Risk Manager

Job description

About Us
We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.
Overview
Maimonides is looking for a Clinical Risk Manager to join our Risk Management team at Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital. In this role, you'll help implement and enhance our Risk Management Program, partner with clinical departments to identify and investigate areas of potential risk, and keep the hospital in compliance with regulatory standards. This is a great fit for a clinician ready to move from bedside care to patient safety and quality.
Responsibilities
• Implement and enhance the hospital's coordinated Risk Management Program
• Ensure compliance with NYSDOH incident reporting (NYPORTS) and with Joint Commission, NYSDOH, NYCDOH, and FDA standards
• Review occurrence reports and cases referred by departments and practitioners for reportability and liability issues
• Assist with patient complaints and grievances in partnership with the Patient Representative
• Work with the Risk/Safety Data Analyst to build reports for QI projects
• Participate in QI and Peer Review activities and meetings
• Help keep the hospital survey-ready for unannounced regulatory visits
• Develop and deliver Risk Management training for staff at all levels
• Support Patient Safety and Just Culture initiatives

Qualifications
• Current New York State license as an MD, RN, or PA
• Bachelor's degree plus 4 years of clinical experience (high-risk or acute care preferred), or graduation from an accredited nursing program with a current NYS RN license plus 5 years of clinical experience
• 3-5 years of Risk Management experience
• Strong written and verbal communication, organizational, and computer skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments and with outside regulatory agencies

Pay Range
USD $135,000.00 - USD $155,000.00 /Yr.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer.