Job Description

Who We Are:

Established in 1975, Non-Profit Yakima Neighborhood Health Services serves patients in the areas of Behavioral Health, Family Dentistry, Internal Medicine, Women’s Health, Primary Care, Pediatrics, Vision Care and Pharmacy. Our mission is to improve the quality of life and equity in our communities by providing accessible and integrated health and social services, ending homelessness and offering unique learning opportunities for students of health professions.

Why Work at Yakima Neighborhood Health Services?

YNHS offers great compensation for this position, with a starting wage of $100,000-125,000 DOE/DOQ, along with high value of benefits of employer provided medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and retirement insurances. To support our team, we also provide ten paid holidays, flexible amounts of paid leave and/or cash-out options, and retention bonuses to reward commitment to our mission.

Our Ideal Candidate:  We are looking for a team member that is passionate about serving our community of patients and enjoys working in a team! Some technical requirements for this position are:

• Thorough knowledge of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, federal and state regulations, and ability to implement organization-wide systems to implement and manage compliance. 
• Experience in health care management required.
• Master's Level education preferred; BA/BS required. 
• Convenient if bilingual in English/Spanish, and/or ability to sign. 
• Candidate has not been sanctioned or excluded from participation in federal or state healthcare programs by a federal or state law enforcement, regulatory, or licensing agency.
• Ability to successfully pass a background check in relation to the position applied for.

Day to Day:

• Responsible for developing a HIPAA-compliant privacy program and ensuring oversight and monitoring to protect the integrity of PHI are enforced. 
• Deliver or oversee ongoing employee privacy training, conduct risk assessments, and develop HIPAA-compliant procedures when necessary.
• Monitor compliance with the privacy program, investigate incidents in which a breach of PHI may have occurred, report breaches as necessary, and ensure patients’ confidentiality.
• Ensure patients’ rights in accordance with state and federal laws.
• Keep up to date with relevant state and federal laws.
• Work with Information Technology staff to develop a Disaster Recovery Plan.
• Train and supervise Health Care Information staff.
• Manage Health Care Information department consistent with medical, ethical, and legal requirements.
• Assure confidentiality to health care information by restricting access to authorized individuals only.
• Supervise and participate in records organization, retrieval and retention.
• Assure use of appropriate release of health care information and prepare correspondence to respond to requests.
• Develop and perform departmental quality assurance reviews.
• Monitor and distribute assignments among staff.
• Work with other supervisors and administrative staff to address organization-wide issues, including program development, personnel policies, employee evaluations, training needs, safety concerns and quality assurance indicators. 
• Maintain organized, clean, efficient and confidential work area.
• Perform related work as requested.

Job Tags

Similar Jobs