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DLNH - FACILITY PRIVACY OFFICER
Job Title: DLNH - FACILITY PRIVACY OFFICER
Job Code: 5706
FLSA: E
Job Level: G1
Revised Date: 02/24/2025
Supervisory Responsibility:
General Description of the Job Class
This position will be responsible for the implementation, oversight, and ongoing compliance with privacy regulations and HIPAA Privacy policies and procedures. This position will ensure privacy complaints and incidents are reported Corporate Compliance, investigated appropriately, and adequate corrective action is taken to mitigate noncompliance of the organization's HIPAA privacy policies and procedures. Works with assigned Corporate Compliance, Legal, Health Information Management ("HIM") and other key departments and committees to ensure the organization maintains appropriate privacy and confidentiality consents, authorization forms, notices, and materials reflecting current organizational practices and requirements. Ensures processes are in place to facilitate patient receipt of the Notice of Privacy Practices in Affiliate's registration areas, owned or operated physician practices/clinics, and other business units. Conducts regularly scheduled Data Privacy and Security Monthly Walkthrough assessments of various departments throughout the Affiliate's facility and other business units to monitor adherence to privacy regulations and organizational policies and reports the results to the Facility Compliance Committee. Audits and monitors user access activity of Electronic Health Record system(s) for user activity occurring outside the scope of a user's authorized access and job duties.
Duties and Responsibilities of this Level
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education
Experience
Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Distinguishing Characteristics of this Level
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
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