Risk Manager

Here’s What You Need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or related healthcare field required

• Master’s Degree
• Three years of clinical experience required

• 3 years risk management, quality management, legal or patient safety preferred
• Other appropriate clinical licensure for discipline upon hire required
• CPHRM – Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management upon hire preferred
• Ability to analyze, interpret and manage information

What You Will Do

• 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.
• Provides advice and mentoring to hospital directors and staff in effective patient safety and risk management activities including reliability learning management, plans of action, policy and procedure development, regulatory compliance, risk management reporting, and patient safety standards. Conducts and coordinates risk audits/surveys on a routine basis. Provides risk management/patient safety education to new employees and others as required.
• Review unusual or sentinel events identified by risk identification system. Collect documents and provide summaries on risk management cases which include lawsuits, potential compensable events, claims and investigations. Conducts Root Cause Analysis/Failure Mode Analysis in order to provide opportunities for improvement and meet regulatory requirements.

Since 1991, Texas Health Plano has served the communities of Plano, Frisco, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson, and McKinney. We’re a 386-bed, full-service hospital serving North Texas with incredible care and amazing people. We specialize in emergency medicine and trauma, cardiology, neurosurgery and spine, advanced orthopedics, women’s services, adult and adolescent behavioral health, an adult intensive care unit and state of the art and technologically advanced surgical services. Plus, we’re a Level II Trauma Facility, the only health care facility in Collin County to have achieved both the Level IV NICU and Level IV Maternal facility designation and have a DNV-certified Comprehensive Stroke Program. 

Texas Health Plano is a four-time Magnet-designated hospital, the only AACN Beacon Gold adult intensive care unit in the DFW area, accredited by the Joint Commission in Hip and Knee Replacement and a Primary Heart Attack Center. We offer top-notch benefits including an on-site childcare center created for working parents. You belong here.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Nurse

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program, well as several other benefits.
• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
• Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we’ve won and more.

Learn more about our culture, benefits, and recent awards.

If you’re ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let’s show the world how we’re even better together!

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

Risk Manager, Full Time

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

Work location: Texas Health Plano, 6200 West Parker Road, Plano Texas 75093

Work hours: Full Time, 40 Hours

Risk Management Department highlights:

·        Dynamic team who work independently and collaboratively

·        Press Ganey High Reliability approach to Patient Safety and Risk Management

·        Work closely with hospital managers, executive team, and peers across the system

·        Opportunity for educational and career growth