Privacy Officer

Description

Health Affiliates Maine has an opening for a Privacy Officer to join their team! This is a full-time Exempt role.

Roles and Responsibilities (Include but are not limited to the following):

• Be the first point of contact regarding HIPAA Privacy Rules across all departments.
• Conduct thorough investigations into all incidents relating to HIPAA
• Develop and continually maintain policies and procedures.
• Assist with and conduct annual risk assessments and risk reduction strategies in collaboration with the HIPAA Security Officer.
• Ensure compliance and proper execution of records requests and document disposal procedures.
• Oversee medical records administrative support
• Ensure all departments follow company privacy practices and perform privacy related audits.
• Log and respond to breaches and privacy problems, working to mitigate exposure.
• Train and educate staff and vendors on privacy policies, explaining consequences.
• Ensure a BAA is obtained whenever necessary, monitor HIPAA attestation compliance with outside vendors and do due diligence to verify the business associate’s HIPAA policy and practices.
• Develop and maintain onboarding and offboarding policies and procedures.
• Submit proposals on how to improve current practices, include how to make them more cost effective.
• Develop and deliver periodic content regarding HIPAA best practices, regulatory changes, cyber security, and general themes to all staff either quarterly or as needed.
• Conduct access auditing and maintain sensitive charts within our client record systems.
• Maintain knowledge and familiarity with HIPAA, 42 CRF, and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR).
• Incident management and remediation in the event of a data breach.
• Apply privacy practices in the context of tangible IT resources like networking hardware, computers, and devices, as well as intangible resources like software and data.
• Perform all other duties necessary as directed by the assistant director of Information Technology.

Benefits (Include but are not limited to the following):

We recognize that our ultimate success depends on our talented and dedicated workforce. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes work-life balance to support you doing your best work.

Highlights include:

• Extensive earned benefit time package including increase adjustments at 1 year, 5 year, 10 year and 15 year anniversaries
• Flextime and condensed work week option
• up to 12.5 paid Holidays
• Financial programs including Dependent Care – FSA, 401k and financial advising
• Health benefit programs including multiple medical options, onsite health coaching as well as paid life and disability insurance.

Requirements

Qualifications (Include but are not limited to the following):

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Administration or related field
• At least 2 years of experience in a medical or mental health related field preferred