Risk Manager (Full Time-Days) – Risk Management

Texas Health Resources•Dallas, TX

18d•Onsite

About The Position

The Risk Manager facilitates the Risk Management Program and supports patient safety, quality of care, and hospital compliance at Texas Health Dallas. The position uses the reliability learning tool to review actual events, near misses, and safety concerns; identify and address patient safety and risk exposures; and analyze information and data for reports and improvement efforts. The role engages hospital departments, committees, medical staff leaders, and Texas Health litigation partners to assess events that may result in adverse risk, claims, or lawsuits. It also supports medical error reduction strategies, coordinates Risk Management Committee activities, and serves as a risk management representative and liaison across relevant programs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in nursing or a related healthcare field.
Three years of clinical experience.
RN – Registered Nurse upon hire, or other clinical licensure upon hire.
CPHRM – Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management.

Nice To Haves

Three years of experience in risk management, quality management, legal, or patient safety.

Responsibilities

Use the reliability learning tool to review actual events, near misses, and general safety concerns, and identify and address patient safety and risk exposures affecting quality of care and outcomes.
Make medical staff quality review referrals as appropriate.
Use statistical and other methods to aggregate and analyze information and prepare data reports for presentation.
Facilitate the Risk Management Program, including identifying, analyzing, planning, and implementing responses to events that resulted or could have resulted in adverse risk or a compromise to patient or environmental safety.
Engage in the Patient Safety Program and develop effective medical error reduction strategies and tools.
Collaborate with hospital departments and committees to implement identified improvement needs.
Represent risk management on committees within the Continuous Quality/Patient Safety and Risk Management programs.
Participate in the THR claims management process by investigating and identifying events that may lead to potentially compensable events, claims, or lawsuits.
Provide THR Litigation with information needed to make claims determinations and assess liability.
Assist outside attorneys in defending lawsuits against the hospital.
Coordinate and facilitate Risk Management Committee activities, including identifying and analyzing possible cases and preparing and presenting summaries.
Serve as a liaison between medical staff leaders and the risk management department.