What are the responsibilities and job description for the Risk/Compliance Manager position at Northwest Miss Regional Medical Center?
Are you a strategic healthcare leader passionate about patient safety, regulatory excellence, and driving meaningful change? Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center (NWMRMC) is seeking a Risk & Compliance Manager to lead our risk management and compliance programs and help strengthen a culture of safety across our organization.
This role is critical in ensuring the hospital maintains continuous regulatory readiness, minimizes risk exposure, and supports high-quality, safe patient care throughout the Mississippi Delta.
The Risk & Compliance Manager oversees the hospital’s risk management and compliance functions, including event reporting, investigations, regulatory monitoring, and policy oversight. This leader partners closely with clinical and operational teams to identify risk, improve processes, and ensure adherence to all applicable standards.
You will play a key role in maintaining readiness for organizations such as DNV Healthcare and compliance with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Conditions of Participation.
About Us:
Why Join Us?
- Mission-Driven Work: Support a community-focused healthcare organization dedicated to improving lives.
- Professional Growth: Opportunities for training, development, and career advancement.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Competitive salary, health insurance, retirement plan, and more.
- Positive Work Environment: Join a team of passionate professionals in a supportive setting.
Requirements
- Lead the hospital-wide risk management program, identifying and mitigating clinical and operational risks
- Oversee incident reporting systems, including near misses, adverse events, and sentinel events
- Conduct Root Cause Analyses (RCA) and support performance improvement initiatives
- Track and validate corrective action plans
- Ensure compliance with: DNV accreditation standards, CMS Conditions of Participation and EMTALA, HIPAA, OSHA, and state regulations
- Conduct audits, tracers, and compliance assessments
- Coordinate regulatory reporting and support external surveys and audits
- Maintain continuous survey readiness
- Oversee development, review, and maintenance of hospital policies
- Ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and best practices
- Support implementation and staff adherence across departments
- Partner with Nursing, Quality, Infection Prevention, and Medical Staff leadership
- Analyze trends in risk and compliance data to identify improvement opportunities
- Participate in and support safety, quality, and compliance committees
- Assist with patient grievances, complaints, and potential claims
- Coordinate with legal counsel and insurance carriers
- Educate staff on compliance expectations and regulatory requirements
- Promote a culture of safety, transparency, and non-punitive reporting
- Prepare and present reports on risk and compliance trends to leadership
- Provide recommendations to reduce liability and improve performance
- Support organizational strategic goals
- Other duties as assigned
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business, or related field required
- Current Mississippi RN or Compact License in good standing.
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM)Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) preferred.
- 3–5 years of experience in healthcare risk management, compliance, quality, or patient safety required
- Acute care hospital experience required; rural healthcare experience preferred
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Company Paid Basic Life/AD&D Insurance & Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Retirement plan options
- Generous personal time off (PTO) pay schedule
- Supportive, friendly work environment with opportunities for professional development and growth
- The opportunity to make a real impact in the lives of our patients
Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center (NWMRMC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.