The GC will be expected to provide a pragmatic commercial focus when dispensing legal advice, proposing creative alternative solutions to minimize liability while unlocking value and achieving business goals. In addition to excellent legal and business abilities, the GC will need to possess outstanding interpersonal skills, including establishing rapport, building trusted relationships, and engendering confidence at all levels of the organization and board.

Specific Task/Duties

• Participating as a member of FM’s Executive Leadership Team, led by the CEO, and composed of FM’s most senior executives, while working directly with all aspects of the business to articulate and execute strategic initiatives and business needs, providing proactive legal and business counsel, and establishing and influencing proper ethical standards and legal considerations that must be considered when decisions are
• Serving as a key legal advisor to FM on all significant business transactions, negotiating, drafting, implementing, and overseeing variety of agreements, including multi-party agreements, agreements governed by different legal regimes, and agreements with respect to M&A transactions, strategic alliances and joint ventures.
• Direct and implement a contract management system including drafting, counseling, reviewing, recommending for approval and obtaining signatures on all contractual obligations of the organization.
• Advising FM on litigation and regulatory risks associated with possible business decisions, providing preventative counseling and training concerning such risks, and developing and overseeing strategy with both in-house and outside counsel in response to civil litigation and regulatory inquiries (including negotiating settlement agreements where appropriate), and cost-effectively managing the resources required to address those
• Identifying, leading, and directing various regulatory compliance initiatives and handling other regulatory and compliance
• Working closely with clinical and other personnel to maintain FM policies and procedures in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Serves as Chief Compliance Officer
• Oversees privacy issues including handling and procedures for protected health information under HIPAA or State law. Determining whether particular information may be public or confidential by law.
• Managing and overseeing the Legal Department, including budgeting and financial reporting, administration, and the selection and use of outside
• General Council shall assist in efforts focused on governance matters.
• Administrate the organization’s non-associate related insurance plans including responsibility for financial oversight and utilization of the various coverages including directing the captive insurance program, self-insurance plans and other similar risk management vehicles.
• Complete corporate filings and other similar documents for all legal entities in addition to directing the activities of the Secretary of the various Boards of Directors as appropriate.
• Shares with Finance the responsibility for ensuring ongoing tax-exempt for income, property and sales in addition to leading the appeal efforts relating to any adverse rulings or exemption denials relating to any corporate entity.
• Review new and modifications of all operational, development, real estate and investment related activities of/from a legal, regulatory and compliance perspective.
• Performs other tasks as assigned.

III. Mission/Values

IV. Position Requirements

V. Essential Functions (Refer to Position Description Guidelines)

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  General Working Conditions

• Works in the office.
• Sits, stands, lifts, bends and moves intermittently during working hours.
• Communicates with staff in the facility, vendors, and community.
• Good administrative proficiency and customer service.
• Outstanding organizational skills.

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  Physical Demands of the Position

• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.

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  Mental Acuity Requirements of the Job

• Must be able to cope with the mental, emotional, and physical stress of the position.
• Must be in general good health and demonstrate emotional stability.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Computer literacy (i.e., Excel, Access, Word, Internet, and PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of Computer Programs Dual platform on Mac/PC – Adobe suites, Microsoft Word

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  Sensory Requirement of this Position

• Must have patience, tact, and a cheerful disposition and enthusiasm.
• Must function independently, have flexibility, personal integrity, and work effectively with

residents, personnel, and support agencies.

• Close vision for using a computer.
• Distance vision for driving and meeting and greet people.
• Color vision to distinguish colors in preparing marketing materials.
• Ability to communicate (orally and in writing) when dealing with associates, vendors, potential residents and company contacts

• Technical/Motor Skill Requirements of the Job

• Must be able to seek new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing practices.
• Office machines, including copier, fax, calculator.
• Mac/PC equipment and software.
• Office supplies, including pens, staplers, pencils, paper, etc.