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Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware’s healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover and Milford, as well as stand-alone Emergency Department in Smyrna and a hybrid Emergency Department and Urgent Care in Milton. We offer various practice settings throughout Kent and Sussex Counties. Bayhealth Medical Center Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore. Our Sussex Campus is 30 minutes to the Delaware beaches and relaxation in the sand!
Bayhealth Medical Center offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package (for eligible positions) including:
- Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans
- Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision
- Disability and Life Insurance options
- On Site Child Care
- Educational Reimbursement
- Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
- Plus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more!
Location: Risk Management, Dover Delaware
Status: Full Time 80 Hours Exempt
Shift: Days
SALARY RANGE: 82,950.40 - 128,564.80 YEARLY
General Summary:
The Enterprise Risk Management Specialist will perform a variety of risk management activities with emphasis on safety event response, proactive risk identification and mitigation, safety data management; to include creating and providing reports and information to all levels and areas of the organization, and facilitation of education of Bayhealth staff and the Integrated Medical Staff geared toward the identification and mitigation of risk and loss to the organization.
Responsibilities:
1. Responds to reports of serious safety events (SSE) as needed to restore safety of the situation, assess and document resulting damages and/or injuries, sequester and/or collect relevant equipment/ materials, and to facilitate debriefing with involved team members.
2. Documents information relevant to the event and performs necessary investigation and follow-up.
3. Works with the Risk Analyst to ensure that the timeline and details of the event are consistent with the information known.
4. Participate in Root Cause Analysis or other risk analysis/performance improvement activities related to events, trends, or safety concerns.
5. Participates in periodic Patient Safety/Enterprise Risk Management Rounds to assess opportunities to improve safety and identify risk concerns.
6. Develops and presents educational and/or informational experiences for members at all levels of the organization.
7. Works collaboratively with hospital leadership to support and articulate the importance of the Enterprise Risk Management program and support the attainment of the organization’s safety goals.
8. Is proficient with data analysis and report development with respect to Bayhealth’s safety event reporting system.
9. Participates in the preparation of periodic and special reports to various Bayhealth leaders to provide trending analysis of Risk data in an effort to identify and act upon potential or real Enterprise risks.
10. Supports Risk Analysts in processing event report data.
11. Acts as back-up to Senior Director with respect to managing Patient Safety Work Product (PSWP), to include reporting events to, and managing information received from, the Patient Safety Organization (PSO).
12. Designs processes and systems using performance improvement, Six Sigma, and lean tools in pursuit of a zero-defect environment to improve safety
13. All other duties as assigned within the scope and range of job responsibilities.
Required Education, Credential(s) and Experience:
- Education:
- Bachelor Degree Nursing
; Or a Bachelor's Degree in a healthcare related field of study. - Credential(s): Certified Prof. in Healthcare Risk Mgt within 1 year of hire
; - Experience:
Required: Five (5) years of clinical experience.
Preferred: Risk management, data analytics, clinical investigation/forensics experience preferred.
Preferred Education, Credential(s) and Experience:
- Education:
- Master Degree Nursing
Or a Master's Degree in health administration or another health-related field. - Credential(s): Registered Nurse
- To view a full list of all open position at Bayhealth, please visit:
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