Risk Management Coordinator

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Compliance Full Time Baton Rouge, LA, US

The Risk Management Coordinator supports the organization-wide risk management and patient safety program by coordinating emergency preparedness activities, risk management education, policy and procedure review, event and incident reporting, and safety rounding. The position promotes a just culture of safety in which staff are encouraged to report events, near misses, and unsafe conditions so the organization can identify system issues, reduce preventable harm, strengthen emergency readiness, and sustain corrective actions.

The coordinator works closely with Compliance, Operations, Clinical Leadership, and the Facilities Team to support a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors.

• Accepts responsibility for ensuring that performance meets the standards of the professional, ethical and relevant legislated requirements.
• Adheres to organization core values.

• Coordinate the emergency preparedness training and exercise schedule across organizational locations, including drills, tabletop exercises, emergency code education, and other readiness activities.
• Partner with organizational leaders, the Emergency Management Team, Facilities, Operations, and clinical departments to plan, conduct, and document emergency drills and actual-event responses.
• Maintain drill documentation, participant records, observations, and supporting evidence required for organizational and regulatory review.
• Facilitate after-action reviews following drills, exercises, and actual emergency events; document strengths, opportunities for improvement, corrective actions, responsible parties, target dates, and completion status.
• Monitor after-action and improvement plans through closure and verify that identified changes are incorporated into training, procedures, or the Emergency Operations Plan, as appropriate.
• Support review of emergency equipment, supplies, communication systems, evacuation information, and site readiness in coordination with Facilities and operational leaders.

• Develop, coordinate, and deliver risk management and patient safety education for new employees and existing staff, including event reporting, near-miss reporting, emergency procedures, workplace safety, and organizational risk priorities.
• Maintain training materials and track completion of assigned risk management and emergency preparedness education.
• Promote a just culture of safety that supports timely reporting, respectful review, organizational learning, and accountability without discouraging good-faith reporting.
• Provide staff and leaders with practical guidance on identifying hazards, reporting unsafe conditions, and escalating urgent safety concerns.
• Communicate lessons learned, trends, and risk-reduction strategies while protecting confidential and privileged information.

• Review submitted reports for completeness, appropriate classification, timely routing, and required follow-up; obtain additional information when needed.
• Assist with fact gathering, interviews, documentation review, and system-based analysis of events under the direction of risk and compliance leadership.
• Track investigations, corrective actions, responsible parties, due dates, and closure documentation.
• Monitor and trend event data by type, location, department, severity, contributing factors, and recurrence, and prepare routine reports for leadership and designated committees.
• Escalate serious, urgent, or potentially reportable events promptly in accordance with organizational policy and leadership direction.
• Maintain confidentiality of event reports, investigations, peer review information, and other protected risk management materials.

• Coordinate scheduled review of risk management, patient safety, emergency preparedness, incident reporting, and environment-of-care policies and procedures.
• Compare policies with current organizational practices, identified risks, after-action findings, audit results, and applicable regulatory expectations; route recommended revisions for leadership review and approval.
• Maintain policy review schedules, revision history, approval…