Regulatory Compliance Director

Job Description

Regulatory Compliance Director:
On behalf of our healthcare client, Procom is searching for a Regulatory Compliance Director for a contract role, which can turn permanent. This position is onsite at our client’s Chicago office. 

Regulatory Compliance Director - Job Description:
Our client is seeking an experienced Regulatory Compliance Director to provide immediate leadership during a critical accreditation transition from DNV to The Joint Commission. This role is crucial in ensuring organization-wide survey readiness and involves overseeing two Regulatory Compliance Managers while serving as a subject-matter expert to clinical and operational leaders across the health system.

Regulatory Compliance Director - Responsibilities:
• Provide leadership, direction, coaching, and accountability to a regulatory compliance team that includes two Regulatory Compliance Managers.
• Lead organizational readiness for The Joint Commission survey window as the healthcare client transitions away from DNV accreditation.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert on CMS Conditions of Participation, The Joint Commission standards, hospital regulatory requirements, and applicable Illinois requirements.
• Direct ongoing survey-readiness activities, including mock surveys, tracers, gap assessments, rounding, readiness reporting, and regulatory education.
• Partner effectively with regulatory surveyors; coordinate information flow, interviews, documentation, and organizational responses while maintaining productive professional relationships.
• Review survey findings, observations, and regulatory deficiencies; develop corrective action plans with accountable owners, milestones, evidence requirements, and follow-through mechanisms.
• Work directly with clinical and operational departments to resolve findings and implement corrective actions that are timely, measurable, and sustainable.

Regulatory Compliance Director - Mandatory Skills:
• Significant progressive experience in hospital regulatory compliance, accreditation, quality, survey readiness, or a closely related healthcare function.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience preparing for and managing The Joint Commission surveys.
• Strong working knowledge of CMS Conditions of Participation and hospital regulatory requirements.
• Experience leading managers or multidisciplinary regulatory, quality, compliance, or accreditation teams.
• Strong executive presence, communication skills, organization, judgment, and ability to operate independently in a high-urgency environment.
• Ability and willingness to work onsite across UChicago Medicine locations, including Hyde Park, Ingalls, and other assigned facilities.

Regulatory Compliance Director – Nice-to-Have Skills:
• Experience with the Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois hospital regulatory requirements.
• Experience leading accreditation transitions, enterprise mock surveys, tracer methodology, or systemwide corrective-action programs.
• Experience overseeing healthcare policy governance, policy management, and procedure approval workflows.
• Experience in an academic medical center or complex multi-hospital health system.

Regulatory Compliance Director – Assignment Length:
This is a 6 month interim contract assignment with the potential for conversion to a full-time position based on performance and organizational need. 

Regulatory Compliance Director - Start Date:
ASAP

Regulatory Compliance Director - Assignment Location:
Chicago, Illinois, United States, onsite 

Benefits

Procom provides Basic Life/AD&D insurance, Short- and Long-Term Disability, and EAP at no cost to eligible employees after a waiting period. Medical and dental coverage (employee premium contributions), a non-matching 401(k) plan, and additional voluntary coverage are also available. This role includes legislatively required paid leave; no bonus, commission, or equity compensation applies.