Risk Management Coordinator

Something special starts here. 

You can’t define it, but you know it when you see it: the difference between an average life and the good life. When your cup is full – with joy, purpose and lifelong health – it shows. At LMH Health, we are all about healthy people, healthy communities and healthy futures, and that makes us your destination for an exceptional career. From flexible, work-life harmony to competitive pay and great advancement potential, find everything you’re looking for at LMH Health.

You'll find everything you’re looking for at LMH Health:

• Join a team that cares about the community
• Tuition reimbursement to support continuing education
• Professional development and recognition
• Excellent benefits

We’re looking for you.

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

The Risk Management Coordinator manages the organization and integration of the organization-wide Risk Management program, which include, but are not limited to investigating, reporting, tracking, trending, and maintaining a data base for all reported incidents.  The position is integral in providing organizational education related to risk management and high reliability principals, in addition to process improvement activities throughout the organization while complying with risk management related standards by TJC and other accrediting and regulatory agencies with the objective of promoting patient safety, enhancing quality care, and minimizing loss to protect the assets of the organization.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develops and manages patient safety and risk identification processes for the organization’s operations, departments, and services.
• Educates and assists other directors/managers in assessing their areas of responsibility for exposures to loss and unsafe processes and conditions.
• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with providers, leadership, and staff to promote open communication and accurate flow of information.
• Assists with coordination of patient safety and risk continuing education programs for providers, leadership, and staff to enhance awareness of their role in patient safety, risk reduction, and event reporting.
• Maintenance of computerized data base for reported incidents which includes, but is not limited to, performing statistical analysis, trending of events, preparation of reports, and incident summaries for organizational and medical staff committees.
• Chart review and preparation of Peer Review committee.
• Assists the Director of Risk Management with preparation of required reports for regulatory agencies and reporting patient care-related incidents as required by law.
• Planning and preparation of agendas, meeting packets, and minutes for organizational and medical staff committees.
• Perform apparent cause, common cause and root cause analysis.
• Manages in collaboration with department colleagues, organizational leadership, Patient Safety Manager, and the Director of Risk Management patient complaints and grievances.
• This includes day-to-day responsibilities of patient complaints and grievances to be in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Research for benchmarking data as requested.
• Assists the Director of Risk Management with insurance submissions.
• Additional duties as assigned or requested.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• Current KS nursing license or clinical licensure/certification
• Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or healthcare related field
• 3 years’ clinical experience
• Exceptional interpersonal skills
• Strong public speaking and presentation skills
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Basic knowledge of statistics and statistical methods of analysis
• Proficient in word processing, spreadsheet and database applications including graphics

Preferred:

• Bachelor of Science of Nursing or equivalent healthcare related degree
• License in the State of Kansas
• Prior Risk Management experience
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM)
• Moderate to advanced skills in database management, including report writing

Our Cultural Beliefs

• People First 
• Integrity Matters
• Better Together

At LMH Health, we value inclusion and diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.