Legal Officer - Tenwek Hospital, Nairobi

An established company is recruiting for the following position. Position Overview:

• The Legal Officer will provide in-house legal advisory, compliance oversight, and risk mitigation support to AGC Tenwek Hospital. The role is critical in managing medical-legal exposure, labour relations matters, data protection compliance, contract management, and litigation coordination, while supporting sound governance and institutional integrity.

Key Duties & Responsibilities Medical-Legal & Clinical Risk Support

• Provide legal advice on medical negligence claims, patient complaints, and medico-legal exposure.

• Review and advise on incident reports, adverse event investigations, and medico-legal documentation.

• Coordinate with insurers, external advocates, and clinical leadership on claims management and litigation strategy.

• Support development and review of clinical consent frameworks, patient rights policies, and medico-legal SOPs.

Labour & Employment Relations

• Advise HR on disciplinary cases, grievances, terminations, suspensions, and appeals in line with the Employment Act, CBA provisions, and hospital policies.

• Review and clear disciplinary investigation reports and recommendations before implementation.

• Support management in labour disputes, union engagements, conciliations, and court cases (currently and future).

• Ensure alignment of HR practices with labour laws, CBAs, and best industrial relations standards.

Contract Review & Legal Documentation

• Review, draft, and vet contracts, MOUs, SLAs, consultancy agreements, supplier contracts, and partnership agreements.

• Ensure contracts adequately protect the Hospital from legal, financial, and reputational risks.

• Maintain a central legal contract register with key terms, expiry dates, and risk flags.

• Advise departments on contract interpretation and enforcement.

Litigation & External Counsel Management

• Coordinate all litigation matters involving the Hospital (medical, labour, commercial, data protection).

• Liaise with external advocates, insurers, regulators, and courts.

• Track legal cases, costs, timelines, and outcomes; prepare periodic litigation status reports for management.

• Support out-of-court settlements where appropriate and cost-effective.

Data Protection & Regulatory Compliance

• Support compliance with the Data Protection Act, 2019, including staff and patient data handling.

• Advise on data breaches, investigations, and mitigation actions.

• Support compliance with healthcare regulatory bodies and statutory requirements applicable to Level 6 Teaching & Referral Hospital.

Governance, Ethi...