Risk Specialist - Temporary Position

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Plymouth, MN

1d•$100,006 - $140,005•Onsite

About The Position

This is a temporary position needed for coverage during an expected leave of absence. Under the direction of the Risk Manager, the Risk Specialist will assist with overseeing and managing hospital-wide patient safety initiatives and risk mitigation. This role will focus on carrying out daily activities while fostering Equity Informed High Reliability Concepts.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree with a Clinical Healthcare Major
Minimum two years of experience in risk management and/or patient safety.
Minimum of (2) years clinical (acute care/ambulatory/office practice) experience

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree preferred
Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) or Certified Professional In-Patient Safety (CPPS) required or obtained within one year of hire
Current Nursing or other healthcare licensure preferred

Responsibilities

Responsible for the day-to-day coordination of adverse event management.
Receives and reviews all safety event reports received via formal and informal data sources.
Reviews all safety event reports to ensure timely and appropriate analysis and follow up.
Identifies sentinel events, coordinates, and conducts sentinel event analyses in collaboration with the Risk Manager.
Participates in the review, investigation and analysis of adverse events, clinical and operational processes and peer review using site visits, interviews, conducting literature searches and conducting root cause analysis/Collaborative Case Review for high level safety events as deemed appropriate by the Risk manager and BID-P Director of Quality and Patient Safety/ Patient Safety Officer within a Just Culture model.
Collaborates with the Patient Relations Manager in addressing patient/family/visitor complaints and grievances, escalating high level concerns.
Generates a response to Health Plan grievances in collaboration with providers and Practice Managers.
Works closely with the Patient/Family Relations department on risk and patient safety issues.
Refers cases as directed by the Risk Manager to the CRICO for monitoring, investigation or defense and assists with the production of materials for defense.
Ensures the institution is current with Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals, identifies emerging trends in Patient Safety, and supporting improvement teams related to patient safety initiatives.
Under the supervision of the Risk Manager, manages reporting of appropriate adverse events to regulatory agencies, including DPH, DMH, and BRM QPS division, and coordinates/supports unannounced hospital surveys by DPH/DMH/Joint Commission for cause visits, etc.
Assists with on-site visits by regulatory agencies, including the DPH.
Identification and development of information related to product/equipment recalls to ensure patient safety and risk mitigation.
Continually evaluates hospital safety event reporting system for potential improvement opportunities.
Participates in the development and implementation of clinical, operational and organizational policies and procedures that affect liability exposures across domains and/or improves patient safety.
Assists in review and development of hospital policies and procedures that affect liability exposure across domains and / or improves patient safety.
Participates in hospital patient safety initiatives and activities.
In collaboration with the Risk Manager and clinical leadership, initiates improvement activities related to safety and quality vulnerabilities, the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals and develops innovative methods to monitor improvement.
Performs as the content expert on improvement methodologies, including proactive risk assessments and imparts knowledge of improvement process to various safety projects.
Develops the analytic and measurement strategy for all projects undertaken including development of key metrics, identification of data sources, and collection of baseline data.
Provides staff education to nurses, physicians, and committees regarding patient safety, non-punitive reporting, and error prevention.
Works with Risk Manager and clinical leaders to prepare regular presentations to patient safety & grievance committee, patient care assessment committee, and other clinical groups, as needed.
Collaborates with the Risk Manager and as directed, the BILH Office of the General Counsel (OGC) to act as an organizational resource and consultant on issues related to managing risk, professional, general, & other insurable risk/liability & patient safety.
Conducts and/or collaborates on office practice risk assessments to identify opportunities for risk avoidance, prevention, transfer, reduction, and/or mitigation using various assessment tools.
Support membership in the Academic Medical Center Patient Safety Organization (AMC PSO) as part of BID-P goals to improve quality and patient safety and maintain applicable peer review process and privilege.
Submit documents to the Patient Safety Evaluation System at the direction of the Risk manager and BID-P Director of Quality and Patient Safety/ Patient Safety Officer.
Develops, coordinates, and/or provides risk management and patient safety educational material for orientation programs.
Presents risk management data to selected groups, identifying trends/patterns and areas requiring focused review.
May participate in various quality, safety and risk management work groups, and committees for program development, implementation and measurement of effectiveness.