The role is required to provide timely and practical legal advice and support to NHG Health and its institutions across a broad range of legal, regulatory and governance matters, enabling the organisation to achieve its strategic and operational objectives while managing legal risk.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide legal advice and manage litigation, claims, disputes and medical negligence matters, including coordinating with internal stakeholders, clinical teams, insurers and external counsel.
- Review, draft and negotiate contracts, templates and legal documents, including MOUs, service agreements, collaboration agreements, clinical trial agreements, research collaboration agreements, IT and technology agreements, NDAs, consultancy agreements, lease or licence agreements and other commercial arrangements.
- Provide legal support on corporate governance and corporate secretarial matters, including statutory compliance, board and committee matters, corporate restructuring, entity rationalisation and directors duties.
- Advise NHG Health and its institutions on employment and staff-related matters, including disciplinary issues, employment contracts and HR policies.
- Advise on insurance-related matters, including scope of coverage and terms under public liability insurance, clinical trials insurance, directors and officers liability insurance and other relevant policies.
- Support legal and regulatory compliance work, including reviews for compliance with the Healthcare Services Act, Health Information Act, Personal Data Protection Act, Human Biomedical Research Act and other applicable healthcare laws, regulations and guidelines.
- Assist with review of internal policies on areas such as data protection, data security, IT, research, clinical operations and governance.
- Provide preliminary advice on intellectual property matters, including trade mark registration, copyright provisions and protection of intellectual property rights.
- Provide legal advice and legal support to all NHG Health institutions, including partnering with internal and external stakeholders on strategic initiatives and critical projects involving healthcare industry partners.
- Conducting internal training seminars for NHG and NHG Institution staff on general areas of law such as basics of contracting.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the Supervisor or Head of Department
QUALIFICATIONS
- Education: LLB or equivalent law degree and called to the Singapore Bar.
- Experience: 5 to 8 years post-qualification experience, with at least 2 years in private practice.
Skills & Knowledge:
- Strong drafting, negotiation, legal research and analytical skills, with the ability to provide practical and risk-based advice.
- Prior in-house legal experience, or experience advising healthcare, public sector or regulated entities, would be advantageous.
- Litigation, dispute resolution and/or healthcare, medical negligence or medico-legal experience would be advantageous.
- Able to manage routine and moderately complex matters independently, while escalating significant legal, reputational or operational risks where appropriate.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with management, clinicians, administrators, insurers, external counsel and other stakeholders.
COMPETENCIES / PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Communication: Clearly conveys information and actively listens.
- Collaboration: Works effectively with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Problem-solving: Demonstrates initiative and analytical thinking.
- Adaptability: Adjusts well to change and manages ambiguity.
- Leadership (if applicable): Inspires and guides team members toward objectives.
- Integrity & Accountability: Acts with professionalism and responsibility.
