Patient Safety and Risk Management Advisor, Day Shift, Quality & Patient Safety

Adventist HealthCare•Silver Spring, MD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Adventist Healthcare seeks to hire an experienced Patient Safety and Risk Management Advisor for our Quality and Patient Safety Department who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing. As a Patient Safety and Risk Management Advisor, you will: • Coordinate and facilitate Risk Management activities, serving as a resource person to hospital staff, leadership, and medical staff, assisting in management of claims, and providing risk management support to assigned committees • Review and analyze incident reports for assigned units to determine the severity level of patient harm and facilitates referral of the reports to the appropriate team members and leaders. • Conduct background investigations of events with referral to medical malpractice insurers and regulatory agencies as indicated • Assist in Quality Assurance activities throughout WOMC as they relate to the Risk Management functions, including regulatory surveys • Coordinate/facilitate Patient Safety activities such as performing investigative and proactive activities, statistical analyses, root cause analyses, and Failure Modes and Effects Analyses, to prevent and reduce risk occurrences and coordinating the creation of plans of correction. Facilitate debriefs as delegated • Provide on call support to staff and physicians during off hours with Risk and Patient Safety issues • Assist with reviewing and coordinating the resolution, response to, and tracking of patient and family complaints and grievances including referral to appropriate responders, determine type of required response, and comply with WOMC guidelines and deadlines regarding the hospital patient grievance program • Assist with educational programs for both WOMC and medical staff for recognition and prevention of malpractice, general liability, and safety issues.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
Prior experience in a hospital setting is required

Nice To Haves

Degree in Nursing preferred
Master's Degree in healthcare preferred
Experience in the field of Risk Management preferred
Current RN license with the State of Maryland preferred

Responsibilities

Coordinate and facilitate Risk Management activities, serving as a resource person to hospital staff, leadership, and medical staff, assisting in management of claims, and providing risk management support to assigned committees
Review and analyze incident reports for assigned units to determine the severity level of patient harm and facilitates referral of the reports to the appropriate team members and leaders.
Conduct background investigations of events with referral to medical malpractice insurers and regulatory agencies as indicated
Assist in Quality Assurance activities throughout WOMC as they relate to the Risk Management functions, including regulatory surveys
Coordinate/facilitate Patient Safety activities such as performing investigative and proactive activities, statistical analyses, root cause analyses, and Failure Modes and Effects Analyses, to prevent and reduce risk occurrences and coordinating the creation of plans of correction. Facilitate debriefs as delegated
Provide on call support to staff and physicians during off hours with Risk and Patient Safety issues
Assist with reviewing and coordinating the resolution, response to, and tracking of patient and family complaints and grievances including referral to appropriate responders, determine type of required response, and comply with WOMC guidelines and deadlines regarding the hospital patient grievance program
Assist with educational programs for both WOMC and medical staff for recognition and prevention of malpractice, general liability, and safety issues.

Benefits

Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
Free Employee parking
Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
Paid Time Off
Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
Tuition Reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support