Job Overview
Base Pay Range: $149,714.21 - $224,571.31
Location: Inland Imaging Business Center, Downtown Spokane
Hours: Approx. 50 hours per week
Bonus: Eligible for a 10% scorecard bonus annually
Hybrid: Potential for hybrid work arrangement
Summary
The Employment & Corporate Counsel will serve as the primary legal resource with a focus on employment and employee relations law, supporting the group of companies in a multi‑entity, physician‑affiliated enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
- Core Employment Law Responsibilities
- Primary legal advisor on all employment and employee relations matters.
- Provide day‑to‑day guidance to HR and operational managers on federal and Washington State employment law compliance.
- Lead responses to EEOC charges, Washington State Human Rights Commission complaints, unemployment claims, and related administrative proceedings.
- Draft, review, and maintain employment agreements, offer letters, separation agreements, non‑compete and non‑solicitation provisions, and confidentiality agreements.
- Research and interpret employment laws for all states where the organization has employees.
- Advising on physician employment agreements, medical director arrangements, and compensation structures.
- Partner with HR on development, revision, and enforcement of employment policies and procedures.
- Conduct or supervise workplace investigations and maintain documentation and reporting protocols.
- Manage employment litigation, including coordination with outside counsel, litigation holds, document production, and settlement evaluation.
- Advise on workforce restructuring, reduction in force, and WARN Act considerations.
- Support credentialing and workforce compliance obligations intersecting with employment law.
- Monitor changes in employment law and proactively advise leadership on required or recommended responses.
- Secondary Scope: General Business and Governance
- Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements such as vendor contracts, service agreements, software and technology agreements, real estate leases, and independent contractor arrangements.
- Maintain contract management systems and processes.
- Support due diligence and transactional legal review for acquisitions and joint ventures.
- Advise on general business risk, liability, and insurance matters.
- Support corporate governance needs of operating entities and subsidiaries.
- Assist with physician buyout programs, equity arrangements, and ownership governance questions.
- Support nominating committee and board composition governance matters.
- Maintain organizational documents, entity records, and corporate filings.
- Litigation and Dispute Management
- Manage all active and threatened litigation across the group.
- Engage and oversee outside litigation counsel.
- Issue and administer litigation holds.
- Evaluate settlement options and provide risk‑adjusted recommendations.
- Maintain litigation tracking and consistent reporting to senior leadership and board.
- General Duties & Leadership
- Maintain strict confidentiality and adhere to Health and Safety policies.
- Maintain professional demeanor and teamwork.
- Attend quarterly quality assurance meetings.
- Perform special projects and additional duties as required.
Qualifications
- Education: Juris Doctor from an ABA‑accredited law school.
- Experience Required
- Minimum of seven years of legal practice with substantial focus on employment law and employee relations.
- Experience advising employers on Washington State employment law.
- Conducted or supervised workplace investigations.
- Demonstrated ability to serve as a practical, solution‑oriented business partner.
- Experience Preferred
- Prior Employment & Corporate Counsel experience or combination of law firm and in‑house experience.
- Experience in healthcare, hospital systems, medical groups, or related regulated industry.
- Familiarity with physician employment arrangements and medical director agreements.
- Experience supporting corporate governance for multi‑entity organizations.
- Managing outside counsel relationships and legal budgets.
- Knowledge of Washington State employment statutes (WLAD, WFCA, Equal Pay and Opportunities Act).
- Negotiation experience.
- Experience with healthcare regulatory matters (Stark, AKS, HIPAA).
- Familiarity with labor relations and union‑avoidance considerations.
- Experience in real estate or commercial lease review.
- Support for mergers, acquisitions, or joint venture transactions.
- Licensure: Active license to practice law in Washington and Montana, or commitment to obtain within 90 days of hire.
- Certifications: N/A.
- Computer Skills: Outlook; Microsoft Office Suite; Advanced Excel; Word; PowerPoint; Workday; Smartsheet; Webex.
- Background Check: Must pass background check required by RCW 43.43.830‑840.
Nuvodia/Inland is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with Section1128 and 1156 of the Social Security Act all new employees are checked against the list of excluded individuals provided by the Department of Health & Human Services, Office of the Inspector General. Employees who are on the list may not be hired.