Compliance/Privacy and Risk Officer
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UNC Health Nash (UNC Nash) has exclusively retained Kirby Bates Associates to conduct a search for their next Compliance/Privacy and Risk Officer.

UNC Nash comprises 345 beds across three hospitals: Nash General Hospital, Coastal Plain Hospital, and Bryant T. Aldrige Rehabilitation Center. In recent years, the health system has grown with new facilities and advanced technology including the Danny Talbott Cancer Center, Emergency Care Center, Heart Center, Mayo Surgery Pavilion, and Women's Center. As one of the largest employers in the area, UNC Nash employs more than 1,800 employees and has approximately $360M in operating revenues.

As an affiliate of UNC Health, Nash benefits from access to an academic medical system yet remains an independent Hospital Authority through the NC General Statute. It is governed by a local board of commissioners with complete fiduciary responsibility and operational authority for the organization. UNC Nashs partnership with UNC Health and its Physicians Network offers expertise, innovation, resources, and research to patients in rural eastern North Carolina, right at home.

The Compliance/Privacy and Risk Officer is responsible for developing and implementing the compliance and risk management program, which includes procuring professional and general liability insurance coverage and risk financing, clinical loss prevention, risk identification and evaluation, claims management, and litigation management. Duties also include incident investigation, analysis, tracking, trending, and evaluation. Compliance/Privacy oversight entails employee training sessions, investigation and response to compliance/privacy or risk-related inquiries received, implementation of internal audits, oversight of compliance-related audits by outside agencies, and annual reports to the Board of Commissioners.

UNC Health Nash Opportunity Highlights:

• Earned Leapfrog A grade for the fourth year in a row.
• Recognized as one of Business North Carolina's Top 25 Best Hospitals in the state for the third year 2024.
• Earned CMS four-star rating placing UNC Nash among the top-performing hospitals in the country.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in nursing, public policy, health care administration, or other related disciplines.
• Masters degree or terminal professional degree preferred (JD, MRA, MS ERM, etc.).
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) or Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) or must obtain certification within three years of hire.

Minimum three years experience in nursing, risk management, performance improvement (quality) or professional liability claims management.