Senior Manager - Legal

About the role

NHG Health is looking for a Senior Manager 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. The role helps the organisation achieve its strategic and operational objectives while managing legal risk.

Key responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and manage litigation, claims, disputes and medical negligence matters, coordinating with internal stakeholders, clinical teams, insurers and external counsel.
• Review, draft and negotiate contracts, templates and legal documents, including MOUs, service and collaboration agreements, clinical trial agreements, IT and technology agreements, NDAs, consultancy agreements, lease or licence agreements and other commercial arrangements.
• Support corporate governance and corporate secretarial matters, including statutory compliance, board and committee matters, corporate restructuring, entity rationalisation and directors' duties.
• Advise on employment and staff-related matters, including disciplinary issues, employment contracts and HR policies.
• Advise on insurance matters, including public liability, clinical trials insurance and directors' and officers' liability coverage.
• Support legal and regulatory compliance, including reviews against the Healthcare Services Act, Health Information Act, Personal Data Protection Act and Human Biomedical Research Act, and assist with reviewing internal policies on data protection, data security, IT, research, clinical operations and governance.
• Give preliminary advice on intellectual property, including trademark registration and copyright.
• Deliver internal training seminars on general areas of law such as the basics of contracting.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor or Head of Department.

Required profile

• LLB or equivalent law degree and admission to the Singapore Bar.
• 5 to 8 years of post-qualification experience, including at least 2 years in private practice.
• Prior in-house legal experience, or experience advising healthcare, public sector or regulated entities, is advantageous.
• Litigation, dispute resolution and/or healthcare, medical negligence or medico-legal experience is advantageous.

Required skills

• Strong drafting, negotiation, legal research and analytical skills, able to give practical, risk-based advice.
• Able to manage routine and moderately complex matters independently and escalate significant legal, reputational or operational risks appropriately.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, working with management, clinicians, administrators, insurers, external counsel and other stakeholders.