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COMPLIANCE AUDITOR
Job Title: COMPLIANCE AUDITOR
Job Code: 3801
FLSA: E
Job Level: 14
Revised Date: 09/26/2012
Job Family: JF 28
Occupational Summary
Conduct compliance audits of Duke University School of Medicine departments, institutes,centers, regulatory functional offices, and specific clinical trials and basic sciences research protocols to ensure data integrity, compliance with federal and state regulations pertaining to but not limited to: human research data integrity, clinical trials billing,effort reporting, conflict of interest, grant accounting (OMB Circular A-21 compliance)and compliance with HIPAA/HITECH.
Work Performed
Assist in planning process, participate in information gathering, meetings, and researches operational and clinical trial and research protocol data for the related audit.
Contribute to the assessment of risks and development of the audit approach.
Contributes to the development of compliance audit programs.
Develop an understanding of the operations, system processes and procedures used in the areas being audited.
Conduct audit and clearly document findings related to work performed.
Develop recommended corrective actions to address issues detected.
Actively participates in exit conferences, providing clarification and supporting information as necessary.
Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education/Training
Work requires a bachelor's degree in an accounting, scientific, allied health or related field of study. Master's degree preferred.
Experience
Work requires three years in legal, regulatory compliance, clinical research, or grants administration.
For those Compliance Auditors who will be performing CTQA human subjects research compliance reviews, SoCRA CCRP certification is a requirement to perform independent human subjects audits.
For those Compliance Auditors conducting HIPAA/HITECH reviews in the School of Medicine Compliance Office, HCCA CHPC certification is a requirement to perform independent HIPAA/HITECH reviews and risk assessments.
Knowledge of Federal research compliance regulations including OMB Circular A-21 preferred.
Equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience.
Skills
Strong oral and written communication skills.
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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Essential Physical Job Functions
Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
