Chief Compliance Officer

Approximate Salary Range: $173,500 - $250,000/year    Requires residence in Central Oregon. Eligible for in-state or out-of-state relocation bonus.
** ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM
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* TITLE:

** Chief Compliance Officer
** REPORTS TO POSITION:
** Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Risk Officer
** DEPARTMENT:
** Compliance
* * DATE LAST REVIEWED:
** January 2026
** OUR VISION:
** Creating America’s healthiest community, together
** OUR MISSION:
** In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value
** OUR VALUES:
** Accountability, Caring and Teamwork
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* DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:

** The Compliance Department includes privacy officers, internal auditors, and compliance analysts who proactively support adherence to legal, regulatory, ethical, and accreditation requirements. The work of the department is accomplished through its members who stay current with the ever-changing framework of laws, regulations, and ethical standards that apply to the St. Charles Health System (SCHS). The department educates the health system and its caregivers about how those requirements and standards apply to their work.

The Compliance Department works collaboratively with the Legal, Regulatory, Finance and Risk Management Departments when questions arise that require the particular expertise of any one or more of those departments. Members of the Compliance Department help develop and implement policies and practices that mitigate and prevent risk to the organization, to its patients, and to its patients’ families. Through that work, the department fosters an environment where compliance is a core business principle embedded in the everyday decision-making and work processes of the St.

Charles Health System.
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* POSITION OVERVIEW:

** The
** Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)
** directly oversees, manages, and is responsible for the SCHS compliance program which is broadly and comprehensively defined to include regulatory compliance, privacy/HIPAA, and internal auditing. The CCO models ethical and compliant behavior through day-to-day work activities and fosters a working environment where compliance is the norm. The CCO works collaboratively with leadership and caregivers and employs state-of-the-industry strategies and techniques to routinely assess and address potential risk issues, to investigate reports of noncompliant conduct, and to safeguard the privacy and other rights of patients and caregivers.

The CCO will establish a compliance program that is highly effective at preventing risky and noncompliant conduct, and that efficiently identifies and corrects noncompliance when it occurs.

This is a hybrid position. Some job duties can be performed remotely without loss of productivity or effectiveness, but some work may require or benefit from onsite presence or in-person collaboration. The CCO is expected to use good judgment about when to work fully on site at a SCHS location, and may be directed to do so at any time based on business need.

The CCO reports to the SCHS Senior Vice President, Chief Legal & Risk Officer, and has direct and unfettered access to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and to the SCHS Board of Directors’ Audit & Compliance Committee. This position directly oversees assigned caregivers.
** ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES:
** Directs the work of the compliance department, manages its budget, and supervises the compliance analysts, internal auditors, and privacy officers.

Oversees compliance-related monitoring activities for the organization, and otherwise generally develops and oversees the Compliance Program consistent with the recommendations of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and industry best practices.

Develops an annual compliance work plan, based on an annual risk assessment, and with input from the Compliance Steering Committee and ensures completion throughout the year.

Oversees and administers the comprehensive, system-wide HIPAA Privacy Program. Works collaboratively with the Legal Department and with the Chief Information Security Officer on matters that relate to or involve the Privacy Program. Actively…