Director of Risk

Springbrook Behavioral Health Systems • Travelers Rest, AL

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About The Position

Springbrook Behavioral Health is seeking a Director of Risk Management to join the leadership team at its behavioral health hospital in Travelers Rest, South Carolina. The role is responsible for identifying, coordinating, and evaluating responses to threats to the well-being of patients and staff through surveillance of organizational safety and risk.

The Director ensures regulatory compliance and develops and oversees regulatory corrective action plans. This person directs risk management activities and coordinates with hospital administration, department directors, and managers to mitigate and prevent potential organizational risks. The role develops responses to patient-care compliance issues and investigation requests from the Joint Commission, CMS, state licensure boards, and other governmental or accredited agencies. It organizes action plans focused on process improvement and supports the Director of Quality and Patient Relations in safety, culture, and risk-related improvement activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, either a BSN or another related field with comparable work experience.
• Extensive experience in risk management, safety, and nursing in a hospital is preferred.
• Healthcare experience required; behavioral health and pediatric experience preferred.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local governmental laws and regulations, as well as Joint Commission, CMS, and state licensure standards, rules, and regulations.
• Experience in risk management in a leadership capacity.
• Understanding of the purpose of safety, risk management, and nursing processes.
• Initiative, integrity, dependability, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to analyze data, mediate conflicts, and maintain a high degree of confidentiality when reporting and managing patient-care and risk information.
• Strong written, persuasive writing, verbal communication, and presentation skills.
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite and spreadsheet knowledge.
• Ability to work well with clinical staff, department heads, physicians, administrative staff across departments, and community contacts.

Nice To Haves

• MSN preferred.
• Nursing degree and licensure preferred.
• Behavioral health and pediatric experience preferred.
• Successful process-improvement and project-management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify, coordinate, and evaluate responses to threats to the well-being of patients and staff through organizational safety and risk surveillance.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and develop and oversee regulatory corrective action plans.
• Direct risk management activities and coordinate with hospital administration, department directors, and managers to mitigate and prevent organizational risks.
• Develop responses to patient-care compliance issues and investigation requests from the Joint Commission, CMS, state licensure boards, and other governmental or accredited agencies.
• Organize the development of process-improvement-oriented action plans.
• Support the Director of Quality and Patient Relations in process-improvement activities related to safety, culture, and risk.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director