Director of Risk Management

Responsibilities

The Director of Risk Management is a key member of the Southwest Healthcare Leadership Team. This position oversees two facilities. This position qualifies for a Sign on Bonus!

Southwest Healthcare Inland Valley Hospital in Wildomar, California
, is a licensed 122-bed facility accredited by the Joint Commission. It is Southwest Riverside County's only designated Trauma Center and a county-designated Paramedic Base Station. The hospital performs more than 4,000 surgeries a year, and has an average of 4,000 Emergency Department visits per month. The hospital features a Bariatric Weight-Loss Surgery Center of Excellence and the region’s only Total Joint Center.

Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital in Murrieta, California
, is a 120 bed acute-care hospital with the region's only Pediatric Emergency Services team (for children 14 and under) provided by board certified Rady Children’s emergency medicine physicians. Rancho Springs Hospital also provides the area's only OB/Emergency Department program, which gives expectant mothers 24/7 on-site access to OB/GYN physician coverage. The Childbirth Center at Rancho Springs Hospital is the largest in the region and features spacious family-friendly private suites.

Rancho's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is operated by Rady Children’s.

Benefits include:

• Tuition Assistance
• Student Loan Repayment
• Career development opportunities across UHS and our 300+ locations!
• Diverse programming to expand your experience
• Health Stream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Pet Insurance
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website:

Job description:

Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) the Director, Risk Management/Accreditation is responsible for directing, organizing, leading, implementing and supervising day to day operations of the Risk Management, Accreditation/Regulatory Compliance and Infection Control efforts for SWHS. The director serves as the hospital Patient Safety Officer, Compliance Officer and Civil Rights Coordinator in compliance with the Office of Civil Rights Requirement 1557.

• Risk Management Program Administration:

Serves as a resource to senior leadership, facility and medical staff. Participate in 24-hour call.

Made aware of all serious incidents ensuring thorough investigations and notifications to senior leaders, and UHS Risk as warranted.

Reviews and updates the Risk Management Plan, Goals and Objectives yearly.

• Risk Identification:

Is responsible for maintaining the risk management database and notifies Sr. Director Corporate Risk Management and/or Corporate Group Risk Manager of all G. H. I incidents.

Oversees and participates in facility risk assessments for clinical and non-clinical areas

Participates in RCA’s and FEMA’s and ensures submission to Corporate Risk Management

Participates in the peer review process and presents serious incidents, when applicable

• Risk Management
  
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Participates in the new employee orientation for discussion of the Risk Management Program, Patient Safety, incident reporting and TERM.

Acts as a resource for issues (i.e., consents, confidentiality, documentation, ethical, standard of care, compliance).

Promotes Best Practices by educating facility and medical staff on risk management issues.

• Risk Prevention Techniques:

Participates in the development, implementation and review/revision of policies and procedures.

Collaborates with clinical leaders to actively work and establish compliance with standards of care, best practices in industry accepted high-risk areas (i.e., ED, ICU, Surgery, OB, medication administration, fall prevention).

Collaborates with the leadership team to promote positive patient/family/visitor experience.

Works collaboratively with security and Human Resources to enforce facility safety practices (i.e. visitation, workplace violence, identification /harm prevention regarding patient belonging’s, and disclaimer for liability of vehicles…