Principal Analyst Clinical Risk Management

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• Medical:
  
  Multiple plan options.
• Dental:
  
  Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage.
• Vision:
  
  Affordable plan with national network.
• Pre-Tax Savings:
  
  HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses.
• Retirement:
  Competitive retirement package to secure your future.

Mayo Clinic is seeking an experienced healthcare professional to join the newly established Rochester Clinical Risk Management team as a Principal Risk Analyst. This is a unique opportunity to help build a strategic program advancing patient safety, transparency, organizational learning, and enterprise risk management at one of the world's leading healthcare organizations.

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Clinical Risk Management, the Principal Risk Analyst serves as a senior clinical risk expert who proactively identifies, assesses, and mitigates the clinical, operational, regulatory, financial, legal, and reputational risks associated with patient care. This includes leading the organization's response to complex patient care events, supporting communication and resolution efforts, guiding event review and mitigation activities, and advancing systems, processes, and education that strengthen safety, accountability, and trust.

• Partner with physicians, administrators, patient safety professionals, legal counsel, accreditation leaders, and operational teams to manage complex matters involving patient care events.
• Support patient-centered communication and caregiver support following patient care events, in alignment with Mayo Clinic's Communication and Resolution approach.
• Apply a broad healthcare risk management lens across the five ASHRM/CPHRM domains:
  Clinical/Patient Safety, Risk Financing, Legal and Regulatory, Health Care Operations, and Claims and Litigation.
• Identify emerging risk trends and support claims-informed organizational learning.
• Partner with insurance and risk financing colleagues when clinical events carry financial or coverage implications.
• Translate complex clinical events into practical mitigation strategies, education, and system-level improvements.

A professional with deep clinical, operational, regulatory or risk management expertise, sound judgment, and exceptional communication skills is desired. The successful candidate demonstrates the ability to assess risk, build trusted relationships, navigate sensitive situations, facilitate difficult conversations, and support leaders and care teams through challenging events — developing practical solutions that balance patient-centered care with organizational priorities while strengthening organizational resilience.

In addition, Principal Risk Analyst responsibilities may include:

Receives direction and reports to the Director or Senior Manager in the Risk Department (RD). Works in partnership with other department members as well as various physicians, administrative colleagues, and committees. Will collaborate with a wide range of Mayo Clinic departments including, but not limited to:
Office of Information Security, Legal, Health Information Management and Human Resources. Interacts, supports and consults with individuals within Mayo Clinic and outside Mayo Clinic including external business partners, government agencies, and organizations.

The incumbent will lead risk business operations, special projects, investigations, legal litigation, mitigation development, non-employee access and end user awareness/education. Incumbent will provide guidance to the RD unit for day-to-day operational support, including project management. Incumbent will demonstrate leadership and represent the RD on project teams, committees, strike teams and…