Risk Manager

Albany Medical College; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Albany Medical College is seeking a Risk Manager within the Risk Management department in Albany, NY. The position focuses on sentinel events, RCA, occurrence reporting, and loss control to improve patient safety and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities include managing reporting systems, leading quality improvement teams, analyzing events, and developing action plans while coordinating with DOH and other agencies. Full-time, dayshift, with competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Essential functions include Sentinel Event/RCA & Occurrence Review/Reporting.
• Loss control and regulatory reporting duties.
• Careful design and management of action plans and data dissemination.

Responsibilities

• Sentinel Event/RCA & Occurrence Review/Reporting: manage reporting system and sentinel event process.
• Loss Control: manage reportable events and liaise with regulatory bodies.
• Support and advise service areas on sentinel events or claims/litigation.

Skills

Sentinel Event/RCA

Occurrence Reporting

Data analysis

Quality assurance

Regulatory compliance

FMEA

Job description

## Risk ManagerApply: 66 Hackett Blvd Albany, NY 12208: Full time: Posted Today: 71715Department/Unit:Risk ManagementWork Shift:Day (United States of America)Salary Range:$94,957.00 - $147,183.00The Risk Manager will represent Albany Medical Center through involvement in quality/risk oriented professional organizations, delivering presentations, publishing, and maintaining contacts with members of the business community and professional organizations. Play an integral role in special projects within the department and Center-wide.**Essential Functions** **Sentinel Event/RCA & Occurrence Review/Reporting**· Manage the Occurrence Reporting System and sentinel event process.· Facilitate assigned improvement teams in analyzing events, identifying performance problems in work processes, redesigning work processes, and implementing possible improvements· Prepare debriefs and or root cause analysis reports, which meet regulations, as well as serve the needs of the work teams problem solving.· Design, develop, and implement a process for monitoring of action plans.· Manage the selection, preparation, and dissemination of occurrence/quality data and reports that apply sound statistical process control and quality assurance concepts.· Manage events and safety occurrences within service area· Follow sentinel event protocol· Complete RCA process within DOH guidelines and following the departmental protocol.· Report to DOH immediately upon completion of Root Cause Analysis· Manage the Sentinel Event alert process.· Oversee Culture of Safety workgroups· Complete FMEA and comply with regulatory requirements.**Loss Control**· Manage the reportable event process· Identify any and all reportable events within service area· Report in timely manner· Respond to any inquiry’s from the regulatory bodies within service area· Design, develop and manage early warning system for service area· Manage loss control strategy development for service area.· Manage, design and develop RM educational efforts for service area.· Manage, design and develop system review process for service areas.· Assist with and manage the data analysis process within service area.· Liaison with DOH, OMH, DNV and other agencies as necessary.· Provide support and advice to members of the service area involved in sentinel events or claims/litigation.