Regulatory Specialist

About the role

If you think your skills, experience and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we encourage you to apply. This position is a work as needed position and may be filled anywhere in the United States. ABOUT THE ROLE The Regulatory Specialist provides healthcare regulatory expertise directly to the client and the Yellow Brick project team. This role provides relevant experience and expertise with regulations and standards to help ensure facilities comply with local, state, and federal regulations. Working closely with the client and assigned Yellow Brick team members, the Regulatory Specialist oversees regulatory requirements and supports the team. The Regulatory Specialist encourages growth among team members and provides opportunities for professional development. HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL DO You will provide healthcare regulatory expertise directly to the client and the Yellow Brick project team. This role provides relevant experience and expertise with regulations and standards to help ensure facilities comply with local, state, and federal regulations. Working closely with the client and assigned Yellow Brick team members, the Regulatory Specialist oversees regulatory requirements and supports the team. The Regulatory Specialist encourages growth among team members and provides opportunities for professional development. Regulatory Expertise and Compliance Ensure adherence to local, state, and federal regulations, including safety codes and healthcare-specific standards, and provides relevant knowledge, experience, and expertise to Yellow Brick core team and clients. Serve as an advisor and provide expert guidance on healthcare regulations, standards, and best practices to improve compliance, patient safety, quality of care, and efficiency. Lead complex, high-profile and/or high-risk healthcare facility regulatory projects successfully. Research regulatory requirements on topics and concerns raised by the Yellow Brick team and project teams and provide regulatory requirements and recommendations for compliance. Develop and implement compliance plans, licensing plans, regulatory strategies, and training programs for healthcare staff. Coordinate, lead, and participate in Mock Surveys, Human Resources file audits, Medical Staff file audits, document reviews of Policies & Procedures, Scopes of Services and other key documents, and formal review/comment of project design plans for regulatory and compliance issues identification. Independently lead the planning and execution of multiple healthcare facility transitions and activation regulatory projects, including new facility openings, expansions, relocations, and renovations. Manage project budgets and forecast each month’s project hours and expenses, proactively managing peak resource use and distributing across multiple months as appropriate. Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, timelines, and schedules related to the project, existing work, and resources at Yellow Brick and coordinate updates based on competing priorities. Track and submit project deliverables, ensuring deliverables adhere to quality standards and contractual timeframes. Support events and project activities such as Tabletop exercises, workflow planning, Dress Rehearsals, and patient moves. Identify licensing and regulatory activities/actions required for each project, including initial licensing requests for new buildings/spaces/services, bed additions/deletions or suspensions, changes of use/services/spaces, relocations, closures, expansions/additions to services, reports of changes, change of ownership, and change of administrators. Assemble and review pertinent Regulatory Resource Materials for projects, including Title 22, Title 24 CA Uniform Building Code, TJC Accreditation standards, CDPH All Facilities Letters, AAAHC, CAP, AAMI, ASHRAE, ANSI, and CMS Conditions of Participation. Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for regulatory requirements related to specialty services/service lines and other health industry standards. Identify potential regulatory compliance risks/issues and provide recommendations for mitigation strategies. Identify best regulatory practices in the industry and share them with Yellow Brick and project teams. Work collaboratively with Yellow Brick project teams to identify project risks/concerns and recommend solutions. Track project work and provide a summary of work completed, project risks/concerns, recommended responses, and future project goals for the monthly summary. Contribute to the development of project deliverables per the contract. Maintain confidentiality with Yellow Brick and CannonDesign property, tools, methods, and company information. Able to lead teams with a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. Perform other duties as assigned. HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED Bachelor’s degree or equivalent expertise and experience in the industry required. Significant years of industry experience required. Familiarity with regulatory agencies and industry standards such as AIA, ACHE, ASHE, TJC, CDPH, HCAi, CMS, AAMI, and AAAHC required. Experience with large projects within the healthcare industry preferred. Proficiency in Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Smartsheet. Knowledge of Visio and Access. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Ability to work effectively as a leader, team player, and independently. Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with clients and team members. Ability to remain in a stationary position for up to 80% of the workday and be ambulatory for up to 90% of the workday when onsite for mock surveys. Ability to lift up to 20 pounds. Ability to travel up to 50% of the time for full-time staff. Willingness to work irregular hours on occasion and respond flexibly to urgent regulatory questions/issues. The hourly range for this position is $100.00 to $125.00. This salary range is the range we believe is the anticipated range of possible base compensation at the timing of the posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the anticipated salary range for the position. Based on the position status, employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and a full benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage and flexible spending account options and voluntary insurances. We have paid time off, flex-time schedules, remote work options and a 401k plan and employee perk programs. For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at https://www.cannondesign.com/careers/benefits. Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level. ABOUT OUR FIRM As part of CannonDesign’s industry-leading consulting family, Yellow Brick is dedicated to healthcare consulting. We specialize in operations planning, project management, behavioral health, licensing and regulatory preparedness, and activation planning services. At Yellow Brick, our mission is to deliver unparalleled project management expertise to the healthcare industry, and we accomplish this by partnering with our clients to ensure a seamless Day one. ABOUT WORKING HERE We are a start-up culture in an established firm: nimble, energetic, innovative and fun. We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are about. We are committed to ensuring our practice provides equal opportunities for all employees, as we strive to connect with communities around us and focus on the future of design. We support equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts that benefit all employees through the leadership of our DEI Council, our Employee Resource Groups which are open to everyone, and other community initiatives. We’re about communication and transparency here. If you want to talk to someone about an idea you have, or a challenge that needs addressing, we’re ready for you. Please note that candidates can only apply to our positions on our company Careers site. It’s not uncommon for scammers to create positions that look legitimate on other sites; never enter your information or apply for CannonDesign positions on any platform. Should an issue arise that you feel we should be aware of, please contact us. Please provide your resume and portfolio when applying. As a condition of employment, all employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and our Code of Conduct. CannonDesign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CannonDesign is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free from any and all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is therefore the firm’s policy to prohibit discrimination and harassment against any applicant, CannonDesign employee, vendor, contractor, or client on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. 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