This leadership role directs risk management programs by contributing to proactive planning and strategy for audits and analyses to evaluate risk management programs. Provides thought leadership on reporting and specialized data analysis for professional liability cases, risk management trends and issues, significant events, and near misses. Collaborates across organizations to manage processes for collecting and analyzing data from multiple reporting systems, sources, and emerging industry trends to identify opportunities to improve risk and threat management. Influences strategy, holds teams accountable, and directs the development and refinement of protocols for incident response. Provides proactive, strategic advice for the Board of Trustees and subsidiary governing boards, and to senior leadership and related entities to minimize risk and preserve corporate assets. Holds teams accountable for disseminating risk management-related information to providers, staff, and external partners across organizations. Contributes to the development of policies and procedures to maintain compliance with State and Federal laws, regulations, patient rights, and professional ethics.

Ensures compliance by contributing to guidelines and holding teams accountable for preparation for and participation in regulatory audits and related projects (e.g., annual audits, accrediting bodies); and communicating to senior leadership and influencing adoption of regulatory compliance matters as they apply to risk management.

Directs Risk Management consulting by: providing proactive, strategic advice for the Board of Trustees and subsidiary governing boards, and to senior leadership and related entities to minimize risk and preserve corporate assets; influencing the development and implementation of plans for communications, outreach, and education as part of a comprehensive response plan to mitigate risk; providing expertise by serving as a member of risk management-related forums (e.g., Quality Council, Patient Safety Committee, Professional Liability Committee); and shaping goals and processes for comprehensive risk management consultation to clinical and administrative staff across organizations on all clinical and non-clinical risk management issues.

Directs Risk Management education and training by: setting standards for comprehensive, ongoing risk management-related training and education for providers, staff, and external audiences; driving a culture of continuous learning and holding teams accountable for integration of learning into work strategies; holding teams accountable for training evaluation and improvements aligned with organizational objectives and monitoring their sustainability; influencing strategic goals for risk management training and education across sphere of influence based on industry trends and organizational needs; and holding teams accountable for disseminating risk management-related information to providers, staff, and external partners across organizations.

Guides Risk Management incidents by: influencing strategy, holding teams accountable, and directing the development and refinement of protocols for incident response; contributing to organization-wide incident investigation practices; directing the development of escalation protocols and holding managers accountable for incident resolution and/or mitigation; influencing guidelines for root cause analysis, process improvements, and corrective actions, providing guidance and expertise as needed; and ensuring facilitation of organizational awareness and handling of highly impactful clinical risk issues.

Directs Risk Management programs by: influencing strategic direction and goals for comprehensive integrated, enterprise-wide risk reduction and prevention programs; contributing to proactive planning and strategy for audits and analyses to evaluate Risk Management programs; and shaping Health and Safety programs based on analyses, observations, industry best practices, and strategic organizational goals.

Directs threat monitoring and risk prevention by: collaborating across organizations to manage processes for collecting and analyzing data from multiple reporting systems, sources, and emerging industry trends to identify opportunities to improve risk and threat management; shaping strategy for analysis, validation, and interpretation of new and ongoing threats and risks, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and facilitating partnerships with other functions; overseeing and shaping strategy for a comprehensive risk financing program through combined self-insurance and insurance procurement to preserve corporate assets by reducing the impact of financial loss in the areas of property casualty, workers compensation, general liability, and professional liability; ensuring effectiveness and consistency of risk and threat response processes across organizations; strategically leading the review and analysis of high-level product safety risks; shaping general guidelines for preparation of initial processing and receipt of clinical / safety events; and driving risk management knowledge sharing across the organization to support the reduction of preventable errors in health care delivery.

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Health Care Provider

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