Senior Risk Management Officer - (SEHA Kidney Care)

Role Overview

Senior Risk Management Officer at SEHA Hospitals (SEHA Kidney Care). Location not specified in source.

Role Purpose

Manage proactive and reactive risk management activities across the organization to limit loss and liability, ensure facility-wide accreditation compliance with risk management standards, and maintain a safe environment for patients and staff through environmental risk management planning, administration, and problem-solving.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Management Program Development & Administration

• Develop and implement the risk management program within the facility incorporating environmental risk.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive facility corporate risk register.
• Establish workable and achievable goals as part of the departmental business plan.
• Ensure the smooth working of the section.

Risk Identification, Analysis & Assessment

• Provide basic and complex proactive and reactive environmental health and safety risk management including risk identification, risk analysis, risk evaluation and risk treatment to minimize institutional risks and loss exposure.
• Identify risk sources including but not limited to incident reports, near misses, accidents, adverse events, sentinel events and patient or other persons complaints within the facility.
• Review facility agreements and contracts as appropriate to reduce risk exposure.
• Review, investigate and evaluate code and document pre-litigation occurrences and claims.

Reporting & Data Management

• Prepare reports and analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends and appropriate recommendations or conclusions.
• Manage a database to include loss trending, loss forecasting and data analysis.
• Submit monthly activity reports to the Manager highlighting all activities related to environmental health and safety risk management, achievements and areas of concern.
• Utilize various computer software packages to compose documents, reports, spreadsheets, or presentations involved in the database management process.
• Advise senior management on extreme and high environmental health and safety risk identification and provide required risk management reports.

Emergency & Ongoing Support

• Provide on-call assistance for emergent or urgent environmental health and safety risk management issues to all facility staff as needed.
• Monitor significant economic, social and technical trends, and applicable laws, regulations and accreditation standards as they relate to environmental health and safety risk management that may influence assigned functions or services or the facility.

Education & Stakeholder Management

• Deliver in-service education on environmental health and safety risk management topics, both standard basic education and complex focused topics as needed or requested.
• Develop and maintain mutually successful relationships between team members and other individuals participating in the risk management process to facilitate smooth and constructive workflow.
• Represent the department on various relevant committees as required.
• Attend conferences, participate in training programs and disseminate training to colleagues by formulating and implementing awareness programs as required.

Qualifications & Experience

• 4–6 years of relevant experience (required).
• Experience in a large healthcare facility (desired).