Compliance Coordinator - Benedictine

Help children and adults with developmental disabilities achieve their greatest potential.

Compliance Coordinator Needed!

• This is a job where you can make a difference in other's lives and build a career!
  
• Full Time: Monday - Friday 8a-4p, some weekend and nights when needed
  
• Job Location: Ridgely, MD.
  

+ Other Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Long term and short term disability, accident, and critical illness benefits
• Flexible spending accounts; dependent care and health care
• 403(b) match
• Paid time off; 12 holidays (including your birthday) plus a generous amount of sick, vacation, and personal hours
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mileage reimbursement
• Extra pay for using your personally owned vehicle, if eligible
• Cell phone reimbursement, if eligible
• Career advancement opportunities
• Paid training
• Year round events including appreciation weeks (for Teachers, DSPs, Administration, etc.), turkey give-away, Christmas party, milestone anniversary celebrations, staff appreciation night, and much more!

+ Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a human services or related field plus 3 years of experience in the area of autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities required; OR Associate degree plus 5 years of experience as noted above required.
• Prior experience working with the individuals aged 5-21 with developmental disabilities required.
• Must have knowledge of DDA and Maryland COMAR regulations.
  

+ Key Responsibilities

•   Serve as source of information and clarification as to regulatory guidelines and expectations for all programs.
• Participate in or perform internal audits and review processes throughout program areas
•  Review practices on a periodic basis to assure compliance with regulations and advise leadership of issues and possible solutions.
•  Inform Operations Director, Executive Director, and Human Resources Director of situations and pertinent information.
•  Assist with planning, executing and recovery processes for Crisis Management drills and exercises
•  Participate in trend analysis and outlier identification when data is received from programs, reviews, and/or audits
• Assist in developing solutions for internal stakeholders to mitigate identified weaknesses
• Review all significant incidents and make recommendations.   
• Liaise with DDA Psych Associates, Program Coordinators, and Benedictine nurses about behavior plans, medications supports, and other restrictive procedures.
• Review, approve, and make recommendations for behavior plans and medication supports.
• Develop, review, and update policies and procedures related to promoting rights, implementing restrictions, and ensuring due process in line with COMAR and DC DDS regulations.
•   Receive and promptly review all incident reports and assign echelon of response for follow-up: not reportable, internal investigation, serious reportable, etc.
•    Responsible for knowledge of all new and updated regulatory requirements and assist the Benedictine organization in meeting regulatory guidelines.
• Serve as source of information and clarification as to regulatory guidelines and expectations.
•  Cooperate with Benedictine administration and in-state/out-of-state agencies in any inspection or investigation. 

+ Working Conditions

Hours of work

• Full time, Monday - Friday 8a-4p, some weekend and nights when needed

Overtime expectations

• This is an exempt level position.
  

Work environment

• Ridgely Campus and/or Group Home Setting.
  

 Benedictine is an EOE