Health Informatics Manager

Student Health Services - Health Information Management (HIM):

UCF Health - Student Health Services (SHS) provides various primary and specialty care services to help keep students, faculty and staff at their optimum health. The Health Center is located on the Main Campus, and satellite clinics are located at the Health Sciences and Downtown campuses. Our services are designed with students', faculty and staff needs in mind. Become a part of our committed UCF Student Health Team as a Health Informatics Manager and deliver outstanding healthcare to our community.

The Opportunity:

Th Health Informatics Manager reports to the Director of Healthcare Compliance and Operations, the Health Informatics Manager serves as the SHS HIPAA Security Officer. Ensures the integrity of medical records, compliance to the Board of Governors' requirements for International Insurance and Immunization.

Responsibilities:

• Administers ongoing activities to audit and monitor employee and vendor compliance with HIPAA policies and procedures, contractual obligations, individual privacy rights, and federal and state privacy and security regulations.

• Responsible for implementing, managing, training, and enforcing information security directives as mandated by HIPAA/HITECH.

• Ensures the ongoing integration of information privacy and security with SHS strategies and requirements.

• Provides and maintains HIPAA contracts with Business Associates Agreements.

• Ensures "minimum necessary" access control, disaster recovery, business continuity, breach reporting, and incident response needs for the organization.

• Performs ongoing information risk assessments/audits, details audit results, and prepares corrective/preventative actions and recommendations for compliance program improvement.

• Directly responsible for and supervises the daily operations and oversight of this area. Performs various HR functions to include interviewing, hiring, training, scheduling, performance appraisals, reviews, performance monitoring, and corrective action departmental positions.

• Works collaboratively with clinical staff and organizational leadership to maintain quality control of patient electronic medical records (EMR) by reviewing for clarity, proper sign off, and completeness by providers.

• Actively participates on various committees aimed at process improvement, system testing/security, report building, and data integrity.

• Serves as an internal consultant on HIM issues that include release of information, confidentiality, information security, information storage and retrieval, and record retention as well as authorship and authentication.

• Identifies problems, tracks trends, and initiates actions to improve and meet departmental standards.

• Provides oversight to the International Insurance Specialist and the Immunization and International Insurance department.

• Provides oversight to Referrals Coordinator and Referrals department.

• Manages departmental budget for HIM, Immunization and International Insurance and Referrals department.

• Perform all other duties as assigned by the Director Healthcare Compliance and Operations or designee.

• Timely completion of all university, AHSC, and SHS trainings.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Master's degree and 4+ years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience pursuant to Fla. Stat. 112.219. Click here for more information

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor or Masters degree in Health Information Technology.

• Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) Credentials.

• Health Information Management/Immunization Requirements experience.

• Knowledge of HIPAA policies and procedures, contractual obligations, individual privacy rights, and federal and state privacy and security regulations knowledge.

• Ability to communicate and work alongside clinic staff, students, patients, and visitors effectively and professionally.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, keen attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and ability to maintain confidentiality.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

• Experience working with the electronic medical records platform, eClinicalWorks, and the platform system PowerDMS.

Additional Application Materials Required:

Along with your application, please submit a resume.

Special Instructions to the Applicants:

The anticipated salary range for this position is $64,518- $72,583. The final salary will be determined based on the candidate's qualifications, experience, and internal equity considerations.

Are you ready to unleash YOUR potential?

As a next-generation public research university and Forbes-ranked top employer in Florida, we are a community of thinkers, doers, creators, innovators, healers, and leaders striving to create broader prosperity and help shape a better future. No matter what your role is, when you join Knight Nation, you'll play an integral role at one of the most impactful universities in the country. You'll be met with opportunities to connect and collaborate with talented faculty, staff, and students across 13 colleges and multiple campuses, engaging in impactful work that makes a positive difference. Your time at UCF will provide you with many meaningful opportunities to grow, you'll work alongside talented colleagues on complex projects that will challenge you and help you gain new skills and you'll have countless rewarding experiences that go well beyond a paycheck.

Working at UCF has its perks!UCF offers:

• Benefit packages, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending, and Employee Assistance Program
• Paid time off, including annual and sick time off and paid holidays
• Retirement savings options
• Employee discounts, including tickets to many Orlando attractions
• Education assistance
• Flexible work environment
• And more...For more benefits information, view the UCF Employee Benefits Guide click here.

Unless explicitly stated on the job posting, it is UCF's expectation that an employee of UCF will reside in Florida as of the date the employment begins.

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