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William Osler Health System

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5001 - 10000 employees

💰 Debt Financing on 2003-05

William Osler Health System (Osler) is a hospital system which includes Brampton Civic Hospital, Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness and Etobicoke General Hospital, and serves 1.3 million residents of Brampton, Etobicoke and surrounding communities within the Central West region. Nationally recognized for its commitment to patient safety, Osler is also Accredited with Exemplary Standing, the highest rating a Canadian hospital can receive from Accreditation Canada. Osler has three unique sites, each providing a wide range of services:

📋 Description

• Oversees the legal claims portfolio • Tracks trends and risks in ongoing litigation • Sets processes and procedures for handling claims management process at Osler • Prepares reports to the executive Team, and where appropriate, Board Committees on legal claims trends/risks • Assists in overseeing HIROC/external legal in its defense of claims • Advises proactively as a litigation avoidance strategy • Oversees, and where appropriate, attends to fact-finding and legal research on a variety of matters • Determines where other expertise is required to complete tasks and collaborates with departments on such interactions • Oversee the implementation of Osler’s insurance policies, including gathering of required information to support the policies and renewals • Review of complex agreements • Identify areas of potential legal and statutory risks, determines acceptable levels of risk, and makes recommendations to ensure clients take appropriate measures to manage risk in their contractual and other arrangements • May provide advice on consent, substitute decision-making, discharge planning, etc. • Participate in investigations and provide legal advice on critical incident management • Build relationships and connections with various departments to ensure alignment and legal risk mitigation

🎯 Requirements

• At minimum an LLB (Bachelors of Law) or JD (Juris Doctor) • Member of the Law Society of Ontario with good standing • At least seven years experience working at a hospital or health care organization, or in private practice with a focus on health law and health litigation • Experience leading a team • Demonstrated ability to interact positively and work cooperatively with colleagues, staff and effectively as part of a team • Proven collaborative planning skills in a fast-paced environment • Fairness, openness, patience and a high level of integrity • Excellent verbal and written communication skills required; ability to translate complex regulatory standards into material that can be understood by a functionally diverse audience • Excellent knowledge of the litigation process • Excellent customer service, interpersonal, negotiation and diplomacy skills while being assertive and proactive • Excellent organizational and time management skills required to handle competing priorities/deadlines • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with an attention to detail • Eagerness to learn new areas and work with little supervision • Experience in a multi-site facility preferred • Experience in developing and sustaining effective and collaborative professional working relationships and partnerships • Experience with regulatory and legal research preferred • Knowledge of the role of policies, procedures and protocols • Knowledge of laws applicable to hospitals in Ontario

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Professional development opportunities