Legal Counsel 3

The salary range for this position is CAD $60.78/Hr. - CAD $87.37/Hr.

• Provide strategic legal advice and opinions to VCH leadership, managers, staff, and members of the Legal Services team regarding litigation, administrative law, regulatory, and dispute resolution matters.
• Represent or support the representation of VCH in court proceedings, administrative tribunals, regulatory hearings, mediations, arbitrations, and other dispute resolution processes.
• Manage a portfolio of litigation matters, including coordinating litigation strategy, evidence gathering, witness preparation, and engagement of external counsel.
• Provide advice regarding administrative decision-making, procedural fairness, statutory interpretation, judicial review proceedings, and regulatory compliance.
• Advise on investigations, professional practice matters, privacy matters, complaints, and other issues with litigation or reputational risk implications.
• Work closely with operations, professional practice, risk management, human resources, medical staff, and executive leadership to identify and mitigate legal risks.
• Retain, instruct, and manage external counsel and monitors legal expenditures and litigation outcomes.
• Interpret legislation, regulations, and evolving case law affecting public healthcare organizations and advise on the implications for VCH programs, services, and operations.
• Participate in the development and review of organizational policies, procedures, and practices to ensure legal compliance and risk mitigation.
• Maintain professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to remain current on litigation, administrative law, healthcare law, and emerging legal developments.
• Perform other job-related duties

• Law Degree from a recognized University supplemented by a minimum of eight (8) years of recent, related experience practicing law, including experience in litigation, administrative law, or regulatory proceedings.
• Demonstrated experience appearing before courts, administrative tribunals, arbitrators, mediators, professional regulatory bodies, or other adjudicative decision-makers.
• Experience advising public sector organizations, health authorities, government agencies, regulatory bodies, or other complex organizations is an asset.
• Member in good standing with the Law Society of British Columbia (or eligible for membership within a specified period).

• Advanced expertise in litigation, administrative law, dispute resolution, and risk management.
• Demonstrated advocacy experience before courts, administrative tribunals, regulatory bodies, or other adjudicative forums.
• Strong understanding of procedural fairness, administrative decision-making, and statutory interpretation.
• Demonstrated understanding of the legal framework governing public sector organizations.
• Ability to independently manage litigation files and provide practical, strategic advice to internal stakeholders.
• Experience managing external counsel and coordinating litigation strategy.
• Ability to assess legal risk and develop effective mitigation and resolution strategies.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with executive leaders, clinicians, operational teams, regulators, courts, tribunals, and external counsel.
• Familiarity with healthcare legislation, healthcare operations, and the broader public healthcare system is an asset.
• Ability to foster and maintain positive relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Models personal integrity and accountability and is a committed team player.

You care for everyone:

• You are compassionate, empathetic, and sensitive to the needs of others.
• You are respectful, treating people as equals, and valuing others’ perspectives and differences.
• You are appreciative of others’ efforts and give them praise when it’s due.

You are always learning:

• You are open minded, always receptive to different perspectives and ways of doing things.
• You are curious and ask questions to find a deeper understanding.
• You share your expertise and mentor others by sharing your knowledge and experience.

You strive for better results:

• You are accountable, and take responsibility for what you say, what you do, and who you engage in achieving better results.
• You are a solution finder, empowered to solve the challenges we face in healthcare.
• You take ownership for growth and development and personal development, always seek feedback and opportunities to improve how we do things.

As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Harleen Dastur-Randhawa, Manager, Executive Talent Acquisition at executivecareers@vch.ca.