Legal Officer Job Tenwek Hospital Nairobi, Kenya
Role Purpose:
- The Legal Officer will provide in-house legal advisory, compliance oversight, and risk mitigation support to AGC Tenwek Hospital. The role is critical in managing medical-legal exposure, labour relations matters, data protection complia
Key Responsibilities
Medical-Legal & Clinical Risk Support
- Provide legal advice on medical negligence claims, patient complaints, and medico-legal exposure.
- Review and advise on incident reports, adverse event investigations, and medico-legal documentation.
- Coordinate with insurers, external advocates, and clinical leadership on claims management and litigation strategy.
- Support development and review of clinical consent frameworks, patient rights policies, and medico-legal SOPs.
Labour & Employment Relations
- Advise HR on disciplinary cases, grievances, terminations, suspensions, and appeals in line with the Employment Act, CBA provisions, and hospital policies.
- Review and clear disciplinary investigation reports and recommendations before implementation.
- Support management in labour disputes, union engagements, conciliations, and court cases (currently and future).
- Ensure alignment of HR practices with labour laws, CBAs, and best industrial relations standards.
Contract Review & Legal Documentation
- Review, draft, and vet contracts, MOUs, SLAs, consultancy agreements, supplier contracts, and partnership agreements.
- Ensure contracts adequately protect the Hospital from legal, financial, and reputational risks.
- Maintain a central legal contracts register with key terms, expiry dates, and risk flags.
- Advise departments on contract interpretation and enforcement.
Litigation & External Counsel Management
- Coordinate all litigation matters involving the Hospital (medical, labour, commercial, data protection).
- Liaise with external advocates, insurers, regulators, and courts.
- Track legal cases, costs, timelines, and outcomes; prepare periodic litigation status reports for management.
- Support out-of-court settlements where appropriate and cost-effective.
Data Protection & Regulatory Compliance
- Support compliance with the Data Protection Act, 2019, including staff and patient data handling.
- Advise on data breaches, investigations, and mitigation actions.
- Support compliance with healthcare regulatory bodies and statutory requirements applicable to a Level 6 Teaching & Referral Hospital.
Governance, Ethics & Advisory
- Provide legal advisory support to Management, Committees, and the Board through the Director HR & Admin.
- Support policy development, review, and interpretation from a legal compliance perspective.
- Promote ethical conduct, risk awareness, and legal compliance culture across the Hospital.
Credit Control & Finance Legal Support
- Support the Finance Unit on credit control legal matters, debt recovery processes, and enforcement.
- Review legal aspects of credit agreements, guarantees, and recovery actions.
- Advise on legal risk exposure related to non-performing accounts and contracts.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from a recognized university
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya
- Valid practicing certificate
- Minimum 4-6 years post-admission experience, preferably:In healthcare, insurance, labour law, or corporate legal practice
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