Description
Description
Job Title: Healthcare Compliance Team Lead
Location: Remote (South Africa)
Job Type: Full-Time
Working Hours: US Hours (9am - 5pm EST)
Salary: Paid in South African Rand (ZAR)
Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Healthcare Compliance Team Lead to establish and oversee a remote compliance audit function focused on patient admission documentation integrity and consent validity.
This is not a financial audit role. The primary responsibility is to ensure that all patient admission agreements are legally and ethically valid by confirming:
- Patients had the capacity (sound mind) at the time of signing, or
- A legally authorised representative signed with verified documentation of authority
Key Objectives:
- Establish and lead the healthcare admissions documentation compliance function
- Ensure all patient admission agreements meet consent, capacity, and authorization requirements
- Oversee both bulk (historical) audits and ongoing daily compliance checks
- Build consistent audit standards and decision-making frameworks
- Create a scalable compliance foundation for future expansion
Core Responsibilities:
1. Patient Documentation Compliance Auditing
- Review patient admission agreements for compliance with consent and capacity requirements
- Assess whether patients were of sound mind at the time of signing
- Verify that third-party signers have valid, documented legal authority
- Identify and flag non-compliant, incomplete, or high-risk documentation
2. Bulk Audit Oversight
- Lead structured reviews of existing admission agreements across ~20 facilities
- Identify invalid or improperly executed agreements
- Document compliance gaps and track remediation efforts
3. Daily Compliance Monitoring
- Oversee ongoing review of new admission documentation
- Ensure continuous adherence to authorization and capacity requirements
- Escalate complex or ambiguous cases appropriately
4. Team Leadership & Quality Control
- Supervise and guide a remote compliance audit team
- Provide training, oversight, and quality assurance post-onboarding
- Ensure consistent interpretation and application of compliance standards
- Support hiring and onboarding of additional auditors as the function scales
5. Reporting & Documentation
Deliver structured end-of-day reports including:
Completed audits
Identified compliance issues and exceptions
Escalations and unresolved cases
Maintain clear, accurate, and audit-ready documentation
Requirements
Proven experience in healthcare operations, patient intake, or compliance documentation
Strong understanding of patient consent, capacity, and signer authorization
Prior team leadership or supervisory experience (preferred)
High attention to detail with strong documentation accuracy
Strong communication skills with the ability to escalate issues effectively
Ability to think critically and make sound, defensible decisions
Comfortable working in a remote, process-driven environment
Key Competencies:
Leadership and team management
Compliance and risk identification
Analytical thinking and decision-making
Strong written and verbal communication
Process ownership and accountability
Benefits
- Comfortable working U.S. hours
- Remote work from home
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Company
ReWorks delivers top 1% South African talent, native English speakers with neutral accents, offering proactive management, coaching, and end-to-end remote team support for healthcare and other industries.
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