Director - Risk Management

Overview:

Experience the advantages of real career change

Join Piedmont to move your career in the right direction. Stay for the diverse teams you’ll love, a shared purpose, and schedule flexibility that frees you to live for what matters both in and outside of work. You’ll feel valued, motivated to be your best, and recognized for your contributions to exceptional patient outcomes. Piedmont leaders are in your corner, invested in your success. Our wellness programs and comprehensive total benefits and rewards meet your needs today and help you plan for the future.

Responsibilities:

JOB PURPOSE:

Directs the risk management activities in multiple facilities. Provides advice, counsel, and guidance to department directors, managers, and clinical risk specialists in all aspects of Risk Management, Reviews and identifies claims made against the facility, and interacts with claimants. Administers the day-to-day operational activities of the risk management program in assigned facilities by analyzing risk data, conducting risk management educational programs, insuring compliance with accrediting and regulatory agencies, enhancing patient safety and facilitating Enterprise Risk Management activities. Interacts with facility executives, medical staff and employees in a collegial and supportive manner. Participates in system activities and collaboratives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Supervises and supports multiple hospital-based Risk professionals.

2. Provides high level expertise as resource to multiple hospitals on Risk issues.

3. Oversees planning, execution and follow up of Risk assessments within the hospitals.

4. Oversees investigation of safety events and presentation as Serious Safety Events and/or potential claims.

5. Attends Medical Staff and Hospital leadership meetings as needed.

6. Gathers and analyzes data, and prepares reports to management and outside agencies.

7. Develops, coordinates and administers facility-wide systems for risk identification, investigation and reduction of loss.

8. Reviews and evaluates complaints and claims related to professional and general liability, and participates in litigation review meetings with department litigation and claims attorneys.

9. Organizes and manages facility-wide orientation and educational programs on risk management and related subjects.

10. Provides in-service training to staff to enhance awareness of their role in reducing risk and liability exposures.

11. Disseminates information on claim patterns, risk control and legislative and regulatory changes.

12. Utilizes findings from root cause analyses and claims data to prioritize education to staff and physicians.

13. Establishes and implements education plan for hospital-based Risk professionals.

14. Will have on-call responsibility.

15. Ability to travel to multiple facilities as needed

Qualifications:

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED:

Bachelor’s degree in Health Care Administration, Business Administration, Risk Management, Nursing or a closely-related field.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Seven (7) years of experience in healthcare risk management.

Previous leadership/management experience required, including experience supervising staff.

MINIMUM LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LAW:

None.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

ARM and/or CPHRM preferred.

Master’s Degree is preferred.

Business Unit : Company Name: Piedmont Healthcare Corporate