal and regulatory standards. * Monitor and track legal, risk, governance and compliance issues as requested. Assist with timely responding to issues as necessary, including compliance issues, investigations, and implementation of corrective actions. * Assist with risk assessments, including identification, prioritization, and determination of ways to monitor and manage significant legal, risk, governance \& compliance issues, as requested. * Identify and present thoughtful solutions to legal and risk management issues. * In coordination with legal staff members, provide training on a variety of legal and risk management subjects, as requested. * Perform legal research and compiles data on a wide variety of healthcare, risk management and general corporate and litigation issues. * Participate on committees and attends relevant meetings, as assigned. * Maintain strict confidentiality of all patient and institutional information. * Perform other related duties, as directed and within the individual’s area of expertise/sphere of influence, to meet the goals and objectives of the department