Risk Manager

Duke University Health System; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke University Health System is seeking a professional for a Risk Management position in Durham, NC. The role involves managing liability occurrences, negotiating resolutions, and providing on-call assistance. Candidates should possess strong investigative and analytical skills along with a Bachelor's degree in a related field.

A minimum of four years of relevant experience is required. The ideal candidate will be committed to compassionate care and able to contribute to the health community's advancement through robust risk management practices.

Qualifications

• Requires four years of experience in patient care, healthcare administration, or similar fields.
• An Associate in Risk Management or Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Investigate professional and general liability exposures for risk mitigation.
• Negotiate resolutions for claims and document occurrences.
• Provide on-call emergency assistance for risk management issues.

Skills

Customer Service Risk Evaluation

Interviewing Skills

Investigation Skills

Medical Terminology

Analyze Data

Analyze Trends

Risk Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field

Job description

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

Occupational Summary

Initiate, coordinate, and manage all investigational and evaluation activities associated with professional and general liability occurrences and claim pre‑litigation files. Negotiate resolution with the authority from the Director. Provide basic and complex preventive risk management assessment of processes, procedures, and programs, including in‑service education, consultation, liaison activities, and on‑call emergency assistance to providers.

General Description of the Job Class

Analyze professional and general liability exposures, and investigate and document pre‑litigation occurrences and claims. Recommend resolution, and complete negotiation of resolution within authority granted by Director. Complete notifications and financial recommendations needed for compliance with tracking and insurer requirements, including insurance carrier notifications, reserve recommendations, and any federal, state, or entity reporting requirements (including SMDA, DataBank, etc.).

Duties And Responsibilities Of This Level

• Investigate and analyze potential and actual professional liability and general liability exposures in the Health System; evaluate the extent and elements of exposure and recommend appropriate actions for risk mitigation.
• Investigate, evaluate and document pre‑litigation occurrences and claims. Recommend resolution, and complete negotiation of resolution within authority granted by Director.
• Complete notifications and financial recommendations needed for compliance with tracking and insurer requirements, including insurance carrier notifications, reserve recommendations, and any federal, state, or entity reporting requirements (including SMDA, DataBank, etc.); complete notifications and financial recommendations needed for compliance with tracking and insurer requirements.
• Review, code and investigate occurrence reports; recommend corrective actions based on individual reports or trends. Provide quality assurance and peer review referrals as appropriate.
• Provide in‑service education on risk management topics, both standard basic education and complex focused topics as needed and/or requested.
• Provide on‑call assistance for emergent/urgent risk management issues to all DUHS staff as needed. On‑call duties are assigned on a rotation basis when possible.
• Prepare reports and analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends and appropriate recommendations or conclusions.
• Represent the Department of Clinical Risk Management on various DUHS and entity committees as required. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Required Qualifications at this Level

Education

Work requires a Bachelor's degree in business administration, public policy, hospital administration or a related field to acquire appropriate analytical, communicative and organizational skills. A Bachelor's degree in a clinical field (e.g. nursing, physician's associate) may be substituted if supplemented by additional courses or training in business or a related field (at least one year).

Experience

Work requires a minimum of four years experience in one or more of the following fields: patient care, public policy, health care administration, business administration, legal support or insurance/claims investigation and settlement. Graduate education beyond the bachelor's degree in hospital administration, business administration, public policy or a related field may be substituted for the required experience on a 1:1 basis.

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification

An Associate in Risk Management or Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management is desirable.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Customer Service Risk Evaluation
• Interviewing Skills
• Investigation Skills
• Medical Terminology
• Analyze Data
• Analyze Trends
• Risk Analysis

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

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Essential Physical Job Functions

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.