Vice President, Research Integrity & Compliance

Job Description

Overview:

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center , a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center , high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center , gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center . UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

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Responsibilities:

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Dean of the UC Irvine School of Medicine and the President and Chief Executive Officer of UCI Health, the Vice President, partners with executive leadership in the development and evaluation of healthcare compliance controls and programs across the UCI Health and UC Irvine School of Medicine (Health and SOM). Responsible for the direction and leadership of the healthcare compliance, research compliance and privacy compliance programs for Health and SOM including applicable legal rules, regulations, policies and protocols for health system services related to health care delivery and research. This includes providing healthcare and health research compliance and privacy oversight for hospitals, clinics and UCI clinical affiliates, academic clinical care faculty, as well as privacy compliance oversight. Assists management with the operational application of regulations, accepted compliance principles, and industry trends to create and implement Health and SOM compliance programs.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Strong planning, financial and analytical skills to provide effective leadership for assigned areas
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in an executive leadership role (Director or higher) in an inpatient healthcare setting
• Minimum 10 years’ experience of progressive management responsibility
• Knowledge of the issues and challenges facing the clinical, education, research and community outreach components of the Health Sciences with a full understanding of, and ability to adopt corporate compliance and privacy efforts to effectively respond to changes in health care and research practices, legal/regulatory changes and technological trends.
• Knowledge of federal and state health care services regulations, including Medicare and Medi-Cal, third party payers, HIPAA and state privacy rules and regulations and other applicable agencies and businesses.
• Familiarity with health care legal rules, regulations, policies, standards of professional practice and industry expectations and benchmarks.
• Extensive corporate compliance experience in health care, with at least 5 years as a Chief Compliance Officer in a mid-large sized health care delivery system. Familiarity with academic medicine models and community models of health care delivery.
• Expertise in all aspects of assigned functions, including development and management of corporate compliance and privacy plans, reporting systems and controls.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Excellent negotiation skills and proven ability to influence others internal to the organization
• Evidence of sound critical thinking skills and the ability to think creatively and strategically to identify new business opportunities
• Demonstrated ability to work across multidisciplinary teams
• Certified in Health Care Compliance or within 6 months of hire.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• Ability to successfully cross departmental lines of management to organize, guide and direct the development, delivery and marketing of assigned programs and services
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to inform and communicate compliance and privacy aspects to those who represent the UCI Enterprise to the external community
• Ability to influence the development and implementation of programs which improve organizational performance
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System, especially in working with all levels of management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in health care related field
• Knowledge of University, academic medical center and community health care delivery organizations, policies, procedures
• CHC, CHC-F and CHRC preferred

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits .

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

*Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page:

Closing Statement:

The University of California 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, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy .

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at [email protected] or at (949) 824-0500, Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.