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Risk Management Liaison

Houston Methodist

The Woodlands, TX | Full Time

$70k-91k (estimate)

1 Week Ago

Risk Management Liaison

$70k-91k (estimate)

Full Time | Ambulatory Healthcare Services 1 Week Ago

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Houston Methodist is Hiring a Risk Management Liaison Near The Woodlands, TX

At Houston Methodist, the Risk Management Liaison position is responsible for developing and managing a risk management program to maintain a safe environment and ensure that the organization is able to fulfill its mission and continue providing quality patient care to the community. This position is responsible for advising management on all potential sources of loss and making recommendations to improve patient care and reduce or minimize losses. The program shall include systems to identify, control, and administer risk reduction efforts. This position assures compliance with accreditation and regulatory agencies requirements.

PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Collaborates with Houston Methodist Risk Management to develop risk monitoring and reduction programs. Provides leadership in the review of system and entity policy and procedures.

Works closely with department leaders and Patient Liaisons to identify and address potential risk opportunities that may impact the customer experience.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Develops and provides training and education programs for leadership, medical staff, and staff to improve patient care and reduce losses.

Promotes and leads performance improvement activities throughout the hospital including reporting such activities. Assists in the peer review process, as assigned. Conducts chart review, generates reports, and presents performance information to the appropriate medical staff departments and/or committees.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Investigates, analyzes and documents actual and potential risks. Assesses the liability and probability of legal action. Notifies management of potentially compensable events and coordinates communication with Houston Methodist Risk Management. When warranted, in conjunction with quality management, initiates and conducts root cause analyses (RCA's) and internal audits (IA's), as appropriate. Collects, organizes and disseminates data to appropriate persons including preparation and presentation of reports as required. Reports data to external agencies as needed.

Administers the risk management program on a day-to-day basis to include a system for risk identification, investigation, and reduction. Develops and implements a plan for reviewing, trending, and reporting risk management occurrence reports and reports generated from Houston Methodist Risk Management.

Responsible for ensuring compliance with accreditation standards and regulatory agency requirements; applies current knowledge of accreditation and regulatory agency requirements. Participates in regulatory and accreditation surveys.

Designs and implements an organized record keeping system for essential/critical documents (i.e. potential claims, claims, reports and patient/medical staff matters) that provides ease of retrieval by management, in the absence of the Risk Management Liaison. Assures all files are protected from tampering.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Participates in cost reduction efforts by making recommendations to mitigate risk.

GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Designs, develops, and implements project plans related to risk management initiatives. Manages reporting of these projects/measures to internal departments/committees and/or outside agencies, as needed. Provides oversight for these projects to ensure desirable outcomes are met.

Seeks opportunities to expand learning beyond baseline competencies with a focus on continual development in risk management.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.

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