Chief Compliance and Integrity Officer

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology, research and family-friendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140-year legacy of excellence, kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.

Olympia Center

General Summary:

The Chief Compliance and Integrity Officer (CCIO) oversees the organization’s development and direction of Lurie Children’s Compliance and Privacy programs to meet Federal, state and local regulatory requirements, and applicable professional standards while supporting the growth of Lurie Children's. Also, the position helps ensure systems are in place to promote compliance with Lurie Children's policies and procedures, including the Lurie Children's Code of Conduct. The Office of Compliance and Integrity functions as an independent and objective body empowered to review and evaluate issues and concerns within the organization. The CCIO has direct, unfiltered access to the Board Committee overseeing the Compliance and Privacy program and authority to escalate matters without management interference.

Essential Job Functions:

• Develop and oversee implementation and management of Lurie Children's Compliance Program and Privacy Program infrastructure development, maintenance, and enhancement, striving for best practice program activities.
• Promote and foster a culture of ethical and compliant behavior and oversee the adoption of internal controls to aid compliance with legal, regulatory, and internal standards.
• Oversee Lurie Children's Code of Conduct and policies and procedures crafted to guide compliant operations and activities.
• Collaborate with internal audit and enterprise risk functions on conducting periodic risk assessments.
• Consult with the attorneys in the Legal Services Department on complex legal issues, law and regulatory interpretation, and external or internal investigations requiring attorney-client privilege.
• Collaborate with the Lurie Children’s Cybersecurity function by providing objective analyses, recommendations, and other support.
• Oversee implementation of Lurie Children’s Compliance and Privacy work plans, including planned, scheduled, as well as unexpected and ‘for cause’ periodic audits and assessments.
• Develop, implement, manage and distribute policies, procedures and practices designed to ensure compliance with Compliance and Privacy requirements set forth in federal and state health care and other government guidance.
• Assess and monitor risk mitigation efforts related to third-party vendors and business partners.
• Meet regularly with the CEO to keep them informed of matters brought to the attention of the Office.
• Oversee response to alleged violations of laws, rules and regulations, policies and procedures, and the Code of Conduct, including to governmental agencies.
• Oversee appropriate evaluation, investigation and resolution of reported concerns; report alleged violations to various enforcement agencies, as required.
• Use objective and quantifiable metrics to routinely report Compliance and Integrity Office activity to the CEO, Compliance Committee, and the Medical Center Board’s Audit and Compliance Committee.
• Chair of the organization’s Compliance Committee, providing the Committee with education and reports of the organization’s compliance and integrity-related activities and responding to questions about that activity.
• Advise and consult with senior management, department leaders, and the Board of Directors on changes in legal and regulatory requirements and expectations as they are identified by the Office of Compliance and Integrity Office, in collaboration with the Legal Services Department.
• Collaborate with the Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute leadership to support and provide expertise to research compliance efforts, including matrixed reporting by the Research Compliance Officer to the Compliance and I