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Posted Job Title
Senior Contract Administrator
Job Profile Title
Contract Administrator Senior
Job Description Summary
Provide legal support for Penn Medicine and its components/departments as they relate to transactional matters, contracts, corporate services with an emphasis on contract drafting and review, drafting and administration of various agreements for receipt and provision of services and equipment, consulting and staffing agreements, educational affiliations, governmental and commercial contracts, information systems, and other transactional matters, as well as supporting the operations of UPHS’ systems for contract management, processing, signature, administration and storage of executed contracts and related files known as PennforFSM Contract Management(“Contract Tracking System”), due diligence/document production and other transactional matters.
Job Description
Job Responsibilities
Assists counsel and contract administrators in the internal and external review, and drafting of contracts for the University of Pennsylvania Health System/Penn Medicine and in other transactional matters. Performs detailed contract review, drafting, and administration in accordance with Health System administrative and Office of the General Counsel objectives with emphasis on, various agreements for receipt and provision of services, and equipment, consulting and staffing agreements and professional services, educational affiliations, graduate medical education , governmental and commercial contracts, information systems, amendments, and other transactional matters
Reviews and abstracts contractual provisions, either directly or in coordination with the business owner/originator and OGC staff, and reviews and abstracts contracts and associated documents to be entered into or maintained in the Contract Tracking System. Verifies compliance provisions in contracts. Trains and on-boards UPHS users, coordinates with Supply Chain on updates to users’ access privileges and maintains control of users/passwords lists. Acts as a liaison and “point of contact” person for Contract Tracking System and for executed contracts for UPHS senior management, administrators, Supply Chain, clinical chairs, physicians, clinical staff and administrative staff
Maintains and updates contract data base systems and files; inputs data into computer on various contract files and data bases and sets-up and maintains and organizes files, as needed. Works closely and in coordination with counsel, contract administrators, Contract Administration Office, Supply Chain and administrative support,…