Legal Assistant

Job Posting

Important Recruitment Information for this vacancy

• Job Posting closes: Closes July 12, 2024

• Required documents uploaded by: Closes July 12, 2024

Agency Information:

Kansas State Board of Healing Arts

Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (ksbha.org)

Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (KSBHA) is a regulatory Board which provides licensing, regulatory and enforcement jurisdiction over 16 health care professions and licensees throughout the State of Kansas. Our mission is to safeguard the public through licensure, education and discipline of those who practice the healing arts in Kansas.

We reward our staff's hard work by providing training and promotional opportunities, a family-oriented work environment, work-life-balance, and service recognition. As a State of Kansas employer, we offer a wide range of benefits that are invaluable to the professional and personal lives of our employees.

If you're looking for a challenge, but a fulfilling career - we encourage you to come be a part of our team!

About the Position

• Who can apply: Anyone

• Classified/Unclassified Service: Unclassified

• Full-Time/Part-Time: Full Time

• Regular/Temporary: Regular

• Work Schedule: M-F

• Eligible to Receive Benefits: Yes

• Veterans' Preference Eligible: Yes

Compensation: Starting at $17.00/hour*

• Salary range approved

• Salary can vary depending upon education, experience, or qualifications.

Employment Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, mental, dental, vision, and additional coverage

• Sick & Vacation leave

• Work-Life Balance programs: parental leave, military leave, jury leave, funeral leave

• Paid State Holidays (designated by the Governor annually)

• Fitness Centers in select locations

• Employee discounts with the STAR Program

• Retirement and deferred compensation programs

Visit the Employee Benefits page for more information…

Position Summary & Responsibilities

Legal Assistants for the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts play a crucial part of the Board's litigation team. Together with attorneys and support specialists review, analyze, and present cases involving allegations of professional negligence or conduct issues related to licensed practitioners of the healing arts in Kansas. Currently, there are approximately 29,000 licensees that fall under the jurisdiction of the Board.

Legal Assistants in the Board's litigation department work closely with attorneys in preparing cases for litigation, maintaining litigation files, handling discovery, and negotiating and litigating cases to their final resolution. In addition to such duties as organizing and indexing medical records within litigation files or preparing exhibits for hearings, Legal Assistants also have a more direct role in litigation and will often attend and assist litigation attorneys in hearings and depositions. Additional duties may include:

• Preparing subpoenas

• Preparation evidentiary notebooks for hearings

• Contacting, interviewing, and coordinating witnesses

• Assisting with legal or medical research

• Maintaining litigation calendar

• Drafting legal documents

• Reviewing transcripts of hearings and depositions

• Drafting discovery

• Contacting and working with licensees

Minimum Qualifications:

• Six months expereince as legal assistant, paralegal or legal secretary. Education may be substituted for experience as determined relevant by the agency.

Recruiter Contact Information

• Name: Rikki Price

• Email: KSBHA_Recruitment@ks.gov

• Phone: 785-296-8558

• Mailing Address: 800 SW Jackson Ave, Lower Level Ste A, Topeka, KS 66612

Job Application Process

• First Sign in or register as a New User.

• Complete or update your contact information on the Careers> My Contact Information page.

*This information is included on all your job applications.

• Upload required documents listed below for the Careers> My Job Applications page.

*This information is included on all your job applications.

• Start your draft job application, upload other required documents, and Submit when it is complete.

• Manage your draft and submitted applications on the Careers> My Job Applications page.

• Check your email and My Job Notifications for written communications from the Recruiter.

• Email - sent to the Preferred email on the My Contact Information page

• Notifications - view the Careers> My Job Notifications page

Helpful Resources at jobs.ks.gov: "How to Apply for a Job

• Instructions" and "How to Search for a Job

• Instructions"

Required Documents for this Application to be Complete

Upload these on the Careers

• My Job Applications page

• Resume

• Cover Letter

• DD214 (if you are claiming Veteran's Preference)

Helpful Resources at jobs.ks.gov: "How, What, & Where do I Upload Documents"

How to Claim Veterans Preference

Veterans' Preference Eligible (VPE): Former military personnel or their spouse that have been verified as a "veteran"; under K.S.A. 73-201 will receive an interview if they meet the minimum competency factors of the position. The veterans' preference laws do not guarantee the veteran a job. Positions are filled with the best qualified candidate as determine by the hiring manager.

Learn more about claiming Veteran's Preference

Equal Employment Opportunity

The State of Kansas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential elements that create and foster a welcoming workplace. All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, political affiliation, disability or any other factor unrelated to the essential functions of the job.

If you wish to identify yourself as a qualified person with a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act and would like to request an accommodation, please address the request to the agency recruiter.