About Astria

The Astria Health system, headquartered in the heart of the state of Washington’s wine country in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is the largest non-profit healthcare system based in Eastern Washington. Astria Health is the parent non-profit organization of Astria Sunnyside Hospital and Astria Toppenish Hospital and delivers care throughout the Valley through its Astria Health Hospitals and its Astria Ambulatory Care model focused on delivering the highest level of ambulatory and outpatient care in convenient locations in both the Lower and Upper Yakima Valley. Astria Ambulatory Care is designed to meet the changing lifestyles and diverse needs of those living and working throughout the region.

Across our healthcare network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers and opportunities for growth and safe workplaces. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, marketing, or our clinical services in any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for providing exceptional healthcare to our communities motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion, we want to hear from you.

We’re a great place to work (but don’t take our word for it)

Our operating principles define how we come together as a team to do our work. They reflect Astria Health’s unique view on what’s important and right - being a leader in providing innovative, exceptional rural healthcare solutions with kindness and dignity. Documenting this core aspect of our culture helps employees make good decisions independently, cultivate trust through accountability, and go beyond the expected. We believe in continuously escalating the bar for talent and performance because we are obsessed with a commitment to excellence and patient care. It also helps candidates consider career opportunities and evaluate whether they will thrive at Astria Health.

Astria Health is seeking a Risk Manager to join our team!

What you get to do every day!

As the Risk Manager, you will be responsible for responsible for deploying a proactive approach to a focused healthcare risk management program that promotes patient safety and prevents legal exposure. You will:

• Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work with minimal supervision to identify risk and recognize the threats within the hospitals and clinics.
• Quantify and prioritize risk based on likelihood and impact of occurrent, allocating resources and task assignments.
• Coordination of all medical staff activities and acts as liaison between the medical staff, nursing staff for investigating and reporting events
• As needed, works with counsel to manage responses to discovery requests. Provides overall management of liability files.
• Compliance reporting as required.
• Acts as resource for department, leadership, providers and staff in addressing risk management education and training,
• Develop and report out on purpose, goals, and metrics

• Collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries.
• Adheres to the core values and standards of the organization.

What you bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in a health care field.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in a professional or technical role/function in a healthcare or related setting as applicable to a clinical specialty /service line.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in a quality, regulatory readiness, performance improvement or patient safety role.
• Demonstrated proficiency in data use, analysis, and reporting.
• Demonstrated proficiency in computerized information systems (email, MS Office including Excel, Epic, healthcare data and benchmarking systems, etc.)

This position is identified as a safety-sensitive position for which impairment while on the job would present a substantial risk of death. As a condition of employment, you will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental, and retirement benefits, and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive compensation range for candidates hired into each position. Pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. This position is not associated with a union contract.

Astria Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer!

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information (including family medical history), political views or activity, or other legally protected characteristics.

Astria Health employees must adhere to the Company’s security policies and Code of Ethics.

Individuals needing accommodation in the application and testing process or need this job announcement in an alternative format may call Human Resources at 509-837-1628, at least two days before the need.

Please note Astria Health does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from candidates. We will not consider resumes from vendors including and without limitation search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies.