About the Role
The CAMH Legal Office is seeking a full-time, permanent Legal Assistant to support the Clinical Legal Services team. This role involves providing high-level administrative and communication support to legal professionals, managing a dynamic practice, and enhancing legal practice efficiency. Experience in health law is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Proactively and independently manage a dynamic practice for multiple legal professionals.
- Provide a high level of support to legal professionals to enhance legal practice efficiency.
- Work closely with the Director of Legal Services (Clinical), lawyers, and other staff on the Clinical Legal Services team.
- Collaborate with other hospital administrative staff, physicians, allied health staff, clinical leadership, and personnel across various hospital departments.
Requirements
- Superior multi-tasking skills.
- Superior administrative skills.
- Superior communications skills.
- Ability to demonstrate initiative.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to provide excellent client service.
- Experience in health law is preferred.
Skills
- Multi-tasking
- Administrative
- Communications
- Client service
Location
- CAMH
Work Type
- Full-time
- Permanent
About the Company
- CAMH's core values are Courage, Respect, and Excellence.
- CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education, and drive social change.
- CAMH aims to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system.
- CAMH's mission is to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness.
- Learn more about CAMH at www.camh.ca.
