Senior Clinical Risk Manager - Hospital Risk Management - Mount Sinai West - Full Time

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Job Title:Senior Clinical Risk Manager Mount Sinai West

Job Summary:

The Senior Clinical Risk Manager serves as a resource to staff to enhance patient safety promote patient safety quality of care and minimize loss to protect the assets of the facility.

The Senior Risk Manager supports the Risk Management staff on how best to review risk management data conduct Root Cause Analysis and comply with risk management related standards by The Joint Commission the New York State Department of Health and other accrediting agencies.

This individual in conjunction with the Senior Director participates in the orienting training and mentoring new staff to the Risk Management & Patient Safety Department. This involves collaborating with the Senior Director to develop educational plans for instructing staff about the medical centers activities and the daily administration of its risk management program.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Provides guidance to the Risk Management staff on how best to review risk management data conduct Root Cause Analysis and comply with risk management related standards by The Joint Commission the New York State Department of Health and other accrediting agencies.
2. Oversight of the day to day operations of the Risk Management and Patient Safety office
3. Participates in new employee orientation to Risk Management its scope and its protocols.
4. Conducts Root Cause Analysis investigations which include assessing need for focused review by departments and/or clinical chairpersons for peer reviews.
5. Conducts critical analysis of occurrences to determine NYPORTS and next steps of requisite followup.
6. Reviews and analyzes all incoming occurrence reports for regulatory and insurance concerns.
7. Identifies trends patterns and findings.
8. Fields issues of concurrent risk management concerns and/or of a medical legal and ethical nature.
9. Interfaces with the HRA/TDC onsite Professional Liability Investigators: reporting potential claims as well as cases of concern by preparation of preliminary reports and determination of priority of investigation given risk management assessment.
10. Collaborates with the Director/Senior Director in developing new Risk Management educational programs as requested or required.
11. Assists department leadership and colleagues with special projects and reports occurrences issues and findings that could lead to risk reduction strategies.
12. Active participation on committees directed toward promoting quality of care and regulatory compliance: Hospital Safety Committee; Nursing Peer Committee; IT Committee; with availability to attend/cover other Committee meetings as well as Mortality and Morbidity conferences at the behest of the Associate Director/Senior Director.
13. Serves as a risk management resource to all clinical and support departments.
14. Participates in policy and procedure development.
15. Investigates complex clinical patient complaints and ethical questions that are referred to the Department.
16. 24/7 On Call rotation for the Department of Risk Management& Patient Safety.

Education Requirements:

Bachelors degree in Nursing or other health related science;

Masters preferred

Experience Requirements:

35 years Risk Management experience preferred

Licensing and Certification Requirements (if applicable):

NYS RN NP or P.A. or allied health professional licensure

CPHRM preferred

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity equity and inclusion are drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. Yet were as diverse as the city we call home culturally ethically in outlook and lifestyle. When you join us you become a part of Mount Sinais unrivaled record of achievement education and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together and participate actively as a leader within the Mount Sinai Health System by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery education and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.


• Serving as a role model confronting racist sexist or other inappropriate actions by speaking up challenging exclusionary organizational practices and standing sidebyside in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.


• Inspiring and fostering an environment of antiracist behaviors among and between departments and coworkers.

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create a welcoming nurturing work environment where you can develop professionally. We share the belief that all employees regardless of job title or expertise can make an impact on quality patient care.

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Who We Are

Over 42000 employees strong the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education research and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.

Formed in September 2013 The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospital campuses including Mount Sinai Beth Israel Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn The Mount Sinai Hospital Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt) Mount Sinai Morningside (formerly Mount Sinai St. Lukes) and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their actual or perceived race creed color religion national origin sex gender gender expression gender identity age disability marital or parental status sexual orientation veteran immigration citizenship or other protected status.

EOE including Veterans and Disabled