1. Two years of management experience with significant responsibility for developing and implementing policies and procedures that ensure compliance with federal, state, or local laws and regulations, and data systems security and data administration, one year of which will have been experience working directly with HIPAA compliance; or,
2. a combination of training, education, and experience that is equivalent to the employment standard listed above and that provides the required knowledge and abilities.
Knowledge of: HIPAA-related rules and regulations; techniques of administrative and organizational systems analysis; principles and practices of project planning, monitoring, and evaluation; methods of research including the use of automated systems; effective interviewing and investigation techniques; computer software, including word processing, spreadsheet, database and security programs; operation, capacity, and capabilities of current information technology equipment; data administration including the categorizing, storing, and dissemination of information; standard English usage and grammar.
Job Description: This is a single-position management classification located in the General Services Department. It is responsible, through collaboration with the County Administrator's Office and County Counsel, for developing a Countywide medical privacy and data security policy and collaborating with affected departments to implement appropriate procedures and measures to guarantee the privacy and security of protected health information.
About Salary: $35.22-$43.00 every hour / $6,126-$7,479 monthly / Range: 6474
Definition: Under general direction, develops, promulgates, and
maintains the County's HIPAA medical privacy and data security
compliance program; ensures that County policies comply with the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA);
and performs related duties as required.
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