Risk Manager RN Part-time

Texas Health Resources•Fort Worth, TX

32d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a part-time Risk Manager position for a Registered Nurse (RN) at Texas Health Ft. Worth. The role involves utilizing the reliability learning tool to identify and address patient safety and risk exposures, making medical staff quality review referrals, and analyzing data for reports. The Risk Manager facilitates the Risk Management Program, engages in the Patient Safety Program, and collaborates with hospital departments and committees. This role also involves participating in the THR claims management process, investigating potentially compensable events, and assisting outside attorneys in lawsuit defense. The position requires serving as a liaison between medical staff leaders and the risk management department, resolving patient/visitor/family/physician complaints, and providing advice and mentoring on patient safety and risk management activities. Additionally, the role includes conducting risk audits/surveys, providing education, and performing Root Cause Analysis/Failure Mode Analysis.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or related healthcare field Required
Current RN licensure or compact licensure
3 Years clinical experience Required (acute care hospital experience – prefer Critical Care or Med/Surg RN background)
Ability to analyze, interpret and manage information.
Interpersonal skills, communication with various professional and regulatory customers.
Must be self-directed, independent and goal oriented.
Knowledge about data collection and reporting required.
Knowledge of CMS standards, JCAHO standards, THR – RLT (reliability learning tools), and RCA (root cause analysis)
Utilize investigative skills – investigations, follow trends and process improvement

Nice To Haves

3 Years risk management, quality management, legal or patient safety Preferred
CPHRM - Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management Upon Hire Preferred
National certification RN-C, Lean Six Sigma as examples

Responsibilities

Utilizes the reliability learning tool (including actual events, near misses, and general safety concerns) and recognizes and addresses patient safety/risk exposures affecting the quality of care and outcomes.
Makes medical staff quality review referrals as appropriate.
Utilizes statistical and other methods to aggregate, analyze and prepare data reports for presentation.
Facilitates the Risk Management Program including identification, analysis, planning and implementation focusing on events which resulted or could have resulted in adverse risk or a compromise to patient or environmental safety.
Actively engages in the Patient Safety Program developing effective medical error reduction strategies and tools.
Works in collaboration with hospital departments and committees to implement identified needs for improvement.
Serves as risk management representative for committees within the Continuous Quality/Patient Safety and Risk Management programs.
Participates in THR claims management process by investigating and identifying events that may lead to potentially compensable events, claims, or lawsuits.
Provides THR Litigation with information necessary to make claims determination and assess liability. Assists outside attorneys in defense of lawsuits against the hospital.
Coordinates and facilitates activities of the Risk Management Committee. Responsible for identification and analysis of possible cases, summary preparation and presentation at committee.
Serves as liaison between medical staff leaders and risk management department.
Responsible for facilitating closure, when possible, to patient/visitor/family/physician complaints of a clinical nature (or other) as appropriate.
Skillful in negotiations to achieve desired results by conflict resolution as necessary.
Provides advice and mentoring to hospital directors and staff in effective patient safety and risk management activities including reliability learning management, plans of action, policy and procedure development, regulatory compliance, risk management reporting, and patient safety standards.
Conducts and coordinates risk audits/surveys on a routine basis. Provides risk management/patient safety education to new employees and others as required.
Review unusual or sentinel events identified by risk identification system. Collect documents and provide summaries on risk management cases which include lawsuits, potential compensable events, claims and investigations.
Conducts Root Cause Analysis/Failure Mode Analysis in order to provide opportunities for improvement and meet regulatory requirements.