Risk Manager

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s Degree in nursing or related healthcare field is required.  BSN is highly preferred.
• Three (3) years clinical experience is required. (RN)
• Three (3) Years Risk Management, Quality Management, Legal or Patient Safety is highly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Excel, MS Word and Outlook highly preferred.
• Appropriate clinical licensure for discipline is required upon hire (RN).
• RN is highly preferred upon hire. 
• CPHRM – Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management or CPPS Certified Professional in Patient Safety is preferred upon hire.

For Success:

• Familiarity with clinical risk management concepts, practices and procedures in an acute health care setting.
• Ongoing and in-service training, annual review and competency validation, and event-specific training.
• Promote patient satisfaction and reduce the likelihood of litigation.
• Ability to document and respond to patient and family complaints.
• Demonstrate ability to reduce liability claims, sentinel events, near misses, and the overall cost of the organization’s risk.
• Ability to report on quantifiable and actionable data.
• Promote open and spontaneous dialogue about risk and with whom.
• Promote a safe, just culture.
• Documenting, classifying, tracking possible risks and adverse events, and protocols for mandatory reporting.
• Respond to reported risks and events including acute response, follow-up, reporting, and repeat failure prevention.

What You’ll Do

         ·         Utilizes the reliability learning tool (including actual events, near misses, and general safety concerns) and recognizes and addresses patient safety/risk exposures affecting the quality of care and outcomes.

         ·         Utilizes statistical and other methods to aggregate, analyze and prepare data reports for presentation.

         ·         Facilitates the Risk Management Program including identification, analysis, planning and implementation focusing on events which resulted or could have resulted in adverse risk or a compromise to patient or environmental safety.

Perks of being a Texas Health employee include:

         ·         Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student Loan forgiveness, pet insurance, and several other benefits.

         ·         Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

         ·         Strong Unit Based Council (UBC) and a supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Texas Health Alliance

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance is a 151-bed, full-service hospital offering acute care and wellness programs to communities in North Fort Worth, Keller, North Richland Hills, Haslet, Justin, and surrounding areas. The hospital provides numerous services, including emergency medicine, general and outpatient surgery – including an outpatient surgery center, women, and infant’s care – including a level III neonatal intensive care unit, radiology – including a women’s imaging center, cardiac rehabilitation and therapy center, business health services, and wellness programs. Texas Health Alliance is a technologically advanced hospital that has earned national recognition for operating at the highest level of electronic medical record adoption. We invite you to join us in furthering your career through our accomplishments and philosophy of excellence.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org