Manager, Clinical Risk Management

Vancouver Coastal Health; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 158,372,000 - 227,657,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Leadership development

Wellness support

Recognition programs

Staff discounts

Job summary

Vancouver Coastal Health is seeking a Manager, Clinical Risk Management to lead risk strategies for the Vancouver Acute Community of Care. You will partner with senior leadership to assess, mitigate and respond to complex clinical risks, including high-risk incidents and claims.

The role focuses on proactive risk management, policy implementation, and collaboration with external counsel and insurers. This 5-days-per-week, in-office position emphasizes leadership in patient safety and staff

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a clinical health care field, health care administration, juris doctor or related discipline plus 5–7 years’ related leadership experience.
• Registration with applicable College/Society/professional association as required for the profession, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to senior leadership, physicians and staff in identifying, analyzing and mitigating risks.
• Advise on risk assessment processes and development of policies and decision support tools.
• Lead/guide clinical and operational leadership through chart reviews and investigations of high-risk events.
• Represent VCH with external counsel and insurers in complex claims and risk discussions.

Skills

Risk management

Leadership

Stakeholder coordination

Policy development

Healthcare safety

Education

Master's Degree in Clinical Health Care or related field

Professional registration (College/Society)

Job description

Salary Details

The salary range for this position is CAD $55.27/Hr. - CAD $79.45/Hr.

Job Summary

Come work as a Manager, Clinical Risk Management with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

This position is part of a regional risk team but focuses on supporting the Vancouver Acute Community of Care. Reporting directly to the Executive Director, Risk Management, with a functional reporting relationship to the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Director, Risk Management, Vancouver Acute, the Risk Manager is responsible for providing leadership in the management of clinical operational risk, both on a proactive basis with supporting organizational leadership, as well as with managing critical incident, high risk events and reviews for the organization. The Risk Manager is responsible for leading, and implementing departmental and organizational policies, procedures and practices which improve patient care and employee safety. Works directly with external legal counsel on claims, as well as with insurers on potential claims on behalf of the health authority.

As a Manager, Clinical Risk Management with Vancouver Coastal Health you will:

• Provide leadership and support to senior leadership, physicians and staff in ensuring that risk management strategies and processes are used to identify, analyze and mitigate risks.
• Advocate for and provide critical input into the planning, coordination and alignment of risk assessment processes. Support regional initiatives including the development of policies and decision support tools.
• Advise the VCH Patient Care Quality Office on the review and response to escalated complaints that place VCH at increased risk exposure.
• Support the Critical Incident Review process, and lead/guide clinical and operational leadership through chart reviews, staff interviews, identifying findings and recommendations, and ensure a systems approach and analysis is applied.
• Advise and support the Director with any issues that need to be raised with the Ministry of Health Risk partners (Adverse Event and Service Issue Reporting process).
• Provide consultative guidance and support as a subject matter expert to organizational committees, planning, operational and implementation groups.
• Provide consultation to program leaders and staff regarding complex clinical situations involving litigation, organizational, and reputational risk.
• Represent VCH in dealing with external legal counsel and insurers (Healthcare Protection Program through the Ministry of Finance/Treasury) in investigating and managing complex and high-risk claims involving patients/clients or the organization. Support and advise front line staff during the preparation for court, examination of discovery, or who are being subpoenaed as an expert witness. Partner with VCH Communications/Public Affairs regarding media stories, etc.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

This work is framed within VCH’s commitments to our pillars of Indigenous Cultural Safety, Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Planetary Health.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Master’s Degree in a Clinical Health Care field, Health Care Administration, Juris Doctor Degree or related discipline, plus five (5) to seven (7) years’ recent, related experience in progressive leadership roles with responsibility for leading organizational risk and critical incident management, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Registration with the applicable College/Society/professional association as required for the profession, preferred.

Knowledge & Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to effectively and proactively coordinate strategies, systems, and processes to minimize risk to the organization through management of claims, providing risk advice and collaborating with others to proactively manage risk, and improve the quality and safety for VCH.
• Demonstrated technical and analytical expertise to assess and support risk and situation management activities, and to establish and implement risk management and quality improvement strategies to support the organization.
• Oversees, assists with, and/or conducts timely risk assessments in response to requests and consults with the appropriate leader concerning risk issues to support effective and timely remediation.
• Demonstrated ability to apply superior judgment and political expertise to communicate sensitive information, and effectively persuade and negotiate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with key internal and external partners to promote and enhance services provided with sensitivity to diversity and indigenous lens.
• Practices the recognition, inclusion and support of all types and aspects of diversity at all stages of engagement, with an understanding of the issues faced by people from equity-deserving groups.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

Closing Statement

This position is 5 days per week in office. As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.

Why Join Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH):

• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff

At Vancouver Coastal Health, our vision of healthy lives in healthy communities inspires us and our values and pillars guide us. We support equitable practices, diverse teams and inclusive environments, which are vital to creating welcoming spaces where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and feel supported. We encourage applications from equity-deserving communities, including Indigenous Peoples and members of racialized groups, people with disabilities and people of all gender identities and expressions and sexual orientation. Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, BC’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers and Canada's Top Employers for Young People in 2026.

Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.