Risk Manager

Job Description
About Us

We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.

Overview

Maimonides is looking for a Clinical Risk Manager to join our Risk Management team at Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital. In this role, you'll help implement and enhance our Risk Management Program, partner with clinical departments to identify and investigate areas of potential risk, and keep the hospital in compliance with regulatory standards. This is a great fit for a clinician ready to move from bedside care to patient safety and quality.

Responsibilities

Implement and enhance the hospital's coordinated Risk Management Program
Ensure compliance with NYSDOH incident reporting (NYPORTS) and with Joint Commission, NYSDOH, NYCDOH, and FDA standards
Review occurrence reports and cases referred by departments and practitioners for reportability and liability issues
Assist with patient complaints and grievances in partnership with the Patient Representative
Work with the Risk/Safety Data Analyst to build reports for QI projects
Participate in QI and Peer Review activities and meetings
Help keep the hospital survey-ready for unannounced regulatory visits
Develop and deliver Risk Management training for staff at all levels
Support Patient Safety and Just Culture initiatives

Qualifications

Current New York State license as an MD, RN, or PA
Bachelor's degree plus 4 years of clinical experience (high-risk or acute care preferred), or graduation from an accredited nursing program with a current NYS RN license plus 5 years of clinical experience
3-5 years of Risk Management experience
Strong written and verbal communication, organizational, and computer skills
Ability to work collaboratively across departments and with outside regulatory agencies