Legal Counsel
Your Opportunity:
Health Shared Services (HHS) has a fast paced and patient care focused health law opportunity to join a small team of lawyers and paralegals, reporting to the Associate General Counsel, Health Law (AGC), and part of a larger in-house legal team. Health Shared Services provides legal services to Provincial Health Agencies (Recovery Alberta, Primary Care Alberta, Acute Care Alberta, and Assisted Living Alberta) and Provincial Health Corporations (including Alberta Health Services, Emergency Health Services and Cancer Care Alberta) across the Province of Alberta, representing over 140,000 unionized and non-unionized employees. This position will have carriage of files to deliver practical, effective legal solutions on complex matters to designated clients in AHS. Preferred location of the position is in either Calgary or Edmonton. Hybrid work arrangement available. Requests to work in other cities within Alberta will be considered for the right candidate. Members in good standing with the Law Society of Alberta, or eligible for registration, are welcome to apply for this career opportunity.
Description:
This position will be responsible for: interpreting and anticipating client needs and identifying solutions to complex, time-sensitive legal questions; provision of legal advice, outlining rights, obligations and liabilities in a succinct and coherent manner to executive and staff; Identifying and resolving service delivery, business, legal, and operational issues and raising them with the Associate General Counsel; Providing oversight and administration of the provincial Clinical Legal Intake Line process which requires interviewing, triaging new health law matters, file management and navigation; handling health law matters independently; meeting and advising clients including staff, middle and senior management on legal issues of complex or sensitive nature; developing and applying standardized work methods, protocols, policies and procedures related to health law; leading as subject area expert in a highly technical legal field; supporting customer service by ensuring practical and timely legal advice; preparing and researching legal opinions; Supporting commitment to the vision, values and core strategies through effective communication and protocols; Developing proactive and reactive education strategies; Fostering and maintaining positive relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders; Building and maintaining an effective network of contacts and resources, and Participation in mentoring and training.
- Transition Company: Health Shared Services
- Classification: Legal Counsel
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Health Law Team
- Primary Location: Southport Tower
- Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
- Negotiable Location: Provincial
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 24-FEB-2026
- Date Available: 13-APR-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $61.73
- Maximum Salary: $108.43
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Qualified to practice law in Alberta. Minimum 2-5 years practicing law. Demonstrated excellence as a practicing lawyer in his/her area of practice. Member in good standing with the Law Society of Alberta. Strong analytical skills. Motivated to learn, independent, self-starter. Adaptable and flexible. Superior communication skills. Collaborative team player.
Additional Required Qualifications:
The incumbent will also possess a record of accomplishment in the following areas: Proven ability to perform well in complex matters, prioritize and deal with multiple assignments, all under significant time and other pressures. Proven ability to work with senior management. Demonstrated business acumen with ability to balance business requirements against legal risks, formulate legal solutions to advance the needs of assigned client groups. Knowledge and skills in problem solving and concerns resolution. Knowledge and skills related to privacy law. Strong commitment to work with others to achieve common goals. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Effective communicator with strong organizational skills, influential skills, client-focused orientation and commitment to providing quality services. Ability to present complex information clearly to diverse groups. Demonstrated ability to facilitate change.
Preferred Qualifications:
Previous education and work in a health care setting will be an advantage.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first.
We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
