Description
PURPOSE OF THIS POSITION
The purpose of the position is to support the Legal, Risk Management, and Corporate Compliance Department. The Risk Manager is responsible for planning and directing the Risk Management program from an operational perspective.
JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Duty 1: Participates in developing and implementing strategic initiatives, including those relating to enterprise risk management.
Duty 2: Leads organization-wide systems for risk identification, investigation, and reduction involving incident reports and medical record review in order to assess, prevent and mitigate risk to the organization. Develops tools and/or methods to track and monitor risk across the organization.
Duty 3: Facilitates activities designed to reduce risk exposure and improve quality and safety of patient care (e.g., Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA) etc.)
Duty 4: Designs, implements, and maintains programs to reduce claims and incidents, and associated liability.
Duty 5: Offers risk educational programming on a regular basis and per request to a variety of audiences including organization-wide presentations as well as specialty specific.
Duty 6: Develops new or revises existing policies and procedures; recommends ways to minimize risks through system changes; reviews and revises facility policies as appropriate to maintain adherence to current industry standards and requirements.
Duty 7: Manages investigation ranking and trending of incident reports and develops appropriate responses with the Risk Management team. Collaborates with operations to provide education related to the same and to ensure proper follow up of reported events.
Duty 8: Provides consultation in the area of risk prevention management and responds quickly to resolve operational situations that arise.
Duty 9: Participates as member of various organizational committees to provide risk management perspective and input for purposes of managing organizational risk and promoting patient safety activities.
Duty 10: Investigates, analyzes, tracks, trends, and evaluates alleged risk events, reporting potential compensable events as appropriate. Works with legal to coordinate the investigation, processing, and defense of claims against BVHS.
Duty 11: Maintains awareness of legislative and regulatory activities related to health care risk management.
Duty 12: Conducts an annual risk survey and develops the annual Risk Management Workplan.
Duty 13: Other duties as assigned to support the Legal, Risk Management, and Corporate Compliance Department.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in healthcare field, or equivalent work experience (5 years working directly in health care risk management, developing action plans, and implementing process changes)
- 3-5 years of Risk Managment, or related healthcare field experience
- Strong attention to detail, analytical, and statistical skills.
- Positive service-oriented interpersonal and communication skills
- A valid driver's license is required (if you do not have a valid Ohio driver's license you must obtain one within 30 days of your residency in the state). You must also meet BVHS's company fleet policy and insurance company requirements, and any other requirements that may be required to operate a vehicle.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) or similar credential. If not presently certified, credential must be obtained within 1 year of employment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
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