Director of Risk Management

The Director of Risk Management partners with operational and clinical leadership to minimize risk, promote a culture of safety for residents and team members and safeguard the organization’s assets and reputation. This position supports enterprise-wide risk reduction, resident and employee safety, emergency preparedness, litigation and insurance support and enterprise risk initiatives.

• Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and a Safe Harbor 401(k) plan with guaranteed company match that is immediately vested each pay period!
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO), Flex Holidays, and 6 Paid holidays per year for full-time staff.
• $2,000 a year in Tuition Assistance for full-time employees and robust Talent Development Program – we help you accelerate your career!
• Wellness program with the opportunity to earn a 30% discount on your benefit premiums!
• Employee Meal Program coming! We will prepare delicious meals for you daily!

This is a full time, onsite position. Compensation is $155,000 - $185,000 (depending on experience) plus 15% bonus target.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES:

• Identify, analyze and prioritize operational, regulatory, clinical and reputational risks, and lead mitigation plans across CL supported communities.
• Report risk trends, key risk indicators and program results to executive leadership and committees.
• Develop and deliver in-person risk and safety training for community leaders and team members.
• Promotes a culture that encourages reporting and learning from near misses and events.
• Provides litigation support and leads the annual insurance renewal process.

Emergency Preparedness and business continuity

• Collaborate, educate and support emergency preparedness and business continuity and crisis response plans including drills and after-action reviews.
• Ability to train and conduct drills utilizing the Incident Command System

Resident, employee safety and clinical risk

• Monitor trends in incident reporting, investigation and root cause analysis for potentially adverse events to include but not limited to falls, medication errors, pressure injuries, etc.
• Partner and support operational leaders on prevention programs and performance improvement efforts (QAPI).
• Conducts consistent audits based on trends and risk identification.
• Supports and supervises Worker’s Compensation Specialist.
• Supports workplace safety and injury illness plans.

Regulatory readiness and compliance

• Conduct periodic community OSHA inspections and provide education and support action planning as needed.
• Support survey readiness and responses to state and federal licensing and life safety surveys.
• Conduct monthly site visits of each community supporting leaders and providing

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare or senior living risk management.
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM), Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS), or comparable certification.
• Certification in Incident Command System
• Experienced with Life Safety Systems
• OSHA Certification
• Exceptional analytical, leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Availability outside normal hours to immediately respond to serious incidents
• Ability to travel a minimum of 40% regularly to community locations in California.