Privacy Officer

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 associates 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.

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Requirements

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

Required Experience :

Unclear Seniority

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1