Senior Assistant General Counsel - Immigration

Prime Healthcare is an award-winning health system headquartered in Ontario, California. Prime Healthcare operates 54 hospitals and has more than 360 outpatient locations in 15 states providing more than 3.0million patient visits annually. It is one of the nation’s leading health systems with over 60,000 employees and physicians. Twenty-one of the Prime Healthcare hospitals are members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. Prime Healthcare is actively seeking new members to join our corporate team!

The Senior Assistant General Counsel – Immigration (Senior AGC – Imm.) will provide oversight for the Immigration team within the Legal Department, including junior attorneys and support staff, working with and under the direct supervision of the Chief Employment Counsel. This attorney will provide strategic and practical legal advice on immigration laws, anticipated changes to those laws, internal immigration policy and processes, and immigration compliance training to leadership at all levels in the Prime Healthcare network, including corporate and affiliated companies supported by PHMI through a Management Services Agreement. This attorney will manage outside counsel on immigration matters and handle immigration cases and issues related to corporate personnel and affiliate employers’ personnel. This attorney handles employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa matters, analyzes, evaluates and prepares key immigration legal documents including H-1B, L-1, TN and PERM labor certifications. This attorney determines and prepares appropriate immigrant visa petitions. This attorney troubleshoots and resolves complex legal issues and drafts complex case matters including support letters, audit responses, and appeals. This attorney organizes and schedule cases on a priority basis, supervises and follows cases from inception to completion within the stipulated timeframe and reviews and approves documents and filings for accuracy

Required qualifications:

1. J.D. from ABA Accredited Law School

2. Member in Good Standing of State Bar of California or other states where Prime Healthcare’s network operates (preferably California).

Preferred qualifications:

1. Minimum of seven (7) years of prior legal experience handling employment-based immigration matters.

2. Minimum of two (2) years of employment as immigration counsel for Prime Healthcare Management, Inc.

3. Demonstrated good standing with the Company.

Prime Healthcare offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options.  Benefits may vary based on employment status, i.e. full-time, part-time, per diem or temporary.  A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $157,518.40 to $260,000.00 on an annualized basis. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

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