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DIRECTOR OF RISK

UHS
UHS Salary
LAS VEGAS, NV Full Time
POSTED ON 9/26/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/24/2027
Responsibilities

Spring Mountain Treatment Center is a 110-bed mental health facility providing acute crisis stabilization services for adults, teens, and children in a secure inpatient setting since 2001. Our individualized treatment includes a structured, therapeutic environment, intensive physician involvement and oversight, and daily group and educational programs. We provide a caring and healthy environment that gives individuals a chance to make positive changes.

 

Website: https://www.springmountaintreatmentcenter.com

 

Spring Mountain Treatment Center is currently seeking a dynamic professional to join our team as a full-time Director of Risk Management. The Risk Director will plan, organize, direct and control all aspects of risk management activities.  Ensure a safe environment for the protection of patients, clients, employees and visitors to the facility in such a manner as to comply with laws, regulations and the standards of the accrediting and approval agencies.

 

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Investigate and analyze actual and potential risks in the facility; assess liability and probability of legal action for potential notification. Implement, educate and encourage incident reporting system throughout the facility.

  • Implement risk management program throughout the facility.
  • Develop and implement infrastructures and systems that support patient safety.
  • Work closely with the Clinical Department and Nursing Department practice to ensure the organization's procedures and policies are followed by all employees.
  • Work with internal auditors, security contractors, and other staff to establish an internal control system.
  • Monitor and analyze program performance data to determine program effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement.  Ensure compliance with all administrative requirements.
  • Responsible for identifying high-risk areas that could cause harm to people receiving services, visitors, and employees.
  • Serve as a resource and consultant for risk management activities, performance improvement, policy/procedure development and compliance initiatives.
  • Create and implement policies and procedures that improve both patient care and employee safety. Ensure the application of institutional policies, especially those regarding patient rights, confidentiality and full disclosure.
  • Promotes a culture of safety, continuous improvement, and transparency.
  • Investigate patient safety events, incidents, and near misses; conducts root cause analyses and reviews camera footage.
  • Leads incident reporting processes and tracks trends to proactively address areas of risk.
  • Performs other duties as assigned/required by this position.

Benefits & Rewards Highlights:

  • Challenging and rewarding work environment  
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off  (full-time and part-time positions)
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans (full-time and part-time positions)
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan  
  • SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program  
  • Tuition savings to continue your nursing education with Chamberlain University 
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300 Subsidiaries!  
  • Pet Insurance 
  • More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com 

About Universal Health Services:

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. Since our founding in 1979, UHS has grown steadily into a premier Fortune 500® corporation perennially recognized by multiple esteemed national rating entities. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates inpatient acute care facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, outpatient and other facilities, nationwide virtual behavioral health services, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services with physical locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Ireland and United Kingdom. www.uhs.com. 

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Qualifications

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree required; Master's preferred.
  • Minimum five to eight years of relevant risk management experience, preferably within a behavioral health or hospital setting.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
  • Familiarity with quality reporting systems and incident reporting tools.
  • Ability to engage with the mental health population utilizing crisis intervention skills.
  • Ability to engage with patients and team members in a Trauma Informed Care therapeutic approach.
  • New hires are required to attend 1 full week of New Employee Orientation on day shift, normally 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.
  • Must successfully pass background check (includes criminal history, Child Abuse and Neglect Registry, and ABI/FBI fingerprint check.
  • Must successfully complete RQI BLS training and obtain required BLS certification. 

EEO Statement  

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 

 

Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams  

  

We are aware of a scam whereby imposters are posing as Recruiters from UHS, and our subsidiary hospitals and facilities. Beware of anyone requesting financial or personal information. 

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. 

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters. 

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