Senior Paralegal - Immigration

At Bon Secours Mercy Health, we are dedicated to continually improving health care quality, safety and cost effectiveness. Our hospitals, care sites and clinicians are recognized for clinical and operational excellence.

Summary of Primary Function

As a member of the BSMH Legal Network, the Paralegal, working directly with labor and employment attorneys and human resources professionals, performs a variety of the team’s essential duties including, but not limited to management of assigned legal matters for a specific market, support service or entity. This individual has effective organizational, planning, problem solving, multitasking, technology, analytical, judgment, and administrative skills and supports multiple individuals. This position will produce work of a legal nature, focusing on immigration requirements, utilizing knowledge and expertise regarding the legal system and substantive and procedural law and the ethical considerations of the legal profession. Interfaces with operational and/or support services leadership, consultants, vendors, and both internal and external clients.

Essential Job Functions

• Coordinate and monitor activities to triage work to appropriate person. Serve as point of contact for sponsorship-related questions with both leaders and human resources including communicating the cost of the process, developing personalized plans for sponsorship and communicate regarding immigration process or inability to sponsor, advising on green card questions and concerns.
• Communicate with outside and internal counsel regarding change in employment status for sponsored associates and impact on associates.
• Delivers education and training in response to specific business needs. Provide internal counsel and human resources with updates that impact immigration-related issues including I-9’s and international staffing.
• Maintain immigration compliance files.
• Maintain a repository of templates for various types of documents and contracts. Partner with human resources
• Review appropriate correspondence queues, taking appropriate action and documenting the account accordingly.
• Organize and maintain documents in a paper or electronic filing systems including Meditract and I-Manage.
• Align physician immigration process and internal subject matter experts to immigration coordinators.
• Partner with human resources on travel document requests.
• Review application process to ensure no issues with sponsorship or prevailing wage matters prior to offers of employment. Partner with leaders and human resources to define minimum qualifications of candidates.
• Conduct research on relevant laws, regulations, and legal articles.
• Responsible for review and drafting of agreements, questionnaires, correspondence, memoranda, policies or other communications and immigration-related documents for assigned legal matters.
• Investigate the facts, gather and arrange requested documents for attorney needs and provide summaries.
• Monitor application process timelines with outside counsel.

Employment Qualifications

• Licensing/Certification Preferred: Paralegal Certificate or Degree (*prior Paralegal experience may be substituted for education), Notary Public License
• Preferred Education: Bachelor’s Degree *, Specialty Major: Paralegal Studies or Degree in Related Field / Paralegal Certificate (*prior Paralegal experience may be substituted for education)
• Required Minimum Education: Associate's Degree*, Specialty/Major: Paralegal Studies or Related Field (*prior Paralegal experience may be substituted for education)

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Organization – proactively prioritizes needs and effectively manages resources.
• Customer Orientation – establishes and maintains long-term customer relationships, building trust and respect by consistently meeting and exceeding expectations.
• Trustworthy – works with confidential and/or complex material. Uncompromising use of discretion and commitment to confidentiality.
• Technical skills – advanced skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other Windows-based applications.
• Tactical execution – assist in monitoring operational processes and making recommendations for changes/adjustments as needed during the implementation or change to new products or processes
• Highly professional – interacts with other internal/external customers who include Shared Services Executives, Local Market Executives, external counsel, consultants, etc. to facilitate desired client outcomes.
• Proactive – anticipates problems and issues and exercises independent judgment to make sound, justifiable decisions, and takes action in solving problems, while knowing when and to whom to escalate issues.
• Clear communicator – demonstrates excellent communication skills with the ability to explain and implement complicated material both orally and in writing.
• Time management planning and organizational skills and the ability to work under pressures of deadlines and established priorities.
• Sound use of judgment and ability to work independently with initiative; sound decision-making skills. Uncompromising use of discretion and commitment to confidentiality.

Many of our opportunities reward* your hard work with:
Comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans
Prescription drug coverage
Flexible spending accounts
Life insurance w/AD&D
Employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible
Paid time off
Educational Assistance
And much more

• Benefits offerings vary according to employment status

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you'd like to view a copy of the affirmative action plan or policy statement for Mercy Health – Youngstown, Ohio or Bon Secours – Franklin, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia; and Emporia, Virginia, which are Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employers, please email [email protected]. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact The Talent Acquisition Team at [email protected]