Job Position: Senior Legal Specialist
Contract Duration: 6 months’
Pay: $47.25/- hr.
Shift Timing: 9:00-5:00
Location: Trenton NJ
Equipment to be used by the temporary staffing professional(s): Computer/Laptop
Computer software to be used: MS 365 Suite, Microsoft Dynamics
Knowledge, skills, education, and/or experience: Help develop enforcement actions against licensed health care facilities and Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs), help prepare actions enforcing the federal Medicare and Medicaid conditions of participation and New Jersey licensure requirements against licensed facilities.
Investigate and evaluate allegations of abuse, neglect, and misappropriation of resident property by nurse aides and litigate cases at the Office of Administrative Law concerning revocation of nurse aide certificates.
Serve as a member of the Informal Dispute Resolution Panel (IDR) and assist in the drafting of Independent Informal Dispute Resolution (IIDR)
recommendations.
EducationMandatory skills/certification(s) Requirement:
Graduation from an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) Degree.
ExperienceOne (1) year of experience in conducting legal research, analyzing, and evaluating legal documents, rules, regulations, and/or legislation, or the review and analysis of regulatory matters in a government agency; or one (1) year of experience as an attorney.
LicenseThe appointee must be eligible to practice as an Attorney-At-Law in the State of New Jersey.
The appointee must possess a current Certificate of Good Standing issued by the New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners, or another license to practice law issued by any state in the United States.
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.