Attorney/Lawyer

Robert Half is supporting a client in the healthcare sector seeking an experienced Healthcare Procurement Counsel to provide legal support for healthcare‑related contracting and procurement activities. This role will focus heavily on healthcare contracts, including clinical, operational, medical technology, digital health, and regulated vendor relationships, within a highly regulated environment.

The ideal candidate has prior experience advising health systems, hospitals, health plans, academic medical centers, or healthcare‑adjacent public entities, with demonstrated strength in negotiating healthcare and technology agreements.

Assignment Details

Location: New York, NY (Downtown/Tribeca)

Schedule: Hybrid — 4 days onsite (Mon–Thurs), remote Fridays

Duration: 6+ months (potential for extension)

Pay Rate: $85–$110/hour

Responsibilities

Healthcare Contracting & Procurement

• Provide legal support for healthcare‑related procurements, including:
• Clinical and operational vendor agreements
• Medical devices and healthcare technology
• Digital health, telehealth, and data‑driven services
• Pharmacy, supply chain, and healthcare operations vendors
• Advise business partners on contract structure within regulated healthcare environments.

Contract Drafting & Negotiation

• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of healthcare‑focused agreements, including:
• Healthcare IT, SaaS, and cloud‑based platforms
• Data‑use, cybersecurity, and interoperability agreements
• Professional services, consulting, and clinical support contracts

Regulatory & Risk Support

• Advise on healthcare regulatory considerations impacting procurement, including:
• HIPAA and healthcare data privacy requirements
• CMS and reimbursement‑related considerations
• FDA‑adjacent issues related to medical technology
• State and local (NYC) procurement rules
• Identify and mitigate contractual, regulatory, and operational risk.

Policy & Process Support

• Assist with the development and maintenance of healthcare procurement policies, templates, and workflows.
• Support contract governance and vendor management best practices.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner with internal stakeholders including clinical operations, pharmacy, IT, finance, supply chain, and compliance to provide practical legal guidance.
  

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Active New York State Bar license (required).
• 4–8 years of experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial and healthcare‑related contracts, with a strong preference for experience in healthcare, life sciences, health IT, or regulated environments.
• Demonstrated experience advising on healthcare procurement and vendor agreements, including clinical services, medical technology, digital health, and operational vendors.
• Strong working knowledge of HIPAA, healthcare data privacy, CMS requirements, FDA‑adjacent considerations, and related regulatory frameworks impacting healthcare contracting.
• Proven ability to negotiate sophisticated agreements involving technology, services, data use, and compliance‑driven risk allocation.
• Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, highly collaborative, stakeholder‑facing environment supporting clinical, operational, and business teams.
• Experience with public‑sector or quasi‑public procurement environments highly preferred.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to operate independently while partnering effectively with senior leadership and cross‑functional teams.
• Prior leadership experience or demonstrated ability to mentor or support junior legal staff is a plus.

Preferred Background

• Prior in‑house or advisory experience within a healthcare provider, hospital system, health plan, nonprofit health organization, academic medical center, or research institution.
• Strong familiarity with healthcare technology contracts, including SaaS, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, interoperability, and data‑sharing arrangements.
• Understanding of healthcare reimbursement structures, managed care models, value‑based care initiatives, or payer/provider dynamics.
  

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