General Counsel

PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT RIVERS

POSITION TITLE: General Counsel

STATUS: Salaried/Exempt

REPORTS TO: CEO

SALARY: $155,000-$190,000/Year

**Cover letter required. Candidates without a cover letter will not be considered**

Must have or be willing to obtain COVID-19 vaccine, booster and flu vaccine

Planned Parenthood Great Rivers (PPGR) offers a robust benefits package. 

Employer Paid:

Healthcare: Approximately $100 per pay period

Life Insurance: Equal to one year’s salary up to $100,000

Paid Parental Leave: 8 weeks of full salary after the event (birth or adoption)

Retirement plan with up to 6% contribution after 1 year of employment

Employee Paid/Voluntary Benefits Include:

Vision: Approximately $4 per pay period

Dental: Approximately $5 per pay period

Mail in pharmacy benefits

$200 well-being reward

Aflac: Short-Term Disability, Accident Policy and Hospitalization Policy

Life Insurance up to $100,000

Generous Paid Time Off: 8 Sick Days, 20 Vacation Days, 5 Care For You Days and 9 Holidays

POSITION SUMMARY

Planned Parenthood Great River (PPGR) seeks an experienced healthcare generalist to develop and

maintain the legal and compliance capacities of the agency, including eight heath centers in Missouri and

one in Illinois and three corporate entities employing more than 140 employees. The General Counsel is

responsible for counseling the Affiliate on all legal and compliance matters affecting the Affiliate,

including regulatory, contract, and risk issues. The General Counsel reports directly to the President and

CEO. They are also an integral part of the Senior Leadership team. This position may fulfill the cell

phone reimbursement policy requirements.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 Provide counsel and guidance on legal matters and on legal implications of matters involving

PPGR.

 Ensure compliance with general healthcare law, health insurance law, state and federal regulations

and statutes (including HIPAA, Medicaid, Title X, 340B, etc.), as well as corporate and tax law

requirements, including limitations on political activities.

 Draft and revise Affiliate policies, procedures, programs, regulations, communications, bylaws,

briefs, and legal responses as needed.

 Works collaboratively with Senior Leadership, PPFA Litigation and Law team and/or outside

counsel to define a strategic defense plan to any and all claims made against PPGR.

 In collaboration with PPFA Litigation and Law and/or outside counsel, provide internal

management of all litigation filed against or on behalf of the Affiliate, including but not limited to

pre-trial and trial activities.

 Draft, negotiate, maintain, and oversee contracts, including professional service agreements,

affiliation agreements, master service agreements, business associate agreements, non-disclosure

agreements, facility use agreements, and independent contractor agreements for all areas of the

Affiliate, including the education of staff regarding contractual requirements.

 Oversee the legal aspects of employment issues with outside counsel.

 Ensure legal awareness training and legal subject-specific training for all staff. Effectively

communicate the importance of legal documents such as preservation notices, contracts,

subpoenas, affidavits, etc.

 Orient new staff, Board members, and volunteers to the legal issues faced by the Affiliate.

 Assist in the planning and strategic development process by providing legal advice relating to the

operation of the Affiliate.

 Counsel the affiliate to determine and decrease risk, and monitor the performance of risk

management plans to comply with regulations and accreditation requirements and develop a

culture of quality, safety, and care. Direct activities of staff in the investigation and management

of potential risks and insurance claims.

 Attend meetings of the various Boards of Directors and committees in order to provide reports

pertaining to legal activities and consultation relating to Board procedures, bylaws, and other legal

and corporate governance matters.

 Oversee the selection, retention, management, and evaluation of all outside counsel. Seek out and

retain pro bono counsel where needed and/or available.

 Provide ongoing communication of legal issues. Engender trust among staff and patients,

providing timely advice and counsel that non-lawyers will both understand and heed.

 Effectively represent the Affiliate to inside and outside constituents and stakeholders through

community service, formal presentations, and marketing and legislative efforts.

 Be on-call as necessary to address questions and meet the needs of a dynamic healthcare

organization.

 Through these activities demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to PPGR core values of

equitable access, activism, care, confidentiality, diversity, excellence, integrity, respect, self-

determination, and stewardship; and practice these values with internal and external customers.

 Other duties as assigned.

 Periodic travel to affiliate locations may be required.

Affiliate Compliance Officer

 Coordinate, with President & CEO, management team, the CQRM committee the CQRM

functions of the agency

 Ensure corporate and affiliate wide compliance

 Lead the Compliance, Risk, and Quality Management team to formulate and monitor the

Affiliate’s compliance activities regularly and oversee internal and external reviews.

 Facilitate and lead the CQRM committee ensuring appropriate agenda items, reporting, and

meeting schedules

 Is a member of the clinical QA committee

 Develops, maintains, and implements policies and procedures supporting the affiliate’s

Compliance Program and its related activities to effectively prevent and detect violations of: a)

applicable laws and regulations; b) organizational policies related to the compliance program; and

c) the Affiliate’s Standards of Conduct.

 Develops and keeps current the Affiliate’s Standards of Conduct to ensure relevant guidance to

management, employees, and contractors

 Collaborates with other departments to: identify potential areas of compliance risk (including

billing, financial activities, patient privacy, and information security); develop/implement

monitoring and auditing tools to periodically review risks; and develop/implement corrective

action plans to resolve issues of noncompliance

 Develops and oversees the process for uniform handling of allegations of non-compliance.

Collaborates with other departments to direct compliance issues to appropriate existing channels

for investigation and resolution. Coordinate communication with outside legal counsel, as

appropriate

 Serves as an independent review and evaluation body to ensure that compliance issues handled by

other departments are appropriately evaluated, investigated, and resolved

 Develops and conducts orientation training for new hires and newly-contracted parties. Assesses,

the need for additional compliance training and education. Ensures that all employees and

contracted parties acting on behalf of the Affiliate receive “refresher” compliance training at least

annually

 Establishes minimum standards for conducting appropriate background/reference/exclusion

checks on potential hires, existing employees, and contracted parties

 Develops processes for carrying out disciplinary action in response to instances of noncompliance

(including the failure to prevent, detect, or report any suspected non-compliance), appropriate to

the nature and extent of the deviation, and ensure consistency in the application of disciplinary

action.

 Monitors and remains current with applicable laws, regulations, and standards for healthcare

providers, and affiliate policies

 Reports regularly to President and CEO on matters involving the Compliance Program

 Provide compliance updates as required to the CQRM Committee, PS Quality Management

Committee and the Board of Directors.

 Ensures that conflict of interest disclosures and Board Policy Packets are filed annually by Board

members

 Ensure CQRM tools and documents are in place for staff use and that staff are compliant in the

timely completion of such by overseeing that information is disseminated and that staff have tools

and resources to ensure compliance

 Ensures the affiliate accreditation updates, schedule and workload is managed per timelines by all

departments

 Other duties may be assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Director of Compliance, Risk Quality Manager, Affiliate Compliance Manager, Licensing and

Credentialing Manager and CQRM Training Coordinator

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while

performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable

individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk, talk, read, see and

hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to type, handle, or feel and reach. The

employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to

25 pounds.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

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

functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

 JD degree, admission to both the Missouri and Illinois Bar, and 10 years of professional

experience in law, healthcare, social service, or nonprofit agencies required.

 Prior paid or volunteer work experience at Planned Parenthood is very helpful

 Experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel required.

 Other requirements include:

o Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

o Ability to read, analyze, and interpret laws, legal documents, case law, contracts, compliance

journals, financial reports, and regulatory language.

o Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or Boards of

Directors, as well as outside counsel, government officials, and regulatory bodies.

PPGR maintains a strict policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,

pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression,

economic background, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital or relationship status, military

service or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

PPGR acknowledges and owns our past and present; therefore we seek to look inward into how white

supremacy continues to show up in our organization. We have a responsibility to create a place of equity

and of inclusion and we commit to dismantling racism and moving the needle to a more equitable

workplace.