Paralegal, Legal Services at CPS BC — NeverHard

Full-time, permanent Position summary Reporting to legal counsel, the paralegal has direct responsibility for assisting with the case management of complex files. This role has a particular focus on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia’s (CPSBC) remediation and discipline processes under the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA) and the Health Professions Review Board (HPRB) files under section 310 of the HP0A. For complaints matters, the paralegal will assist legal counsel with preparation and review of matters for the Investigation Committee, ensuring completeness and compliance with legal requirements, and will support and prioritize requests for legal input from the complaints department. The paralegal will prepare disciplinary records, to support legal counsel and others at CPSBC to review matters further to the requirements of the HPOA. For HPRB matters, the paralegal will assist in the preparation of records, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, will provide coverage for general paralegal duties during absences and will support reconsideration files. This role includes liaising directly with CPSBC’s registrar, deputy registrar, and various staff. Responsibilities also include legal drafting of reasons, decision letters, citations, settlement agreements, public notifications and other formal legal documents, along with coordinating and summarizing investigative information. Duties and responsibilities Duties include but are not limited to the following: draft and manage legal correspondence, identify issues for legal counsel to review provide administrative support to legal counsel in preparation for Investigation Committee meetings, including printing materials, reviewing materials for legal issues, preparing memoranda and coordinating with complaints staff manage correspondence and scheduling, maintain templates and precedents conduct legal research and cite legal authority ensure completeness of digital files and database support legal counsel by drafting reprimands and undertakings prepare disciplinary records for open complaint files to support streaming, committee meetings and disciplinary processes support the HPRB team; assist with primary record review, provide coverage during absences provide administrative and legal support for files during negotiation process with licensees and other files referred to legal; identify legal issues and manage deadlines, maintain a master list of all outstanding requests/actions referrals support legal counsel with managing serious complaint files, breach of practice condition files, and the triage of incoming HPRB files, including a detailed analysis and initiation of appropriate action steps ongoing review, analysis and management of assigned files including sorting, indexing, categorizing, ordering, and organizing documents and data draft correspondence, submissions, legal memorandums and other documents ranging from simple to complex in accordance with CPSBC templates and procedures attend Investigation Committee meetings, review minutes and draft decision letters involvement in the preparation, processing and exchanging of information on highly sensitive, privileged and confidential matters and interaction with third parties assist with the development and implementation of policies, procedures and work standards to achieve and enhance consistency/efficiency assist with general legal department overflow work as required attend and participate in monthly legal meetings and other internal meetings other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the chief legal counsel and legal counsel Skills and qualifications Required skills and qualifications include: paralegal certificate or diploma preferred, with a minimum of five years’ work experience in a legal environment at a paralegal level solid working knowledge of administrative law principles and procedural fairness excellent written and oral communication skills, including legal drafting, editing and proofreading ability to record minutes of meetings proficient at internet research and legal research databases such as Westlaw®, LexisNexis®, and Quicklaw® advanced technology skills including the mastery of word processing, spreadsheet, telecommunications, database, and legal research software ability to work with discretion in preparing and handling information of privileged information, with attention to detail critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities ability to take direction, work both independently and as a team member ability to multi-task and prioritize a large workload effectively in a fast-paced environment and simultaneously balance competing priorities professional demeanour while communicating with internal and external parties ability to demonstrate strong work ethic and initiative in a team environment experience or interest in working on files involving medical and health related issues The compensation range for this position is based on an annual salary of $72,827 to $91,034 per year.