POSITION SUMMARY:

To be fully engaged in providing Quality /No Harm, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by: Protecting the privacy and security of Health Information. This position is responsible for performing and coordinating privacy access and audits with established mechanisms throughout the Health First Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) to ensure compliance with Federal and State laws including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), The Florida Information Protection Act (FIPA) and various other regulatory and legal requirements.

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Serves as a subject matter expert on privacy and data protection laws, regulations, and their impact on the IDN’s operations.

2. Investigate reports of possible breach events and assists in the development, implementation, and ongoing compliance monitoring of all practices relating to privacy and security of health information, protected and otherwise.

3. Initiates, facilitates, and promotes activities to foster Information Privacy and Security awareness and education. Privacy and security rounds will routinely be performed across the IDN with feedback, recommendations and education to the departments.

4. Maintain current knowledge with changes to regulations that impact privacy and security. Assist in assessing impact on current processes, review, create and/or revise policies and procedures and conducts training and education sessions with small and large groups.

5. Assist in proactive risk mitigation for privacy and compliance matters.

6. Reviews business associate agreements, contracts and other complex documents and provides analysis and feedback.

7. Monitors all privacy events to ensure the consistent application of sanctions for failure to comply with privacy practices.

8. Prepare aggregate data on privacy events and analyze data for trends in order to develop education and training plans to mitigate future events.

9. Effectively evaluate privacy audit results, weighing the relevancy, accuracy, and perspective of conclusions against the accumulated audit evidence. Effective in communicating privacy audit results, both verbally and in writing, so they are persuasive, placed in the appropriate context, and understood by the recipient. Works closely with Department Leaders to determine the validity of access and potential breach events.

10. Identifies process improvements and areas of interest or potential risk effectively communicating points through clearly written correspondence or other memorandums.

11. Assists in the development of Privacy Newsletters and “huddles” to educate others on important matters, regulatory changes or educational points of interest. Flexible duties as assigned within the department.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Associates Degree in a Health-Related Field / Health Information Technology/Health Information Management/Legal or related field of study required.

• Licensure: None Required

• Certification: Certification in Privacy, Compliance, Health Information Management, or other related field, by recognized accrediting organization preferred. If not certified, the Associate must obtain certification within 2 years of date of position start date. This certification must be maintained for the duration of employment in this role.

• Work Experience: Two years of experience in a Health-Related Field / Health Information Technology/Health Information Management/Legal or related field

• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Microsoft Office – Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in healthcare administration or a related healthcare field.

• Licensure: No additional required

• Certification: No additional required

• Work Experience: No additional required

• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Advanced knowledge of HIPAA and other state and federal regulations

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTSSedentary

• Majority of time involves sitting or standing; occasional walking, bending, stooping

• Long periods of computer time or at workstation

• Light work that may include lifting or moving objects up to 20 pounds with or without assistance.

• May be exposed to inside environments with varied temperatures, air quality, lighting and/or low to moderate noise

• Communicating with others to exchange information.

• Visual acuity and hand-eye coordination to perform tasks

• Workspace may vary from open to confined; on site or remote

• May require travel to various facilities within and beyond county perimeter; may require use of personal vehicle

Job: *Corporate Services

Organization: *Health First Shared Svcs Inc

Title: Associate Privacy Specialist - Privacy

Location: Florida - Brevard County-Rockledge

Requisition ID: 072833