HIPAA Compliance Officer & Instructor, Part Time
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Overview:

New York Institute of Technology's six schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in in-demand disciplines including computer science, data science, and cybersecurity; biology, health professions, and medicine; architecture and design; engineering; IT and digital technologies; management; and energy and sustainability. A nonprofit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institute of higher education founded in 1955, it welcomes nearly 8,000 students worldwide.

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New York Techs College of Osteopathic Medicine, seeks a HIPAA Compliance Officer & Instructor located at the Long Island (Old Westbury, NY) campus.

The HIPAA Compliance Officer is the individual responsible for implementing and maintaining our organizations privacy policies and ensuring the security of protected health information (PHI). This position will be responsible for developing and maintaining the organizations policies and procedures per HIPAA regulations.

The HIPAA Compliance Officer for Academic Health Care centers of NYITCOM provides oversight for HIPAA Privacy Rule policies and program development, implementation, and enforcement matters. The Academic Health Care centers of NYITCOM includes the Academic Health Care Center, Family Health Care Center, The Community Free Clinics, and the NYITCOM at Arkansas State Medical Clinic.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure effective coordination and documentation of HIPAA privacy program activities;
• Recommend resources necessary to accomplish program objectives;
• Approve HIPAA privacy program policies and procedures that are equivalent to and consistent with NYIT privacy policies;
• Direct completion of related risk assessment activities;
• Identify urgent and emergent issues including data breaches, and interpret data breach notification requirements; The HIPPA compliance officer will coordinate with NYIT General Counsel and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) as appropriate.
• Serve as the contact point for patients who wish to exercise their privacy rights;
• Educate workforce members about their responsibilities related to patient privacy; and
• Work closely with senior leadership and compliance staff to enforce HIPAA privacy policies.

Qualifications:

JD, or DO/MD with experience or interest in this area.

New York Institute of Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Other Information:

In compliance with local legislation as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, the annual base salary range for this position is listed. New York Tech considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate experience/expertise, education/training, key skills, geographic location, internal peer equity as well as market, organizational considerations and/or applicable collective bargaining agreement when extending an offer.

Minimum Salary:USD $60.00/Yr.Maximum Salary:USD $60,000.00/Yr.