Risk Manager: Quality, Safety & Process Improvement

100 Albany Med Health System; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Albany Med Health System in the United States seeks a Risk Manager to lead risk management and quality improvement initiatives within the department. The role focuses on sentinel event reviews, loss control, and regulatory liaison, with emphasis on data-driven decision making to enhance patient safety.

The position involves coordinating with DOH and other agencies, supporting campus-wide safety culture, and delivering actionable analyses and reports to improve clinical processes and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Occurrence Reporting System and sentinel event process.
• Facilitate improvement teams to analyze events, identify performance problems, redesign work processes and implement improvements.
• Prepare debriefs and root cause analyses that meet regulations and support problem solving.
• Design, develop and monitor action plans.
• Disseminate occurrence/quality data and reports applying SPC and QA concepts.
• Manage events and safety occurrences within service area.
• Follow sentinel event protocol and complete RCA per DOH guidelines.
• Report to DOH immediately after RCA completion.
• Oversee Sentinel Event alert process and Culture of Safety workgroups.
• Complete FMEA and ensure regulatory compliance.

Job description

Albany Med Health System in the United States seeks a Risk Manager to lead risk management and quality improvement initiatives within the department. The role focuses on sentinel event reviews, loss control, and regulatory liaison, with emphasis on data-driven decision making to enhance patient safety.

The position involves coordinating with DOH and other agencies, supporting campus-wide safety culture, and delivering actionable analyses and reports to improve clinical processes and outcomes.