Corporate Responsiblity Operational Auditor

Job description

It's more than a career, it's a calling.
MO-SSM Health Mission Hill
Worker Type:
Regular
Job Highlights:
Join a team where your work matters, every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to drive meaningful impact through collaboration, innovation, and service excellence.
As a Corporate Responsibility Operational Auditor , you'll play a vital role in advancing organizational integrity, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance across our health system. In this position, you'll evaluate processes, identify risks, assess internal controls, and provide actionable recommendations that strengthen operations and support our mission. Partnering with leaders across the organization, you'll conduct operational audits, analyze complex workflows, monitor compliance with policies and regulations, and help drive continuous improvement initiatives. This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented professional who is passionate about problem-solving, mitigating risk, and helping ensure the highest standards of accountability and performance.
Scheduling & Logistics: The role is hybrid. Candidates must reside within 35 miles of Mission Hill. Work schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There is no on-call requirement.
Skills & Matching Criteria : Knowledge of healthcare compliance is required. Ability to assist with compliance investigations. Understanding of audit processes. Ability to review medical records for accuracy. Knowledge of automation and AI is considered a positive.
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Job Summary:
Evaluates and strengthens internal controls across clinical and operational workflows within Epic systems, with a growing focus on AI-driven tools and automation. Ensures that emerging technologies are implemented safely, compliant, and effectively while maintaining the integrity, security, and reliability of healthcare data and processes. Provides leadership in process improvement and collaborative strategies with others as well as compliant approaches to complex situations.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Performs and/or conducts compliance investigations utilizing knowledge of the seven pillars of compliance.
• Initiates development and maintenance of compliance program, including compliance awareness education, implementation and maintenance of compliance policies and procedures, and monitoring of policy adherence and enforcement.
• Conducts risk-based audits of Epic workflows, including clinical, revenue cycle, and operational modules.
• Evaluates the design and effectiveness of internal controls related to system configurations, user access, data integrity, and workflow automation.
• Reviews change management processes for Epic enhancements, automation scripts, and AI integrations.
• Reviews and analyzes efficiency of existing systems and escalates findings to leaders.
• Has basic working knowledge of AI and automated testing processes and quality assurance tools.
• Documents audit findings, prepares reports, and communicates recommendations to leadership.
• Partners with other individuals/departments to foster best practice methodology and compliance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION
• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of experience and education

EXPERIENCE
• Three years' experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
• None

Department:
8821000033 Corp Responsibility
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
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