Risk Manager (Patient Safety)

Must Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree (patient care related field preferred), or Master’s in Nursing, Health Services, or Patient Safety preferred.

Work Experience:

• At least 3 years of experience (five years preferred) with progressive responsibility working in a quality/performance improvement and/or patient safety department
• Experience leading interdisciplinary initiatives in process improvement or directly improving the reliability of healthcare delivery at the point of care. 3.
• Those at the novice (no experience) or beginner level (less than 3 years’ experience) must complete the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) curriculum on patient safety within 120 days of hire.

Certification:

• Certified Professional Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) [Preferred]

Required Licensure:

• Maintains active license

Education & Job Requirements:

• BA/BS in healthcare or related field required.
• 2-5 of risk assessment experience or related experience.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES :

Demonstrated knowledge of:

· Patient Safety

· Regulatory and Accreditation

· Clinical Measures (TJC, CMS, Value Based Purchasing, Leapfrog, CMS Hospital Compare, and other reportable measures)

· Able to identify and report potential or actual regulatory/accreditation risk issues that can impact regulatory/accreditation compliance and pose a financial or reputational risk to the facility or company.

· Detail oriented and has ability to work with and analyze complex health care process and outcome data using both qualitative and quantitative techniques.

· Communicates (written, verbal and presentation skills) with many levels of key stakeholders from the board level to the point of care staff.

· Personal computer skills, understanding of statistics, Microsoft EXCEL spreadsheets, and database systems.

· Demonstrated understanding of current trends in patient safety.

· Demonstrated change leader mentality in support of achieving Tenet patient safety initiatives.

· Able to lead intermediate and complex projects using rapid cycle and other quality/ safety science management methodologies.

· Able to manage multiple large projects at one time.

· Able to synthesize outcome data into meaningful actions.

· Able to prepare written reports of clinical and operational survey findings.

· Demonstrated knowledge of outcomes and quality improvement methods and using and applying diagnostic tools (defect analysis, fault tree analysis).

· Able to remediate findings when in a multiple facilities.

· Able to develop and monitor corrective action plans.

· Able to development and provide education programs.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Framingham, MA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Patient safety department: 3 years (Required)
• Process improvement: 3 years (Required)
• Healthcare Risk Management: 3 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• CPHRM (Required)

Work Location: In person