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POSITION SUMMARY: We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Patient Safety and Risk Mgr. In this role, the successful candidate Responsible for assisting in directing and overseeing risk management staff, development, implementation and monitoring of institution wide Risk Management program, projects, policies and procedures in accordance with the NYS medical malpractice prevention program (PHL) applicable NYS 405 regulations, Federal Laws and JCAHO requirements

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinates aspects of the Hospital Risk Management Program. This includes, but is not limited to, the following areas: Development, implementation and monitoring of Risk Management projects, policies and procedures.
• Provides consultations/assistance to medical and administrative staff on legal issues and hospital policy.
• Ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, including but not limited to those regarding:Coordinating service of legal documents: Review of all Hospitals incident/occurrence reports, QA work products, QA referrals, select patient complaints. NYS Department of Health/Office of Health Systems Management Patient Complaint and Article 28 (NYPORTS) process: NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) reporting requirements:Reporting requirements of the NYS Commission of Quality of Care (CQC) for the Mentally disabled. Collaborate with others within and without the Department of Clinical Quality and Effectiveness to design methods to achieve custom recurrent and one-time data collection efforts.
• Coordinats sentinel event review process; including root case analysis process for defined events.
• Coordinates all Regulatory affairs related to DOH on-site surveys, OPMC and OPD inquiries, and IPRO inquires pertaining to quality of care physician.
• Coordinates hospital wide Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) as required annually.
• Maintains files on Risk Management data for internal and external use.
• Identifies issues for Quality Assessment and Improvement referral.
• Coordinates with other clinical and administrative departments regarding risk management issues;Available to provide direction and coordinate counsel to physician, nursing and administrative staff regarding medical-legal issues. Monitors Risk Management cases and issues. Participates in special projects and performs other related duties.
• Maintains liaison with NYU Hospitals Office of Legal Affairs, and with outside counsel, on issues related to malpractice litigation, or potential litigation. Serves on NYU Hospitals QA&I committees, including but not limited to, Environment of Care, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, all Clinical Service Lines (as needed), Departmental QA subcommittees, Patient Safety Committee, Legal Defense Committee, Quarterly CCC Claims meeting. Any other further responsibilities as are required to ensure implementation of the Risk Management Program.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

ADDITIONAL POSITION SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: When investigating adverse events, must identify potential safety issues that may affect the entire healthcare system and ensure appropriate representatives from the system attend any subsequent Root Cause Analysis meeting

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To qualify you must have a Bachelors Degree in Nursing or Health Care Administration or related experience with a Masters preferred. New York State RN License preferred; 3-5 Years of progressive experience in Risk Management or Quality Improvement in an Academic Hospital preferred Excellent communication, writing, and interpersonal skills required. Requires certification by the American Society of Healthcare Risk Managers after two years experience in Risk Management, or a JD (Juris Doctorate) degree.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Current NYS RN licensure. Previous experience (5-7 years) in and coordinating all aspects of risk management and QA&I program. In-depth knowledge of PHLs, NYS 405 regulations, NYPORTS reporting system, JCAHO regulations and knowledge of survey process. Excellent communication, writing and interpersonal skills along with the ability to manage several activities simultaneously

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization. NYU Langone Health provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents. NYU Langone Health is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online. If you wish to view NYU Langone Health's EEO policies, please click here. Please click here to view the Federal "EEO is the law" poster or visit https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm for more information. To view the Pay Transparency Notice, please click here.

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