Director-Risk Management - Acute

Director-Risk Management - Acute | Johnstown Heights Behavioral Health | Johnstown, Colorado

About the Job

Salary $95,000.00 - $115,000.00 based on experience and qualifications.

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, risk management, business, finance, or a related field or Registered Nurse degree required. Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration or Business preferred. Five or more years’ experience in a risk management position or similar Quality / Performance Improvement / Compliance position in the behavioral healthcare field. Certifications related to health care risk management, safety, and or process improvement highly preferred. CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

The Director of Risk Management plans, organizes, directs and controls all aspects of risk management activities to prevent and/or minimize losses associated with identifiable risk and to minimize and prevent claims of general and professional liability against the hospital. Tracks incidents to identify trends and evaluate the effectiveness of corrective measures. Identifies, communicates, and takes action on potential and actual exposures, problem prone and high-risk areas to avoid, minimize, assume, or transfer risk to ensure a safe environment for the protection of patients, employees and visitors to the facility.

Roles and Responsibilities

Oversees risk management activities to include incident management and reporting, investigation of all serious incidents and potential exposure to liability, processing of insurance claims, communication with attorneys, subpoena management and open litigation functions. Oversees incident reporting system to include tracking, investigative follow-up, education, corrective action and maintaining database for reporting and monitoring purposes. Leads a team of highly engaged members thru hiring, orienting, performance assessment and management, motivating, training, scheduling, and coaching to meet department goals and ensure effective and efficient department operation. Facilitates intensive analysis or root cause analysis post sentinel events or ‘near-misses. Identifies high risk areas through the performance of proactive evaluation, auditing and monitoring of patient encounters, medical record documentation and quality metrics. Collaborates and develops effective working relationship with clinical and medical staff for prevention of clinical risks throughout the facility. Investigates and analyzes actual and potential risks in the facility; assess liability and probability of legal action for potential notification. Implements risk management program throughout the facility. Develops and implements infrastructures and systems that support patient safety. Works with internal auditors, security contractors, and other staff to establish an internal control system. Maintains database of full disclosure activities and provide oversight for review programs and provides technical support as needed. Conducts review for facility wide problems and trends. Investigates, plans, implements and assesses corrective action. Integrates the findings of all risk management activities, as appropriate, with the clinical services program where there are opportunities to improve the quality of patient care. Accurately performs chart audits and closed chart reviews related to complaints, grievances, allegations or incidents, as applicable.

Why Johnstown Heights Behavioral Health?Johnstown Heights Behavioral Health offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Qualified candidates should apply by submitting a resume. Johnstown Heights Behavioral Health is an EOE.

Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country. We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served.