Immigration Paralegal

About This Role

This role is for an experienced Immigration Paralegal to join a growing healthcare immigration team. The ideal candidate will have significant experience preparing and drafting employment-based immigration applications for healthcare professionals in a high-volume environment. This position requires a highly motivated professional who thrives in a fast-paced setting and can manage multiple complex cases simultaneously without compromising accuracy or attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Draft, edit, and review employment agreements, professional services agreements, amendments, letters of intent, medical director agreements, call agreements, administrative services agreements, memoranda, and/or documents for attorneys and internal stakeholders
• Receive edits, business terms, and proposed redlined changes to documents, including negotiating with third parties and internal clients
• Communicate with regional/divisional executives, physicians, lawyers, and other stakeholders regarding status of legal negotiations and/or documents
• Redline and track changes to documents, create comparison documents, and prepare execution-ready documents
• Review federal and state regulations/statutes related to healthcare, federal contracting, and grants in the healthcare sector to monitor changes and assist with compliance to those changes
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with colleagues and executives
• Maintain reports on physician and provider contracting, including but not limited to employment agreements and medical directorships
• Adhere to federal, state and local regulations (including HIPAA) as they pertain to assigned tasks
• Maintain or exceed legal standards and departmental requirements as they pertain to assigned tasks
• Ensure all correspondence and documents have a professional appearance and are organized in a clear, concise and professional manner with correct grammar, punctuation and spelling
• Understand the corporate compliance review workflow; software program(s); where documents reside in the contract management system; and the life cycle of contract initiation, development, completion, and execution
• Take initiative and implement performance improvement ideas and initiatives
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Draft Schedule A I-140, H-1B, J-1 waivers, TN, and employment-based permanent residence applications
• Maintain case deadlines
• Collaborate closely with attorneys, human resources, providers, and business stakeholders to support critical workforce needs

Requirements

• High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and excellent writing and proofreading skills
• Ability to use discretion when discussing research, personnel, and/or patient related confidential matters