Manager, Legal Services And General Counsel

Posting Period: October 29 – November 17, 2026Salary: $133,107.00 - $166,413.00 per yearWho We AreFor 150 years, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has been a leader in world-class care. As an acute tertiary and quaternary teaching hospital, LHSC provides leading-edge medical care to people from across western Ontario and beyond. LHSC is located just two hours from Toronto and two hours from Detroit in the city of London which is known for its beautiful and walkable downtown core located on the Thames River, a vibrant culinary scene and scores of activities that highlight local arts, culture and music. Our team of more than 17,000 physicians, staff, learners and volunteers works tirelessly to support patients as they navigate their unique health-care journeys. As one of Canada’s largest acute-care teaching hospitals, LHSC is a renowned centre of innovation with a history of groundbreaking research that has influenced how people are cared for around the world. With nearly 1 million annual patient visits across University, Victoria and Children's Hospitals, LHSC provides compassionate leading-edge care and is proud of our strong regional, national and international partnerships. For more information, please visit Quality, Risk, and Privacy Department provides integrated leadership, expertise, and operational support to advance safe, high-quality, accountable care across the organization. The department brings together quality improvement, patient safety, privacy, enterprise risk management, emergency preparedness, and policy development under a coordinated framework that supports planning, governance, performance monitoring, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement. Through the Quality Blueprint, the department helps align quality, risk, and safety priorities, with organizational objectives, enabling leaders and teams to identify risks, act on improvement opportunities, strengthen accountability, and sustain reliable, patient-centred care.What the Role IsThe Manager, Legal Services & General Counsel provides strategic leadership to for medical legal and contract consultants, while directing and evaluating the delivery of contractual and legal services across London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC). This role will act as a trusted advisor, offering expert legal counsel and representation on complex claims, litigation risks, regulatory matters, and high-risk patient issues. The Manager will also lead comprehensive legal reviews, analyze liability and compliance, and serve as a key collaborator with executive leadership, external counsel, insurers, and internal stakeholders. Exercising high-level independent professional judgment, the role will assess legal risks, shape litigation strategies, and protect organizational interests to ensure lawful, defensible, and risk-informed decision-making.Reporting to the Director, Quality, Risk and Corporate Privacy Officer, the Manager, Legal Services & General Counsel directs, controls and evaluates the delivery of department services. They are responsible for translating decisions of the program leadership into execution, by utilizing relationship management and working with internal and external partners to achieve the necessary outcomes. The Manager ensures their team and department operations are aligned with our mission, vision and values, while working together to successfully achieve our strategic objectives.This role is accountable for day-to-day department activities, including the management of human and material resources, day-to-day staffing and scheduling, development and support of a healthy workplace, risk and utilization measurements, and facilitation of improvement initiatives and change management, while operating within approved operational budgets and financial guidelines and controls. A major focus of the role is fostering effective working relationships and networks within the team/unit and with other teams across the organization.LHSC is committed to the principles of hybrid work and may offer this option to employees whose work can be performed in an alternate location, without adverse impact to the operations of the Hospital, inclusive of our Staff and Patient experience. Confirmation of hybrid work options available to you will be clarified upon hire and may be subject to change based on the duties required of your position. Successful candidates will be required to perform work within Ontario and must be available to work on location, as required.Who You AreYou are self-aware of own assumptions, values, principles, strengths and limitationsYou manage and develop self while modeling qualities such as honesty, integrity, resilience, and confidenceYou engage and support others to foster development, personal goals and encourage a healthy organizationYou achieve results by strategically aligning direction, decisions, actions and evaluation with the vision, values and evidenceYou facilitate an environment of collaboration and cooperationYou create connections, build partnerships and networksYou demonstrate a commitment to the organizational vision, mission, values and service excellenceYou are a transformational thinker that encourages and supports innovationYou have exceptional analytical skills that contribute to effective decision-makingYou are self-directed, courageous, and highly motivated with excellent interpersonal and effective communication skillsWhat Skills Are NeededAdvanced legal analysis and professional judgment as a licensed Ontario lawyerKnowledge of Ontario health law, civil litigation, privacy, consent and capacity, disclosure, professional regulation, and hospital legal riskKnowledge of contract law, procurement-related legal issues, indemnity, limitation of liability, insurance, confidentiality, intellectual property, and termination provisionsStrong legal research, statutory interpretation, fact investigation, and case analysis skillsAbility to provide clear, practical, and defensible legal advice to leadership, staff, external counsel, insurers, and other stakeholdersAbility to draft, review, interpret, and provide practical advice on contracts, agreements, amendments, and related legal documentsAbility to manage multiple legal files, deadlines, priorities, and competing requestsSound professional judgment in complex, sensitive, and high-risk legal and patient-related mattersExperience providing legal advice in a hospital, health system, litigation, insurance, or public-sector environment preferredNegotiation, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills preferredExperience supporting litigation, including document review, case preparation, discovery, and collaboration with external counsel and insurers preferredPlanning and executing action plans that deliver results and motivate individuals for greater performance excellenceStrong business acumenValues-based leadership and a proven track record for developing and sustaining healthy work environments and effective teams while leading in a performance-driven cultureLead and drive system transformationDevelop self and others through teaching, coaching, mentoring and formal development processesStrong analytical skills that contribute to effective problem solving and decision-makingWhat You Will Bring with YouSuccessful completion of a recognized baccalaureate degree program in law, legal studies, health administration, public administration, business administration, nursing, or a related disciplineCompletion of a Juris Doctor (JD) degree or equivalentCurrently licensed to practice law in Ontario;
called to the Ontario Bar and in good standing with the Law Society of OntarioAlternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) or mediation training preferredMinimum of 3-5 years’ related experience preferredMinimum of 1-3 years’ experience in progressively more responsible leadership roles preferredAbility to effectively work with diversity, appreciating that different opinions, backgrounds and characteristics can bring richness to the challenge at handFluent and computer literate with computer systems such as email and Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint)Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basisAs part of the assessment process applicants may be required to complete a written profile, presentations, etc. Please be advised that reference checks may be conducted as part of the selection process.Immunization RequirementsBefore beginning employment at LHSC, all new hires must provide documentation related to LHSC’s Health Review Requirements. For more information and a detailed list of requirements, please visit Health Review Requirements | LHSC.Additional InformationLondon Health Sciences Centre fosters a culture of patient and staff safety whereby all employees are guided by LHSC's Mission, Vision, Values and Code of Conduct.LHSC does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess or select applicants for a position.Your interest in this opportunity is appreciated. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidates, as a condition of job offer, would be required to provide a satisfactory police information check (original document) completed in the last 6 months.LHSC is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, visible minorities, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. We are committed to providing persons with disabilities equal opportunities and standards of goods and services, and are also fully compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005), as applicable.
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