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Are you an experienced lawyer looking to ensure public health and safety in our state?

Join us as a Staff Attorney 2 and make a difference today! 

 

The State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health (DPH) is now hiring for a Staff Attorney 2 to join their engaging, impactful, and growing team! This position involves reviewing, negotiating and presenting cases involving licensed healthcare entities. This rewarding opportunity allows you to have a significant impact on the quality of health care in the state.
 

The Staff Attorney 2 will support the Certificate of Need (CON) program, which regulates specific healthcare facilities and services to ensure access to quality and cost-effective healthcare for Connecticut residents and to avoid unnecessary duplications of those facilities and services. The individual who fills this position will review CON applications and submissions, conduct legal research, hold public hearings as a Hearing Officer, draft CON determinations, draft CON decisions, oversee compliance for legal issues, participate in working groups, interact with hospital administrators, stakeholders and members of the public verbally and in writing and provide information and advice to DPH leadership as required.

 

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:

 

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

 

DISCOVER THE OPPORTUNITY TO:

  • Engage in a rewarding career;
  • Provide support to a division that is passionate about improving the lives of those we serve; 
  • Assist our clients so they can achieve success;
  • Make a difference in the public sector;
  • Work together in a collaborative team environment.

 

MORE ABOUT THE AGENCY:

The Mission of the Department of Public Health (DPH) is to protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut by:
 

  • Assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy
  • Preventing disease, injury, and disability
  • Promoting the equal enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, which is a human right and a priority of the state.

DPH accomplishes this through the implementation of its Strategic Plan which outlines the actions that DPH is taking to accomplish its Mission.