Clinical Risk and Occupational Health Manager

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing and current state or multistate license.
• Additional post-secondary education or baccalaureate degree in Public Health, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• At least two years of experience in a clinical healthcare setting, preferably in roles that involve patient safety, risk management, clinical operations, process improvement, or occupational health services.
• Demonstrated experience in identifying, assessing, and addressing health and safety risks, particularly in a healthcare or clinical environment.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing systems and solutions to mitigate risk and improve health outcomes for patients and employees
• Experience in leadership roles involved in overseeing health programs, staff, and organizational initiatives related to risk and occupational health.
• Current BLS certification

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Occupational Health, Risk Management, Public Health or Healthcare Administration.
• Experience with quality improvement models and tools a plus
• Candidates who do not meet all preferred qualifications are encouraged to apply.
• Certifications: Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM), Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN), or other related certifications.

Risk Management:

• Annually evaluates the risk management plan and collaborates with stakeholders to identify clinical and occupational risks, develop strategies, and implement plans that enhance staff and patient safety.
• Monitors the effectiveness of risk management activities and ensures compliance with federal and state laws, regulatory standards (e.g., FTCA, HRSA, CDC, OSHA), and organizational policies.
• Leads the review of high level/sentinel events requiring root-cause analysis, disseminating lessons learned, and develops process improvement plans.
• Oversees Patient Safety Committee activities and reports trends and risk mitigation plans to organizational leadership.
• Assists in the review, creation, and amendment of policies and standard operating procedures, ensuring alignment with organizational needs and compliance with federal and state regulations.
• Works with Compliance, Human Resources, and the Clinical Education Department to ensure the accurate and timely submission of the annual FTCA application.
• Collaborates with the Clinical Education Department to identify and assign risk management trainings/screenings, ensuring timely completion by staff as required.
• Supports Compliance with operational site visit (OSV) preparation and ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements of the Health Center Program.
• Prepares reports and presentations on risk management activities for organizational and board meetings, providing the status of risk activities and plans.
• Responds to claims and complaints by conducting clinical investigations and chart audits related to patient grievances and quality of care concerns.
• Acts as an organizational subject matter expert to answer questions and resolve risk and occupational health-related matters.
• Identifies clinical errors, near misses, and other incidents to reduce risk and improve healthcare delivery.
• Provides a clinical lens related to medical examiner records requests.
• Acts as a liaison with the onsite lab vendor, ensuring clinical compliance with contractual obligations and patient experience.
• Actively participates in committees as assigned.
• Stays current with industry regulations and legal requirements and meets annual FTCA learning requirements.

Occupational Health

• Provides guidance and direction for occupational health activities, including infection control, immunization compliance, and FTCA/high risk training requirements.
• Responds promptly to serious employee injuries, ensuring proper documentation, compliance and learning and collaborates with Human Resources to provide return-to-work guidance.
• Oversees employee immunization and screening data compliance and heath record safety.
• Works in collaboration with Human Resources to ensure staff compliance with onboarding, credentialing, recredentialing, and occupational health requirements.
• Oversees occupational health screenings, onboarding and annual vaccination requirements.
• Leads initiatives to address safety concerns to reduce workplace risks.
• Promotes safe healthcare delivery and work environments by ensuring proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety protocols.
• Implements strategies to enhance the accuracy of clinical processes to reduce workplace injuries and improve patient outcomes.
• Other duties as assigned.

• This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days onsite per week.
• While certain accommodations can be made, position requires some physical exertion and dexterity in using computer applications and equipment.
• Potential exposure to blood-borne pathogens, biohazardous materials, and infectious diseases (i.e., tuberculosis, COVID-19).
• Manual dexterity required for injections, immunizations, and computer use. Transportation is needed to all Thundermist locations.

• Full time Monday through Friday. Some evening and weekend responsibilities as assigned.

• Exceptional oral and written skills needed and ability to develop and deliver public presentations.
• Ability to review, evaluate and modify policies in support of the health and safety of patients and employees.