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Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Risk Manager.
In this role, the successful candidate responsible for assisting the development or maintenance of patient safety and risk management initiatives via investigation of adverse events, and implementation and monitoring of institution wide Patient Safety/Risk Management program, projects, policies and procedures in accordance with the NYS medical malpractice prevention program (PHL) applicable NYS 405 regulations, Federal Laws and JCAHO requirements. Reports to the Assistant Director and Senior Director Patient Safety Risk Management

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinates aspects of the Hospital Risk Management Program. This includes, but is not limited to, the following areas: Development, implementation and monitoring of Risk Management projects, policies and procedures.
• Provides consultations/assistance to medical and administrative staff on legal issues and hospital policy.
• Ensures compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, including but not limited to those regarding: Coordinating service of legal documents: Review of all Hospital’s incident/occurrence reports, QA referrals, and select patient complaints. NYS Department of Health/Office of Health Systems Management Patient Complaint and Article 28 (NYPORTS) process: NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) reporting requirements: Reporting requirements of the NYS Commission of Quality of Care (CQC) for the mentally disabled.
• Collaborate with other departments to design methods to achieve optimal patient safety initiatives via review and trending of patient safety data.
• Coordinates adverse event review process including Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for defined events for the hospital site and associated Faculty Group Practice sites.
• During investigation of an adverse event, identifies issues that may affect the entire health system and ensures the appropriate subject matter experts from across the health system attend the RCA meeting
• Assists Regulatory Affairs as warranted with DOH on-site surveys, OPMC and OPD inquiries.
• Coordinates hospital and or Health System wide Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) as required annually.
• Maintains files on Risk Management data for internal and external use.
• Identifies issues for Quality Assessment and Improvement referral.
• Coordinates with other clinical and administrative departments regarding risk management issues; Available to provide direction and coordinate counsel to physician, nursing and administrative staff regarding medical-legal issues. Monitors Risk Management cases and issues. Participates in special projects and performs other related duties.
• Reviews electronically reported events on a daily basis; investigates events that led to real or potential patient harm. Identifies trends in reported event types and address these trends with the particular unit/department leadership.
• Maintains liaison with NYU Hospitals Office of Legal Affairs, and with outside counsel, on issues related to malpractice litigation, or potential litigation. Serves on NYU Hospitals QA&I committees, including but not limited to, Environment of Care, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, all Clinical Service Lines (as needed), Departmental QA subcommittees, Patient Safety Committee, Legal Defense Committee, Quarterly CCC Claims meeting. Any other further responsibilities as are required to ensure implementation of the Risk Management Program.
• Generates timely alerts of potential claims to the malpractice carrier third party administrator.
• Takes Risk Management call for the facility 24/7 .
• Provides direction and counsel regarding safety/risk issues to professional and departmental staff with the acute care and ambulatory (Faculty Group Practice) settings.
• Assists Patient Relations with the resolution of complaints when warranted.
• Remains objective when conducting investigations of adverse events and facilitating RCAs.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a Minimum Bachelors Degree in Nursing or Health Care Administration or related experience with a Masters preferred. New York State RN License preferred; 3-5 Years of progressive experience in Risk Management or Quality Improvement in an Academic Hospital preferred Excellent communication, writing, and interpersonal skills required.
Requires certification by the American Society of Healthcare Risk Managers after two years experience in Risk Management, or a JD (Juris Doctorate) degree..
Preferred Licenses: Registered Nurse License-NYS

Preferred Qualifications:
Previous experience (5-7 years) in and coordinating all aspects of risk management and QA&I program. In-depth knowledge of PHLs, NYS 405 regulations, NYPORTS reporting system, JCAHO regulations and knowledge of survey process. Ability to manage several activities simultaneously.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
Long Island Community Hospital provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.
Long Island Community Hospital is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.
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Long Island Community Hospital provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $78,040.54 - $132,010.13 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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