Medical Legal Partnership Fellow - General Counsel

Job Summary
The Fellow is a lawyer within the Office of General Counsel and is supervised by the lawyer responsible for patient care matters. The Fellow will serve as a legal advocate for patients and families who cannot afford an attorney and who are experiencing legal problems that are creating barriers to the delivery of effective healthcare and treatment. The Fellow will receive referrals from members of the General Counsel’s office and from hospital clinicians.

This Medical Legal Partnership Fellow will be responsible for:

• Coordinating the hand-off of more substantive and complex matters to legal service providers and law firm partners; tracking all such cases to ensure needs of patients and families continue to be met
• Partnering with all members of the patient care team to identify and resolve legal issues which could have negative impact on the delivery of effective healthcare and treatment to patients and families
• Tracking all cases and maintaining databases relating to legal services provided on-site and referred out, and tracking case outcomes
• Organizing Medical Legal Partnership Advisory Committee meetings and presentations
• Performing other legal duties as required
• Providing education and training to clinicians in substantive legal topics that impact effective delivery of health care services and treatment
• Conducting initial assessment of legal matters referred to the Office of General Counsel
• Providing support to the Office of General Counsel regarding patient care matters, including participating in team coverage rotation for off-hour patient care emergency matters after an initial six-month training period
• Engaging in strategic outreach with local law firms and local legal services organizations
• Directly identifying matters that can be resolved in a short time frame
• Managing Boston Children’s Hospital’s Medical-Legal Partnership; which provides access to justice in the areas of housing, family law, education, benefits, and immigration for a 2-3 year appointment

To qualify, you must have:

• The analytical skills to resolve highly complex problems requiring the application of scientific or technical principles, theories and concepts and in‑depth, experienced‑based cross‑functional knowledge
• A Juris Doctorate’s Degree and current licensure by the Massachusetts Bar Association as a lawyer is required. Must have demonstrated affinity and set of experiences in the area of child advocacy.
• Remote position
• The ability to negotiate in extremely important and sensitive situations, persuade members of the Executive Management Group on issues and programs that impact assigned department
• This is an opportunity for a 2 – 3 year appointment
• Advanced interpersonal/communication skills to represent the hospital in legal proceedings
• Will represent the Hospital to external parties, or perform other duties requiring a high level of communication skills

Boston Children’s Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.