Healthcare Paralegal

Benefits

• Paid Time Off & Paid Company Holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• $0 Copay for Legacy Provider visits
• $0 Copay for prescriptions filled at Legacy Pharmacies
• Travel Insurance & Pet Insurance
• Subsidized Gym Membership
• And much more!

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Location: Legacy Montrose Allen Parkway - 2929 Allen Pkwy. Houston, TX 77019

Healthcare Paralegal - Job Overview

Schedule: Monday-Friday

Are you someone who thrives on bringing order to complexity and finds fulfillment in supporting a mission that changes lives? At Legacy Community Health, we’re not just coworkers—we’re a family united by a shared purpose: to provide compassionate, high-quality healthcare to our community. As a Healthcare Paralegal at Legacy, you’ll be a vital part of this mission, ensuring our legal operations run like clockwork. If you’re detail-driven, organized, and passionate about making a difference, we can’t wait to welcome you to our team!

• Role Highlights: Be the backbone of our legal team by managing documents, schedules, and incident reports to support the Chief Legal Officer and Staff Attorneys.
• Work Environment: Collaborate with a supportive and passionate team that values your contributions and celebrates your successes.
• Impact: Play a key role in ensuring compliance and operational excellence, enabling Legacy to deliver life-changing care to those who need it most.
• Growth Opportunities: Take advantage of mentorship, professional development, and pathways to grow your career in legal operations.
• Team Collaboration: Work hand-in-hand with attorneys and administrative staff to coordinate seamless legal operations and board activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, organize, and prepare essential documents, including insurance renewal applications.
• Assist in drafting, revising, proofreading, and managing legal documents such as contracts and certifications.
• Support the preparation of materials for conferences, meetings, and board activities.
• Manage incident reports, ensuring proper investigation, corrective actions, and closure.
• Compile and analyze data, preparing statistics, charts, graphs, and detailed summaries as needed.
• Organize and maintain legal documents, creating efficient retrieval systems and spreadsheets.
• Coordinate document collection, review, and production for discovery requests and audits.
• Maintain a calendar of significant dates, such as subpoenas, insurance renewals, and audits, ensuring deadlines are met.
• Manage schedules for the Chief Legal Officer and Staff Attorneys, keeping their days running smoothly.
• Coordinate board meetings by preparing agendas, ensuring document availability, and drafting minutes.
• Take on additional duties as assigned to support the legal team and advance Legacy’s mission.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years in a corporate legal environment or law firm, in healthcare
• Bachelor’s Degree in business, paralegal studies, or a similar field
• Strong command of contract management lifecycle and template modification, redlining, and obtaining approvals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a service mindset.
• Well-founded grasp of contract maintenance and contract negotiations.
• Drafts documents for review by staff attorneys and CLO.
• Ability to properly calendar and track significant dates including but not limited to subpoenas, insurance renewals and audits.
• Acute attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to take ownership of projects and see them to completion.
• Familiarity with in-house legal department operations.
• Strong problem solving and analytic skills.
• Proven track record of success in healthcare legal operations

About Legacy Community Health

As the largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Southeast Texas, Legacy Community Health has been delivering comprehensive, high-quality, and affordable health care for nearly 40 years. With more than 50 clinics across the Greater Houston and Gulf Coast region, we continue to grow strategically and invest in our communities. By innovating how care is delivered, we've stayed at the forefront of connecting our communities to health—every day, in every way. At Legacy, we know our success is powered by our people. We're always looking for talented, passionate individuals who want more than a job—they want a meaningful career that makes a real impact. Explore our open positions and see if a career at Legacy is right for you.

At Legacy Community Health, our mission—Driving healthy change in our communities—guides everything we do. To fulfill this mission, every team member is expected to embody the following core attributes in their daily work, regardless of role or department:

Approachable & Collaborative

We bring our expertise without ego. In a collaborative healthcare environment, humility fosters trust and teamwork. Our employees value diverse perspectives, seek input from others, and are unafraid to acknowledge when they need help. We stay grounded in our purpose: to serve patients and communities with compassion and humility.

Driven & Committed

We are driven by a deep commitment to excellence in patient care and organizational improvement. Our employees take initiative, embrace challenges, and go the extra mile to support our mission. Whether improving patient outcomes, streamlining processes, or stepping up in times of need, we are always striving to drive healthy change—within ourselves, our teams, and the communities we serve.

Perceptive & Thoughtful Communicators

We value emotional intelligence as much as clinical or technical skill. Our team members demonstrate sound judgment, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to navigate complex situations with empathy and professionalism. They communicate clearly and respectfully with patients, families, and colleagues, building trust and fostering a safe, inclusive environment for all.