Compliance Specialist

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Travel to other DHHS Juvenile Facilities as needed to assist with compliance-related work as the floating Compliance Specialist.
• Conduct internal abuse/neglect investigations. Investigations such as incidents of peer-to-peer sexual contact, medication variance, peer-to-peer aggression with injury, suspicious injury of unknown origin, elopement off campus, and deaths, egregious staff misconduct, and other investigations as directed.
• Conducts internal facility investigations by collecting evidence, interviewing witnesses, alleged perpetrator(s), and victim(s), collecting written statements, and reviewing camera footage, documents, and records.
• Prepares investigative reports to include findings and conclusions on alleged incidents and recommended actions.
• May be required to testify before administrative and judicial bodies.
• Processes, files, and tracks juvenile/patient grievances/complaints and determines appropriate resolution.
• Collaborates with individuals, law enforcement officials, and other entities as needed and maintains detailed records, evidence, and data pertaining to investigations.
• Provides abuse/neglect training to new hires during orientation and as assigned.
• Observes patient/client treatment operations and activities to identify compliance risk issues, document deficiencies, and recommend changes in procedures or training or other actions to eliminate noncompliance.
• Assists in the preparation of facility audits for accreditation of ACA, PREA, and PBS.
• Conducts regular reviews to ensure treatment documentation and activities are compliant with established standards and regulations; prepares audit reports and provides appropriate recommendations to the facility risk/compliance manager.
• Provides training to facility staff concerning facility policies and procedures and relevant Federal and State standards or regulations.
• Serves as a consultant to facility staff for the interpretation and application of facility polices/procedures and Federal/State standards and regulations in application to specific circumstances such as restraint/seclusion, room searches, and “near miss” situations.
• Conducts “mock surveys” to determine the level of treatment activity and environment to established Federal/State/facility standards/regulations/policies.
• Initiates data collection and provides detailed reports to Risk/Compliance Manager weekly, monthly, and quarterly for grievances, confinement and any other area or process improvement that has been assigned. Survey collection and data input through PBS.
• Conducts trend analysis to identify patterns and variations in staff performance and prepares various reports for Facility Administration and Compliance Manager.

Wage starts at $20.933. Additional $3/hour facility differential pay.

Schedule: Full-time position, M-F 8 A.M. to 4 P.M.

Other: Valid driver's license or the ability to provide independent authorized transportation for work-related travel.