What are the responsibilities and job description for the Compliance Specialist position at Alluma?
About The Role
As a Partner in Wellbeing, the Compliance Specialist supports Alluma’s risk, privacy, and compliance functions by coordinating day-to-day compliance activities, maintaining systems and documentation, and supporting internal monitoring efforts. This position works closely with the Compliance Officer and cross-functional partners to ensure compliance-related requirements are tracked, documented, and followed. The Compliance Specialist plays a key role in helping Alluma remain audit-ready and aligned with applicable rules, regulations, contracts, and internal policies.
Essential Responsibilities
Required Education, Certification, Experiences
As a Partner in Wellbeing, the Compliance Specialist supports Alluma’s risk, privacy, and compliance functions by coordinating day-to-day compliance activities, maintaining systems and documentation, and supporting internal monitoring efforts. This position works closely with the Compliance Officer and cross-functional partners to ensure compliance-related requirements are tracked, documented, and followed. The Compliance Specialist plays a key role in helping Alluma remain audit-ready and aligned with applicable rules, regulations, contracts, and internal policies.
Essential Responsibilities
- Maintain licensure, certification, and regulatory calendars; coordinate site visits and audits, gather and coordinate required documentation, communicate visit details and outcomes to internal stakeholders, and follow up to ensure timely completion.
- Oversee Alluma’s incident reporting system, including initial review, categorization, follow-up tracking, and preparation of reports for Compliance Officer review. When appropriate, facilitate root cause analysis activities.
- Administer Alluma’s policy and procedure management system, coordinating policy creation, revisions, approvals, version control, review cycles, and publishing to ensure documentation remains current and accessible.
- Serve as a first point of contact for routine privacy and HIPAA matters, including logging and tracking privacy incidents, gathering preliminary investigation information, assisting with breach-related documentation, and escalating higher-risk issues as appropriate.
- Maintain a centralized contract and grant compliance system, tracking obligations, reporting requirements, and deadlines, and routing contract- and grant-related compliance documents for review, approval, and signature.
- Draft compliance training materials and resources for Compliance Officer review and approval.
- Coordinate compliance-related training activities, including scheduling, tracking completion, and maintaining records. Provide training as required.
- Conduct internal audits, reviews, and compliance assessments.
- Conduct routine internal chart and documentation spot checks using established tools and criteria to support ongoing compliance monitoring.
- Monitor corrective action plans and compliance calendars, tracking follow-up items and deadlines.
- Prepare and maintain organized audit, monitoring, and review files to support internal and external reviews.
- Participate in compliance-related projects and initiatives as assigned, serving as a support resource.
- Perform additional duties as assigned or requested.
Required Education, Certification, Experiences
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business, public health, compliance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 1-3 years of experience in compliance, healthcare operations, quality, risk management, or a related administrative role
- Must pass a criminal background check through MN DHS NetStudy
- Valid driver’s license and insurable under the agency’s automobile insurance policy
- Free from substance use problems for no less than 2 years