Associate Counsel - HVTI

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Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.    

As Associate Counsel, you will provide substantive legal services to clients while maintaining positive, confidential client relationships through effective consultation and communication. In this role, you will primarily support the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute (HVTI) as research activities, global collaborations, and regulatory requirements continue to expand. You will play a critical role in improving contract turnaround times, maintaining competitiveness for high value clinical trials, reducing reliance on outside counsel, and ensuring timely patient access to innovative treatments. Working independently or under the guidance of senior attorneys, you will support a wide range of legal matters across the organization. Primary responsibilities will include reviewing research agreements, including, but not limited to, clinical trial agreements, collaboration agreements, research service agreements, data use agreements, grant agreements, and the like as well as regulatory support for issues related thereto.

A caregiver in this position works remotely from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  

Candidates must reside in Ohio or Florida to be considered for this role.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Maintain expertise and advise appropriate department members regarding legal developments within areas of expertise.

• Actively seek out opportunities to maintain compliance within those areas of the law.

• Provide timely responses to requests for legal advice for assigned areas.

• Identify and implement measures to bring effective legal services to the organization.

• Collaborate and provide leadership on projects and teams within the Law Department and the organization.

• Serve as a dedicated attorney supporting HVTI, with a primary focus on reviewing research agreements and clinical trial agreements.

• Responsible for reviewing a high volume of contracts—approximately 200–400 per year.

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Juris Doctor (JD) from ABA accredited law school

• Two to five years of attorney and/or comparable direct experience in legal specialty -  individuals with more or less relevant experience in research contracting are encouraged to apply. 

• Member in good standing of the state bar or ability to become a member of the state bar within a reasonable period of time

• Exercises independent judgment and discretion to perform legal services

• Primary experience in reviewing contracts (ex. research contracts, general contacts, supply chain contracts, etc.)

• Ability to take appropriate action in a stressful environment

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Experience reviewing clinical research agreements

• Regulatory experience, including exposure to HIPAA, GDPR and similar data privacy regulations. 

• General knowledge or experience related to FDA regulations

• Prior involvement or understanding of human subject research and IRB (Institutional Review Board) processes

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods.

• Ability to travel throughout the hospital system.

• Ability to operate a computer, audio visual and other office equipment.         

• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information, including the ability to deliver training in person and virtually.

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Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required. 

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster. 

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.