Risk Manager RN

• Work environment:
  Risk Management, Administrative offices
• Work hours:
  
  Full-time, Exempt position, Monday-Friday, mainly 8AM-5PM, with some possible evening meetings

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together

• Work location:
  
  Texas Health Ft. Worth, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, Ft. Worth, TX 76104
• Work environment:
  Risk Management, Administrative offices
• Work hours:
  
  Full-time, Exempt position, Monday-Friday, mainly 8AM-5PM, with some possible evening meetings

• An 815-bed, Magnet-designated regional referral center that has served the residents of Tarrant County and surroundings communities since 1930.
• Hospital services include cardiovascular care, high-risk obstetrics, gynecology, orthopedics and sports medicine, neonatal intensive care, and trauma/emergency medicine.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or related healthcare field Required (for example, Healthcare Administration)
• Other appropriate clinical licensure for discipline Upon Hire Required – (Current RN licensure or compact licensure)
• 3 Years clinical experience Required (acute care hospital experience – prefer Critical Care or Med/Surg RN background)
• 3 Years risk management, quality management, legal or patient safety Preferred
• CPHRM - Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management Upon Hire Preferred
• Other appropriate clinical licensure for discipline Upon Hire

(National certification RN-C, Lean Six Sigma as examples)

• Ability to analyze, interpret and manage information.
• Interpersonal skills, communication with various professional and regulatory customers.
• Must be self-directed, independent and goal oriented.
• Knowledge about data collection and reporting required. (Will use MS Office, Excel, Sharepoint, EPIC, RLT’s)
• Knowledge of CMS standards, JCAHO standards, THR – RLT (reliability learning tools), and RCA (root cause analysis)
• Utilize investigative skills – investigations, follow trends and process improvement

• Utilizes the reliability learning tool (including actual events, near misses, and general safety concerns) and recognizes and addresses patient safety/risk exposures affecting the quality of care and outcomes.
• Makes medical staff quality review referrals as appropriate.
• Utilizes statistical and other methods to aggregate, analyze and prepare data reports for presentation.
• Facilitates the Risk Management Program including identification, analysis, planning and implementation focusing on events which resulted or could have resulted in adverse risk or a compromise to patient or environmental safety.
• Actively engages in the Patient Safety Program developing effective medical error reduction strategies and tools.
• Works in collaboration with hospital departments and committees to implement identified needs for improvement.
• Serves as risk management representative for committees within the Continuous Quality/Patient Safety and Risk Management programs.
• Participates in THR claims management process by investigating and identifying events that may lead to potentially compensable events, claims, or lawsuits.
• Provides THR Litigation with information necessary to make claims determination and assess liability. Assists outside attorneys in defense of lawsuits against the hospital.
• Coordinates and facilitates activities of the Risk Management Committee. Responsible for identification and analysis of possible cases, summary preparation and presentation at committee.
• Serves as liaison between medical staff leaders and risk management department.

Responsible for facilitating closure, when possible, to patient/visitor/family/physician complaints of a clinical nature (or other) as appropriate.

• Skillful in negotiations to achieve desired results by conflict resolution as necessary.
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