Assistant Director, Risk Management - Risk Management - FT Days

UC Irvine; California (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Sick and vacation time

Retirement plans

Discounts and perks

Job summary

UCI Health is seeking a Director of Risk Management to lead the health system's risk program, aligning goals with quality, safety and productivity. You will supervise teams, identify loss exposure, and guide liability-reduction strategies across multiple facilities.

The role requires a Master’s degree in a relevant field, strong data analytics, excellent communication, and the ability to coordinate with attorneys and leadership to improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong data analysis experience.
• Demonstrated ability to perform assigned duties effectively.
• Customer service skills appropriate to the job.
• Minimum two years in a risk management supervisory role.
• Minimum three years experience in healthcare risk management.
• Master’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Management, Business or related field.
• Excellent spoken and written English.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and complex risk issues.

Responsibilities

• Manage healthcare risk management operations to achieve quality and productivity objectives.
• Develop goals and contribute to strategic long-range planning.
• Administer a systematic program to reduce risk and injury across the health system.
• Identify, analyze and assess loss potential and related legal risks.
• Advise on standards of care and liability exposure; coordinate with attorneys and third-party admins.
• Represent the organization in litigation and coord with UC Office of the President.

Skills

Data analysis

Leadership

Customer service

Communication skills

Problem solving

Work pace management

Education

Master’s degree in Nursing/Healthcare Management/Business

Job description

Who We Are

UCI Health is one of California's largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health - Orange, UCI Health - Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties.

Who We Are

UCI Health is one of California's largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health - Orange, UCI Health - Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties. As Orange County’s only academic health systems, UCI Health is home to the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center based in the county, the region’s only American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, American College of Emergency Physicians Gold Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department and a nationally recognized regional burn center verified by the American Burn Association. Powered by UC Irvine, UCI Health serves 5.6 million people across Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County through excellence in patient care, research and medical education.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary

Working with the Director, the incumbent manages healthcare risk management operations to achieve quality and productivity objectives. Develops goals and objectives and contributes to strategic long range planning. Responsible for the development and administration of a systematic program designed to reduce risk and injury. Manages the identification, analysis and assessment of loss potential throughout the health system, identifies legal risks related to professional, employment and comprehensive general liability. Manages a team to evaluate and advise on trends of professional, employment and comprehensive general liability claims experience to the administrative and medical staff. Makes recommendations concerning professional conduct, standards of care and facility operation to reduce exposure to liability and insurance claims. May represent the organization in litigation and non-litigated matters and coordinates with attorneys, third party administrators and UC Office of the President.

Required Qualifications

What It Takes to be Successful

• Strong data analysis experience
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Minimum two years in a risk management supervisory role
• Minimum three years experience in the field of health care risk management
• Master’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Management, Business or equivalent combination of relevant experience and education.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Excellent organizational and problem solving skills
• Demonstrated experience to problem solve and provide leadership through a consultative role.
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to interact with faculty and staff of all disciplines across the organization
• Ability to coordinate multiple assignments and projects
• Ability to consult on complex risk and legal issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum three years of experience in an acute care hospital
• Minimum five years of experience in the field of health care risk management
• Minimum 10 years working experience in progressively complex roles in communications
• Legal or paralegal training(CPHRM)
• Experience working within the University of California System.

Total Rewards

• medical insurance
• sick and vacation time
• retirement savings plans
• access to a number of discounts and perks

Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions Of Employment

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

Exercise the utmost discretion in managing sensitive information learned in the course of performing their duties. Sensitive information includes but is not limited to employee and student records, health and patient records, financial data, strategic plans, proprietary information, and any other sensitive or non-public information learned during the course and scope of employment. Understands that sensitive information should be shared on a limited basis and actively takes steps to limit access to sensitive information to individuals who have legitimate business need to know. Ensure that sensitive information is properly safeguarded. Follow all organizational policies and laws on data protection and privacy. This includes secure handling of physical and digital records and proper usage of IT systems to prevent data leaks. The unauthorized or improper disclosure of confidential work-related information obtained from any source on any work-related matter is a violation of these expectations.

• Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Closing Statement

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy.

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at [e-mail] or at [phone], Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization