Director of Risk Management

Huckeye Health Services LLC; Las Cruces (NM); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Huckeye Health Services LLC in Las Cruces, NM is seeking a Risk Manager to provide leadership and oversight for the organization’s risk management program. The role focuses on identifying, evaluating, and mitigating clinical, operational, and regulatory risks to enhance patient safety and quality of care.

The ideal candidate holds a NM RN license, a BSN, and has strong knowledge of healthcare risk management, patient safety, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Current NM RN license or active multistate RN license is required.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of nursing is required.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare risk management, patient safety, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight for the organization’s risk management program.
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate clinical, operational, and regulatory risks.
• Review adverse events, incidents, claims, and patient-safety concerns.
• Lead root-cause analyses and support corrective action planning.
• Collaborate with nursing, medical staff, quality, compliance, legal, and executive leadership.
• Develop and maintain risk management policies, procedures, and reporting processes.

Skills

Risk management

Patient safety

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Job description

• Provide leadership and oversight for the organization’s risk management program.
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate clinical, operational, and regulatory risks.
• Review adverse events, incidents, claims, and patient-safety concerns.
• Lead root-cause analyses and support corrective action planning.
• Collaborate with nursing, medical staff, quality, compliance, legal, and executive leadership.
• Develop and maintain risk management policies, procedures, and reporting processes.

Qualifications:

• Current New Mexico RN license or active multistate RN license – required
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of nursing –required
• Strong knowledge of healthcare risk management, patient safety, and regulatory compliance.

Preferred Certification:

• Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) certification preferred at time of hire
• CPHRM certification must be obtained within 3 years of employment