Legal Counsel

Gundersen Health System; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tailored benefits package

Flexible work location

On-site requirements within WI

Job summary

Gundersen Health System seeks an experienced in-house counsel with 5–7 years of healthcare and business law experience. The role reports to the Legal Services Director and collaborates across departments to address regulatory, privacy, employment, and contractual matters.

The ideal candidate will have HIPAA expertise, contract review skills, and a solution-oriented mindset to drive compliant, efficient care delivery. Hybrid work with on-site presence required in WI.

Qualifications

• J.D. required; Wisconsin license within 6 months; multi-state licensure preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead legal strategy across healthcare and business matters.
• Collaborate across departments to anticipate, identify, and manage legal issues.
• Provide advice to empower the health system to improve outcomes and compliance.
• Oversee contract review and risk mitigation efforts.

Skills

Legal strategy

Healthcare law

HIPAA

Contract review

Education

J.D. degree

Job description

Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40. In-House Legal Counsel Department: Legal Services. FTE Status: Full-Time | 1.0. Location: Must reside within a reasonable driving distance of La Crosse or Green Bay, WI for frequent on-site needs. This role requires 3 days in office in either La Crosse or Green Bay, WI. Emplify Health is looking for a skilled, experienced attorney (5-7 years) to lead legal strategy across healthcare and business. Join us to innovate, protect, and empower a top health system dedicated to transforming care and improving lives!

Job Description

This is an in-house position for an experienced attorney with a minimum of five to seven years of experience handling general health care, general corporate, risk mitigation, business, privacy, employment, regulatory and contractual matters. Reporting directly to the Legal Services Director, the Legal Counsel will work collaboratively and respectfully across departments to anticipate, identify, and manage Bellin's (and its affiliates) legal issues. Legal Counsel will develop strategies and offer advice and innovative solutions to empower Emplify Health to improve outcomes, efficiencies, and the experience of care within the parameters of law. Ideal candidates will have extensive expertise in healthcare law, HIPAA, patient relations, contract review, external affairs, and information technology. The ideal candidate will also possess a solution-oriented mindset to effectively address challenges and drive positive outcomes.

Qualifications

• Education: J.D. required
• Certification/Registration/Licensure: Wisconsin Law license or ability to obtain license within 6 months required; Licensed to practice in the state of Iowa, Michigan, or Minnesota is preferred
• Experience: 5-7 years of experience handling general health care, risk mitigation, business and contractual matters

What you'll get

• Tailored Benefits Package: We offer a comprehensive benefits package that varies based on your location
• Flexible work location: While this role offers some flexibility in work location, candidates must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of La Crosse or Green Bay, WI due to on-site needs. In addition, candidates must reside in WI, MN, IA, or MI at the time of hire

We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose.

Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer Around here, loving your job is part of the job. Join our mission in changing healthcare while finding a career you'll love! Gundersen Health System offers a proud, local history spanning more than 100 years.

Our personalized patient care model is only the beginning of what you will experience as we foster population health transformation and innovation to serve our communities and you.

We've made it a priority to enrich the lives of our employees as they find a career they love.

Using each employee’s unique talents and passions, Gundersen is committed to delivering exceptional patient and family-centered care to the communities we serve.

You can be part of an exciting, highly adaptable and mission-driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated offering an employee-first culture, work-life balance, and career advancement & growth opportunities.

This culture allows our organization to attract elite talent, like yourself!

What You Can Expect

Empowerment to shape your work environment, encouragement to improve processes and create efficiencies, and support when seeking opportunities for growth Culture that encourages self-care and provides you with opportunities to be your best self at work and at home Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages, as applicable, ensuring your comfort and well-being as a valuable team member Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, Career Development Center, and online continuing education courses Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care and the right amount of love. We call it LOVE + MEDICINE and it’s more than our practice. It is who we are.

Gundersen Health System, based in La Crosse, WI, is the leading provider of primary and specialized care in western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, and northeast Iowa; serving more than 500,000 residents throughout 22 counties. Our physician-led, not-for-profit healthcare system includes a 325-bed teaching hospital, tertiary referral center, and Level II Trauma Center; community clinics; 6 affiliate critical access hospitals; nursing homes; behavioral health services; vision centers; pharmacies; and air and ground ambulance services. Together, we inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning, and innovating. We deliver Love + Medicine every day to change lives in our communities and enrich the lives of our employees.

Remote/Hybrid Eligible

A rewarding career and an excellent quality of life awaits you.

Learn more about our excellence in patient care, education, research, culture, and something we call Love + Medicine at www.gundersenhealth.org/careers/life.