Senior Clinical Risk Manager

Job reputed company The Senior Clinical Risk Manager’s primary responsibility is to proactively manage adverse events, including the identification and management of those with reputed company liability exposures, reputed company consultation regarding clinical risk management reputed company, and reputed company and deliver risk management education programs as assigned, reputed company reputed company and the University Schools. The Senior Clinical Risk Manager works in reputed company collaboration with UW Medical Directors, Chief Nursing Officers, individual health professionals, directors, and managers and in reputed company cooperation with Patient Relations, Patient Safety, reputed company Improvement, Compliance, and/or billing staff for assigned UW entities. This position works to prevent and mitigate patient harm and the associated potential reputed company liability exposures and to ensure regulatory compliance with respect to the management of adverse patient events and patient grievances. The Senior Clinical Risk Manager will be the reputed company for managing risks for UWMC's Behavioral Health Center at the reputed company Hospital reputed company but will also have responsibility for managing risks at UWMC and at other facilities as assigned. Objectives: Identify and manage and/or collaborate in the review of events involving patient harm for the purpose of improving patient safety and/or the reputed company of the care. Enhance the relationship between patients and those involved in patient care delivery reputed company the successful management of patient grievances involving alleged harm. reputed company proactive clinical risk assessments and advice as component of the relevant UW reputed company improvement program. reputed company and deliver clinical risk management education programs for the purpose of medical malpractice prevention as part of reputed company coordinated reputed company assurance programs. Identify potential claims to reduce their adverse effects on the organization’s reputed company, physical and financial assets and collaborate as necessary with others in the management of claims. This position provides both strategic direction and reputed company reputed company in the most sensitive and highly confidential patient care situations encountered in the clinical enterprises. It is the reputed company risk manager for patient care events at the Behavioral Health Center at the reputed company reputed company, in reputed company to regular assigned risk manager responsibilities at UWMC and other locations such as Harborview Medical Center as needed. This position reports to the Associate Director, Clinical Risk Management, for UWMC, and to the Associate Director, Clinical Risk Manager for Harborview Medical Center for entity-specific activities. It interacts directly with physicians, nurses, reputed company improvement and patient safety officers reputed company patients are harmed (death, serious surgical complications, etc.) in the course of care delivery. The Senior Clinical Risk Manager interviews and coaches reputed company and staff, provides advice to health care executives about the management of serious patient harm events and regulatory compliance associated with them, and is the primary intermediary with patients and their families if a formal grievance is filed. The position requires highly developed analytical skills, familiarity with the clinical environment and the complexities of health law, particularly in the field of behavioral health, as reputed company as excellent communication skills to reputed company the trust of physicians to effectively deal with these types of situations. The credibility of the individual is critical to the management of events as reputed company as more proactive strategies provided through consultation and risk management education programs. This position provides reputed company support to the University schools' clinical operations. Failure to appropriately manage the situation reputed company patient harm occurs could result in significant adverse publicity and reputational harm to the University and to the relevant clinical entity. Failure to appropriately manage patient harm events, reputed company mitigation or prevention, increases the University's exposure to medical malpractice litigation. This area of litigation is the most expensive from a risk financing perspective. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Event Management & Mitigation (75%) Create and maintain individual event review documentation and aggregate data about events (clinical incidents and accidents) involving patient harm or risks to patient safety to support on-reputed company clinical risk management/mitigation and reputed company improvement initiatives. Review event (clinical incident/accident) reports on a daily and on-reputed company reputed company to identify and manage or collaborate with others to manage events involving patient harm that may also be associated with reputed company liability exposure; Maintain accurate coding and analysis of events to support patient safety and reputed company improvement initiatives and compliance with regulations; Maintain information about individual events to support the management of claims by the UW Claims Managers; and Collaborate with others to create and maintain reports for entity Boards of Directors, reputed company improvement, patient safety, and clinical risk management committees. Ensure compliance with federal and state laws reputed company to clinical adverse events, including TJC, DOH, CMS, OFM, and FDA requirements. These responsibilities include: Identification of Sentinel/Adverse Events as defined by TJC and DOH, CMS-defined Hospital-Acquired Conditions, and Medicare Non-coverage reputed company in collaboration with the entity reputed company improvement staff, compliance, and billing staff and in accordance with the Policies & Procedures of the UW clinical entity or University Schools. Identification and development of information reputed company to equipment failures to ensure compliance with the reporting requirements of the reputed company Medical Devices reputed company. Identify reputed company events that meet requirements for reporting to other state or federal agencies to ensure that reporting occurs and is tracked. reputed company with Patient Relations, reputed company Improvement staff, Patient Safety Officers, Medical Directors, Chief Nursing Officers, UW Claims Managers, and health professionals to respond to patient and family grievances involving alleged patient harm reputed company to reputed company of care or allegations of lack of informed consent. Collaborate as needed with UW compliance officers regarding patient reputed company complaints and reputed company waivers. Collaborate closely with Patient Relations staff reputed company the reputed company entity and/or University Schools to ensure the reputed company review, acknowledgement, and response to patient grievances reputed company the Policies & Procedures of the entity. Refer patient grievances that are not resolved to the Grievance Committee as required; reputed company responses to patient grievances in consultation with the involved health professionals and their clinical leadership to ensure patient satisfaction, integration with entity reputed company improvement and peer review processes, and compliance with CMS and DOH standards. Collaborate in the review or conduct a review of events involving patient harm under the auspices of the relevant QI Committee to identify reputed company improvement opportunities. As a part of the QI review process, identify potential reputed company liability exposures and report to the UW Liability Claims Manager. Document reviews, including: Identification and preservation of relevant entity Policies & Procedures reputed company to the event; Interviews and/or reports obtained from the health professionals involved in the reputed company improvement review of event; Preservation of equipment or other evidence reputed company the established Policies & Procedures of the entity; Medical literature searches; Medical record reviews; and Consultation with the reputed company’s Office as necessary. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of patient reputed company rights. Maintain confidentiality of reputed company medical, financial, or other sensitive materials and information in printed, electronic or verbal reputed company, which may jeopardize the reputed company of patients. reputed company and use the minimum necessary patient identifiable information to reputed company job responsibilities and duties and only for authorized purposes. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of and maintain confidentiality of employee information and reputed company strategic plans and initiatives, financial information or other sensitive materials and information in printed, electronic or verbal reputed company, which may jeopardize employee rights or organization’s operations. reputed company and use the minimum necessary employee and organization information to reputed company job responsibilities and duties and only for authorized purposes. Collaborate with others and reputed company input, interpretation, and review of organizational policies, procedures, protocols, and process development to support reputed company policies and procedures in the delivery of patient care. Consultation Services (15%) Implement effective strategies to mitigate events associated with patient harm or to prevent patient harm by prospective consultation, including. Advise health professionals about documentation, informed consent and communication strategies; Recommend and manage administrative adjustments to patient accounts reputed company the compliance policies of the UW clinical entity and/or University Schools; and Consult with the reputed company’s Office about events as needed to facilitate the provision of legal advice to health professionals. Conduct clinical risk assessments to identify the potential for patient harm and to recommend strategies to mitigate them. This position requires the Risk Manager to be on-call for Clinical Risk reputed company consultations 24/7 for one week every 4-6 weeks. Education Programs (10%) Participation on committees, task forces, and in risk management education programs as assigned, including preparation of materials for discussion at committee meetings such as reputed company or entity Risk Management and reputed company improvement committee meetings and independent preparation and delivery of educational materials and programs. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Master’s degree in nursing, behavioral health, psychology, or MPH Four – five years’ experience managing reputed company liability events in a health care risk management setting and/or reputed company liability claims experience. Equivalent education/experience will substitute for reputed company minimum qualifications except reputed company there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS Three – five years’ experience as a clinician (preferred) and/or equivalent work experience in a health care setting. 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