Risk Program Manager

Assists leadership in development and implementation of strategies for enterprise‑wide risk management and performance improvement. Assists in developing, coordinating and administering systems for risk identification, investigation, and reduction. Collaborate with Quality/Patient Safety and healthcare teams as appropriate to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate the health systems Event Reporting System.

• Education, Certification, and/or Licensure:
  Bachelor's degree.
• Experience:
  
  Seven (7) years of experience in a healthcare setting.
• Three (3) years of experience directly working for or with professional liability insurance carriers or captives.
• Five (5) years of experience in claims and related legal proceedings.

• Education, Certification, and/or Licensure:
  Master's degree in nursing or medical-related field.
• Certified Professional in Health Care Risk Management (CPHRM).
• Experience:
  
  Five (5) years of experience directly working for or with professional liability insurance carriers or captives.

• Provides support to leadership, including development of system reports within the Incident Reporting System. Continuously monitors reported events and near misses, follows up with Risk Managers, and escalates events, as necessary to leadership.
• Is responsible for data management, investigation & reporting. Supports the education components of the Risk Management Program. Promotes the organizations patient safety initiatives.
• Navigates system wide modules for risk identification, investigation, and reduction.
• Conducts case findings by daily review of reported events and other information retrieved from other sources (verbal report, phone report, electronic submissions) and initiates appropriate follow‑up.
• Demonstrates strong ability to identify, analyze, and solve problems.
• Competent in data display and analysis.
• Assists in coordinating intervention and education related to risk management issues to promote safe work practices and quality care and services.
• Proactively manages assigned risk management program on a day‑to‑day basis through the analysis of patient safety and medication error processes.
• Assists in the investigation and analysis of root causes, patterns, or trends that could result in compensatory or sentinel events. Trends RCA Themes, patterns; identifies/articulates opportunities for improvement to proactively manage Risk Management Program across the health system.
• Assesses system wide risks and individual adverse occurrences and near misses. Provides assistance with investigation and oversight of significant adverse events that occur in the clinical setting and result in patient harm.
• Actively participates in facilities committees related to clinical risk management, patient safety, and quality improvement.

• Must have manual dexterity to operate keyboards, telephones and other business equipment.
• Must have reading and comprehension ability and visual acuity must be within normal range.
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
• Long periods of standing or walking may be necessary.
• Some travel to other WVUHS hospital/entity locations.

• General office‑like setting, with occasional travel required to other WVUHS facilities in West Virginia and the surrounding region.

• Skilled in analyzing data to identify risks, gaps, root causes, patterns, or trends.
• Skilled in communication and collaboration.
• Presentation skills.

• Scheduled Weekly
  
  Hours:
  
  40
• Shift:
• Exempt/Non‑Exempt:
  United States of America (Exempt)
• Company: STJ St. Joseph's Hospital
• Cost Center: 405 STJ Quality Management
• Address: 1 Amalia Drive, Buckhannon, West Virginia
• Equal Opportunity
  
  Employer:
  
  West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
  
  All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.