Paralegal (70814) at Sanitas Medical Center in Doral, FL

“Sanitas is a global healthcare organization expanding across the United States. Our services include primary care, urgent care, nutrition, lab, diagnostic, health care education and resources for our patients. We strive to attract professionals who believe in our mission, vision and are dedicated to the service of our patients and their families creating a memorable experience through compassion, respect, and kindness.”

Job Summary

The Paralegal assists the corporation's legal department across all facets of corporate law by preparing legal contracts, updating company files, reviewing documents, and drafting executive summaries, to ensure seamless legal operations and provide comprehensive support from routine paperwork to court proceedings.

Essential Job Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Responsible for providing transactional, contractual and general legal support to the commercial, development, procurement and financial areas.
• Manage relationships with outside counsel on various projects, including litigation.
• Support build out of legal affairs policy, process, and recordkeeping.
• Meets with attorneys, clients, and other professionals to discuss assigned cases, contracts, corporate governance resolutions or projects.
• Drafts legal documents including contracts, corporate governance resolutions, routine pleadings and motions, affidavits, and interrogatories; files motions and pleadings according to judicial procedures.
• Researches and analyzes statutes, regulations, legal articles, judicial decisions, and other legal sources; provides written analysis to attorneys.
• Interviews clients and witnesses and prepares summaries of their statements.
• Prepares, organizes, stores, and retrieves contracts, corporate governance resolutions and case files, which may include evidence, exhibits, depositions, pleadings, exhibits, and other items.
• Assists attorneys with trial preparation, which may include attending trials and hearings.
• Develops and maintains records regarding billable hours spent on specific cases.
• Prepare Board, notices, agendas and minutes.
• Keep track of external counsel invoices billable hours spent on specific cases. Review billable hours spent on legal projects and cases.
• Prepare Legal Executive Reports. Orchestrate the workload of different areas and keep track of cases and deliverables.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Required Education

• Associate degree in Paralegal Studies or related field.

Required Experience

• Relevant experience (0-2 years).

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Paralegal certificate.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Understanding of legal language and principles, research methods, court pleadings and processes, and other related matters.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, and to exercise discretion and good judgment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Proficiency with G-Suite.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Paralegal Studies or related field preferred.
• Related experience preferred.
• Preferred JD (Juris Doctor), state bar.

Financial Responsibilities

• This position handles up to $5000 annually.

Budget Responsibilities

• This position handles up to $5000 annually.

Languages

• Advanced English is required.
• Bilingual Spanish is preferred.

Travel

• N/A

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to work standing up, walk, use hands to operate tools and equipment and must be able to exert regularly up to 10 pounds of force, frequently exert 30 pounds of force and occasionally exert 50 pounds of force to constantly perform the essential job functions. The employee will be frequently required to reach with hands and arms, bend, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, and pull. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Environmental Conditions

Inside: The employee is subject to environmental conditions, protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The worker is subject to noise; there may be sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.

Physical/Environmental Activities

Please confirm for the following questions if these working conditions are encountered Occasionally (1-33% of time on the job), Frequently (34-66% of time on the job), Constantly (67-100% of time on the job), or Not Applicable N/A

• Must be able to travel to multiple locations for work (i.e. travel to attend meetings, events, conferences). Not Applicable N/A
• May be exposed to outdoor weather conditions of cold, heat, wet, and humidity. Not Applicable N/A
• May be exposed to outdoor or warehouse conditions of loud noises, vibration, fumes, dust, odors, and mists. Not Applicable N/A
• Must be able to ascend and descend ladders, stairs, or other equipment. Not Applicable N/A
• Subject to exposure to hazardous material. Not Applicable N/A

We are an Equal Opportunity/Protected Veteran/Disabled Employer committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable culture for our employees and communities.

This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of the company. Since no job description can detail all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time in the performance of a job, duties and responsibilities that may be inherent in a job, reasonably required for its performance, or required due to the changing nature of the job shall also be considered part of the jobholder’s responsibility