Compliance Specialist

Gracelight Community Health•Los Angeles, CA

6d•$31 - $39•Onsite

About The Position

Gracelight Community Health is seeking a Compliance Specialist to help protect patient privacy, support safe care, and maintain effective compliance processes. Working with the Director of Risk and Compliance, this role collaborates across departments on audits, training, incident reporting, policies, contracts, and provider credentialing. The specialist helps teams understand requirements, address concerns, and complete corrective actions while handling sensitive information with sound judgment. This is a full-time, onsite position based in Los Angeles. It supports administrative operations and health centers and requires travel between locations as needed. Flexibility to work evenings and weekends when required is expected.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience; the qualifications section states a bachelor’s degree is required.
Knowledge of healthcare compliance requirements, including HIPAA, HRSA Health Center Program requirements, FTCA, and the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage detailed records, competing deadlines, and confidential information.
Clear written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with staff across departments.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and comfort learning compliance and credentialing systems.
Sound judgment, initiative, and consistent follow-through.
Ability to organize and prioritize work with minimal supervision and adjust to changing tasks and priorities.
Ability to read and interpret policies, procedures, financial statements, contracts, and instruction manuals; compose routine reports and correspondence; and speak effectively with employees, visitors, and management.
Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations and apply common sense to instructions and standardized problems involving several concrete variables.
Ability to seek, accept, and act on feedback; maintain professional behavior; and interact appropriately with diverse populations and community groups with sensitivity to multicultural issues.
Must have an automobile, a valid California driver license, and active automobile insurance.
Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including frequent lifting or moving of up to 10 pounds and occasional lifting or moving of up to 30 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Healthcare compliance training.
At least two years of experience in a healthcare, health center, or hospital setting.
Familiarity with contract administration and regulations.
Experience or familiarity with audits, investigations, or credentialing.

Responsibilities

Coordinate compliance monitoring and help departments prepare for external audits and inspections.
Track corrective action plans, follow up with responsible teams, and report progress.
Maintain incident and grievance reporting systems, support investigations, and help ensure concerns are promptly resolved and documented.
Coordinate compliance training, deliver staff education, and track completion.
Maintain organizational policies and procedures, including scheduled reviews, revisions, and approvals.
Support vendor and contract administration, including document review workflows, approval tracking, and recordkeeping.
Manage confidential records according to document access, retention, and disposal policies.
Assist with credentialing, recredentialing, and privileging, including primary source verification, application follow-up, and database maintenance.
Prepare reports on compliance activities, incidents, grievances, and credentialing.
Help staff understand standards of conduct, reporting channels, and their responsibilities under the compliance program.
Travel between locations as needed to support administrative operations and health centers.
Maintain a safe work environment and demonstrate flexibility to work in other areas of the organization as needed.