Senior Clinical Risk & Patient Safety Lead

Olathe Health System, Inc.; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Olathe Health System, Inc. seeks a Clinical Risk Manager to advance safety, quality care, and regulatory compliance across the organization.

This role manages risk events, conducts root cause analyses, and leads educational initiatives for clinical staff and departments. The CLinical Risk Manager will partner with departments, participate in on-call rotations, and report to the Senior Director of Regulatory Compliance/Clinical Risk Management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree Nursing from an accredited college or university.
• 5 or more years or more years of nursing experience or other relevant professional experience in healthcare, healthcare regulation, licensure and disciplinary oversight, patient safety, risk management, quality improvement, healthcare administration, claims management, or related fields.
• 2 or more years of management or leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Participate in day-to-day risk management operations, including risk mitigation, investigations, and responding to safety events.
• Develops, coordinates, and administers facility-wide systems for risk identification, investigation, and risk reduction.
• Reviews collected data to identify trends regarding accidents or occurrences, and recommends corrective action to management, if appropriate.
• Informs leaders of events/incidents, issues, findings, and risk management recommendations; provides feedback to leaders at all levels in the effort to eliminate risks.
• Proactive analysis of patient safety and medical errors processes.
• Prepares risk management and patient safety reports to be submitted to senior leadership, board, and committees.
• Leads investigations for adverse events and sentinel events; conducts root cause analysis and recommends improvements.
• Plans, develops, and presents educational material to administration, the medical staff, nursing personnel, and other department personnel on topics related to risk management.

Skills

Nursing experience

Leadership

Risk management

Quality improvement

Communication

Education

Bachelor Degree Nursing

Master's Degree in healthcare

Juris Doctor in healthcare

Job description

Olathe Health System, Inc. seeks a Clinical Risk Manager to advance safety, quality care, and regulatory compliance across the organization.

This role manages risk events, conducts root cause analyses, and leads educational initiatives for clinical staff and departments. The CLinical Risk Manager will partner with departments, participate in on-call rotations, and report to the Senior Director of Regulatory Compliance/Clinical Risk Management.