Join PeaceHealth Lead With Excellence In Clinical Risk Management
At PeaceHealth, safety and compassionate care are at the heart of everything we do. We're reimagining Risk Management and seeking leaders and caregivers who want to make a lasting impact on the communities we serve.
Why Choose PeaceHealth?
- Integrated Clinical Excellence
- Leadership Commitment to Safety
- Your Growth, Our Investment
- Be Part of Something Great
The Director Clinical Risk Management Operations is responsible for leading and overseeing the health system's clinical risk management program. This role provides strategic and operational leadership to a team of clinical risk managers and senior clinical risk managers, ensuring effective identification, evaluation, mitigation, and reporting of clinical risks across the organization. The director partners with clinical, legal, and operational leaders to promote a culture of safety, transparency, and continuous improvement.
Essential Functions
Leads and manages the daily operations of the Clinical Risk Management team across the health system.Consults with caregivers and leaders on issues related to risk management, patient safety, and professional liability.Leads and manages escalated complaints and grievances in partnership with the supervisor of patient relations.Develops statistical and qualitative reports on trends and patterns and communicates to appropriate audiences.Ensures the standards and quality of risk assessments, audits, and investigations to identify potential loss exposures.Supervises, mentors, and evaluates the clinical risk management team.In partnership with patient safety, patient relations, and clinical operations, oversees the organization's communication and resolution program.Participates in creating and / or developing policies and procedures in key areas of risk management, caregiver safety, and patient safety.Assures effectiveness of clinical risk management risk investigations and response to events, potential claims, and grievances presented against caregivers, physicians, and the organization.Collaborates with patient safety, medical, and departmental caregivers to ensure timely risk management review and management of unexpected outcomes, serious patient events, and medical errors.Serves as risk management representative for various system level committees.Performs other duties as assigned.Qualifications
Required Education : Bachelor's Degree Nursing or closely related healthcare discipline. Master's Degree in healthcare administration, patient safety, or related healthcare clinical or leadership area of study, or a combination of education and professional experience that provides the incumbent with the requisite knowledge, skills, and ability to successfully perform the job with the agreement to obtain master's degree within 3 years of date of hire. Preferred : Juris DoctorateRequired Experience : Minimum of 7 years of clinical risk management experience. Minimum of 5 years management experience.Required Credentials : Required within 6 months of hire : Certified Professional Healthcare Risk Management. RN or license in clinical discipline (RN is preferred), in OR, WA, or AK.Required Skills : Advanced knowledge of state, federal, and accreditation requirements including but not limited to CMS Conditions of Participation for acute care and critical access hospitals. General knowledge in other regulatory areas such as, OSHA, EMTALA, and HIPPA. Proficient with MS Office applications and databases. Excellent written / verbal communication skills. Able to work flexible hours. Knowledge of state healthcare rules and statutes, and state licensing requirements. Experience and knowledge in use of administrative and quality data, with statistical validity. Participation in on-call coverage. Ability to travel to other PeaceHealth hospitals and clinics.The salary range for this job opening at PeaceHealth is $137,446 $206,169.60. The hiring rate is dependent upon several factors, including but not limited to education, training, work experience, seniority, etc.
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