Paralegal

SUMMARY

The Paralegal is a legal assistant to assist General Counsel, Office Manager, Program Director, Medical Director, and Recovering Professional Coordinators with day to day duties and program functions, operations, and monitoring services of the South Carolina Recovering Professionalism, organization, and time management in their interaction with staff, our participants, our partners, referral sources, and the various licensing boards with whom they interact. They must be able to adhere to confidentiality. Must be able to analyze, review, and organize participant files. Will serve as the primary contact with LLR liaison.  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES includes the following. 

• Provide direct assistance to Special Counsel, Office Manager, Recovering Professionals Coordinators, Program Director, and Medical Director as needed.
• Assist in reviewing, editing documents for board hearings, Quality Assurance Committee, Internal Review Committee (IRC), and employers.
• Assist the General Counsel and Office Manager with file redactions and records requests.
• Responsible for requesting, receiving, uploading Order of Evaluations, Temporary Suspension Orders, Memorandum of Agreements, Board Orders, and Evaluation Orders in the case of management system.
• Responsible for coordinating board hearings with assigned Recovering Professional Coordinators and the direct point of contact with the LLR liaison.
• Assist Office Manager with IRC documentation and the Recovering Professional Coordinators with Quality Assurance documentation as well as ensuring the findings are in the file and communicated to the appropriate participants and staff.
• Collaborates with agencies involved in the monitoring and provision of services for recovering professionals.
• Assist with communication with attorneys.
• Must be familiar with or able to adhere to confidentiality; 42 CFR part 2

MARGINAL DUTIES (5%) include the following:

• Attends all required meetings and training sessions.
• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Education and/or Experience

• Two years of paralegal experience
• Associates degree preferred 

COMMENTS:  

LRADAC reserves the right to revise, modify or amend this job description at any time with or without notice to employees.  Job descriptions are not intended as and do not create employment contracts.  LRADAC maintains its status as an at-will employer.  Employees can be terminated for any reason not prohibited by law.