Nursing Staff Bylaws Attorney: A Position that Decades Overdue

I don't think this position exists. However this is the language used in a recent advertisement for a Medical Staff Bylaws Attorney.

Do you think hospitals and other organizations should have nursing staff bylaws? You want to talk about leveling the playing field, then this is the way to do it in healthcare.

Afford individual nurses the same due process rights and privileges afforded to individual physicians in the workplace.

Medical Staff Bylaws Attorney

At least ten years experience in providing advice and counsel to Hospital medical staffs and other peer review bodies.

Areas of expertise must include medical staff self-governance, medical staff-governing body relations, hospital based contracts, by-laws, rules and regulations, consent, credentialing, peer review, fair hearings, exclusive contracts, emergency department on-call and EMTALA issues and hospital operations. Judicial or administrative litigation experience preferred but not required. Applicant must be willing to travel.

Applicant must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and must have actual experience in representing medical staffs and peer review bodies.
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Nursing Staff Bylaws Attorney

This is a newly created position. Will provide advice and counsel to the Hospital nursing staffs and other peer review bodies.

Will develop an expertise in nursing staff self-governance, nursing staff-governing body relations, hospital based contracts, by-laws, rules and regulations, credentialing, peer review, fair hearings, exclusive contracts, hospital on-call and nursing issues and hospital operations. Judicial or administrative litigation experience preferred but not required. Nursing background helpful. Applicant must be willing to travel.