• Corporate Employment Counsel

    Community Health Systems (Franklin, TN)


    Job Summary

    Description

    **Summary:** Advises the Company’s clients concerning their legal rights, obligations and privileges.

    **Essential Duties and Responsibilities** include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

    + Candidate should have litigation experience and 4 to 15 years of private sector and/or in-house employment law experience handling federal, state and local employment laws and regulations, including the following:

    + Title VII and other EEO laws

    + FMLA

    + FLSA

    + OSHA

    + Employment agreements, both individual and collective

    + Education training on employment laws

    + Employee Benefits, preferred but not required

    + Candidate must have the ability to multi-task and provide day to day employment advice to Human Resources employees and management at medical facilities including hospitals, physician groups, etc.

    + Candidate should have excellent analytical and communication skills.

    Education:

    + Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. Tennessee law license; or a law license from another state if that state requires a J.D. Degree, passage of a post J.D. Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) or higher and the ability to pass the Tennessee Bar Examination and obtain a Tennessee law license or an In-House Counsel License.

    Experience:

    + 4+ years’ private sector legal experience required, with litigation experience and preferably experience with health care facilities

    Physical Requirements

    + Visual capability and digital dexterity to operate a computer and other standard office equipment.

    + Frequent repetitive motion; frequent typing and/or writing.

    + Frequent hearing and talking, in person and on the phone.

    + Sit for extended periods of time.

    Location Requirements

    + Ability to work in the office in Franklin, TN on a hybrid basis. (In office at least three days a week.)

    Equal Employment Opportunity

    This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to http://www.chs.net/serving-communities/locations/ to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.