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Corporate Legal Counsel - Vancouver, Canada - B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives

B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives

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Vancouver, Canada

1 month ago

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Description

Regular, full-time_

Who we are

The British Columbia College of Nurses & Midwives ("BCCNM") is the college empowered under the Health Professions Act to regulate the practice of all licensed practical nurses, nurse practitioners, registered midwives, registered nurses, and registered psychiatric nurses in British Columbia.

Regulation helps to protect the public by ensuring that professional care or service received by the public is competent, ethical, and meets the standards that society views as acceptable.

What we offer you

Our office is located at 200 Granville Street in Downtown Vancouver and rests on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations.

To support a healthy work-life balance, we operate using a hybrid model. Employees enjoy a collaborative environment that offers flexibility to work both on-site and remotely each week.

As a member of the team, you can expect to be working in a collaborative, team-based environment and to be treated in a respectful and professional manner.

The college is committed to employee professional development and career growth, and this will be tailored for this role. We promise to provide you with rewarding work that challenges you. While your workload will be busy, the college supports staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance.

Aside from the opportunity to be part of a passionate team contributing to our important mandate of protecting the public, BCCNM offers an attractive compensation and benefits package for regular employees that includes generous annual vacation, 100% company-paid group health and dental benefits, participation in the Municipal Pension Plan, along with many other programs designed to promote employee health and well-being.

What you'll be doing

Reporting to the Chief Officer, Strategy, Governance and Reconciliation, the Corporate Legal Counsel (CLC) works to ensure the effective, efficient, and fair management of all legal matters within the purview of the College in accordance with the _Health Professions Act _(HPA), _Health Professions and Occupations Act_ (HPOA), the _Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act_ (FOIPPA), the _Privacy Act_, the _Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act_ (PIPEDA), College bylaws, and administrative law.

The CLC is responsible for delivering high quality legal and strategic advice to the BC College of Nurses and Midwives' (BCCNM) Board, Registrar/CEO, committees, and staff, as appropriate, on bylaws, policies, processes, and discrete files.

The CLC also fulfills the role of Privacy Advisor, Legal, in the College's Privacy Office, monitoring legislative changes and assisting with assessing risk related to privacy.

Key responsibilities include:

In consultation with the CO, SG&R, contributes to strategic and operational plans, identifying key priorities related to their Legal Counsel role and aligned with the priorities of the College.
In consultation with the CO, SG&R, and through cultivating a deep understanding of the business, strives to continuously advance the work of the regulator through the strategic assessment of practices, bylaws, and approaches, and by providing proactive, solutionoriented advice.
Works to ensure BCCNM is legally consistent and striving to meet the objectives of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as well as BC's Declaration on the Right of Indigenous Peoples Act.
Provides and/or facilitates with external Legal Counsel support, legal analysis and advice of College policy and programs as needed; drafts, and recommends changes to College bylaws and internal policies and procedures to ensure the ongoing efficient and effective management of the College, and to ensure best practice and compliance with administrative law.
Provides timely, proactive and solutionoriented legal and strategic advice to the CO, SG&R, the Registrar/CEO, Leadership Team, and Board regarding changes to bylaws, policies and processes, and the Health Professions Act.
Provides a strategic analysis of all legal risks to BCCNM and provides support as needed to regulatory program areas such as inquiry, discipline and monitoring and registration.
Leads the development of BCCNM bylaws and changes to bylaws; collaborates with staff and leaders to guide governance and operations bylaw changes; ensures clear consultative process; creates bylaw amendment cycle; determines priority setting; liaises with other regulators regarding bylaw development and amendments.
Facilitates BCCNM's implementation of the new HPOA including ensuring BCCNM is compliant with the HPOA when enforced. Provides analysis and insight into the functionality of legislation and work collaboratively with other health regulatory colleges and the Ministry of Health on rollout and implementation.

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