SUPERVISORY HEALTH SYSTEM SPECIALIST

US Military Treatment Facilities under DHA; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Health Agency (DHA) at Fort Gordon, GA, invites applications for the Privacy Officer role within the Patient Administration Division of DDEAMC. You will manage HIPAA compliance, guide staff on protected health information, supervise personnel, and develop privacy policies to strengthen privacy practices.

Experience in reviewing privacy incidents, implementing safeguards, and analyzing data to improve medical records administration is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience applying privacy requirements to ensure proper handling of patient information.
• Reviewing privacy incidents to identify issues and corrective actions.
• Developing privacy procedures to support health information safeguards.
• Analyzing compliance data to inform privacy improvements.

Responsibilities

• Manage HIPAA compliance for the medical center.
• Guide staff on protected health information handling.
• Supervise personnel and develop privacy policies.

Job description

About the Position:

This position is located in the Defense Health Agency (DHA) in the Patient Administration Division at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center (DDEAMC) at Fort Gordon in Augusta, GA. Serves as the medical center's Privacy Officer, managing HIPAA compliance, guiding staff on protected health information, supervising personnel, developing privacy policies, and analyzing data to improve privacy practices and medical records administration.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience:

One year of specialized experience which includesexperience applying privacy requirements to ensure proper handling of patient information in routine and complex situations; and reviewing privacy incidents to identify issues and recommend corrective actions that strengthen compliance; and developing privacy procedures to support consistent and accurate implementation of health information safeguards; and analyzing compliance data to identify trends that inform improvements to privacy practice. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR

Education:

Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience

A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible.