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Compliance Officer Jobs in Gulfport, MS at Specialized Treatment Facility
Title: Compliance Officer
Company: Specialized Treatment Facility
Location: Gulfport, MS
**About Specialized Treatment Facility**
[]{#_Hlk150328292}The mission of Specialized Treatment Facility (STF) is to promote and strengthen the mental health and the education of up to 48 adolescent males and females who are experiencing behavioral difficulties in their homes, schools, and communities. Employees are charged with the responsibility of furthering STF’s mission by exhibiting the core values that are at its heart: Teamwork, Respect, Compassion, Integrity, and Safety.
Specialized Treatment Facility employs milieu therapy as the foundation for the treatment of its residents. Milieu therapy is a planned treatment environment in which everyday events and interactions are therapeutically designed for the purpose of enhancing social skills and building confidence. This therapy uses common structures familiar to all children, such as daily routines, consistent rules and activities.
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**Summary of the Job**
The Compliance Officer is responsible for ensuring that the program is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and standards. The Compliance Officer must have a thorough understanding of these laws, regulations and standards, including staying up to date on changes and communicating those changes in the most appropriate manner to others within the organization as needed. The Compliance Officer will be responsible for the development, monitoring and dissemination of policies and procedures, reporting to management on issues of compliance, and identifying potential areas compliance vulnerability and risk. The Compliance Officer will be a direct report to the Program Director and will provide supervision to the Performance Improvement Coordinator, Quality Assurance Investigator/Risk Manager, Peer Support Specialist and Resident Advocate.
**Responsibilities and Duties**
Monitors and manages compliance with applicable PRTF and healthcare regulations, including CMS requirements, MS State Department of Health Minimum Standards, Division of Medicaid’s Administrative Code, Joint Commission, Department of Mental Health, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Disability Rights Mississippi, and STF’s policies and procedures. Analyzes new and revised laws and regulations to determine the need for changes in policies and procedures, systems, forms and publications; keeps abreast of the development of laws and ethics, audit requirements, and documentation. Manages, monitors, investigates and responds to safety incidents, HIPAA concerns and other compliance issues. In collaboration with other managers maintains and revises policies and procedures to ensure proper enforcement and adherence, and advises management on needed actions. Develops and maintains the program’s Employee Operations Plan and other safety/risk plans as required by regulating bodies. Facilitates training program for new employees and ongoing training for existing staff on compliance issues, policies and procedures, and other related matters. Prepares reports for internal and external use related to STF’s compliance program, including developing and implementing an effective system of collecting and disseminating data and information. Leads preparation for regulatory site visits, including managing the collection and review of necessary documentation required by site visit protocols, acts as liaison during these visits, and facilitates program’s response to site visit findings. Participates in various committees including but not limited to program leadership, Performance Improvement (PI), Environment of Care (EOC), and Human Rights Advocacy Committee (HRAC). May assist Human Resources with credentialing of professional staff. Support resident and staff complaint and grievance processes. Works closely with other departments to ensure STF’s compliance with all applicable laws and standards. Serves as the program’s HIPAA Privacy Officer, as well as Compliance Officer. Supervises and directs subordin te staff, including assigning and reviewing work, hiring new staff, and evaluating work performance. All other duties as assigned.
Adheres to MS State, MS DMH, Joint Commission, DOM, MSDH, and STF policies and procedures and participates in continuous learning. Maintains a valid driver license and liability insurance to be a driver of a state vehicle. Maintains Mandt certification as required by STF. All STF employees are responsible for reading, understanding, and adhering to all policies, protocols, and memorandums. Universal precautions and infection control policies must be adhered to by all STF employees.
**Minimum Qualifications**
Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Administration, Business or other field related to position responsibilities. Experience in healthcare field may be substituted for education requirement.
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- Physical Requirements:** These physical requirements are not exhaustive, and additional job-related physical requirements may be added to these by STF on an as needed basis. Corrective devices may be used to meet physical requirements. These are typical requirements; however, reasonable accommodations may be possible.
- Heavy Work:** May frequently exert force equivalent to lifting up to approximately 50 pounds and/or occasionally exert force equivalent to lifting up to approximately 100 pounds.
- Vision:** Requires the ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye.
- Near Acuity:** Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less.
- Midrange:** Clarity of vision at distances of more than 20 inches and less than 20 feet.
- Far Acuity:** Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more.
- Depth Perception:** Ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are.
- Field of vision:** Ability to observe an area up or down, left or right while eyes are fixed on a given point.
- Accommodation:** Ability to adjust focus.
- Color Vision:** Ability to identify colors.
- Speaking/Hearing:** Ability to give and receive information through speaking and listening skills.
- Smell:** Ability to use the sense of smell to recognize and distinguish odors.
- Motor Coordination:** While performing the duties of this job, the incumbent is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or bend. The incumbent is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (KSAs) For Treatment Team Coordinator
Knowledge of general office practices and administrative procedures
Knowledge of behavioral and mental health procedures
Knowledge of HIPPA, Joint Commission, CMS and other healthcare-related regulating bodies
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