Risk Management Specialist

**JOB SUMMARY:** Under limited supervision, provides administrative, technical and research support in the areas of Risk Management. **SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:** Work with Insurance Specialist to ensure timely reporting of identified incidents to insurance carriers. Participate in the monitoring and improving of the Risk Management Program, identifying and assisting with the analysis of loss exposures. Assist with Risk Management training for new employee orientation, ongoing education, and annual training. Assist with the maintenance and safekeeping of confidential Risk Management records, incident reports, and legal files. *This role description is a general description of the essential job functions. It is not intended to describe all the duties the Risk Management Specialist may perform.***KEY COMPETENCIES:** **Communication Skills** Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.**HealthCare Knowledge** Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate. This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC’s organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate.**Interpersonal Skills** Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come to an appropriate resolution for a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinking through where we can improve in a novel way. Measures success by understanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying those new ideas to affect positive change.*COMPUTER**FOREIGN LANGUAGE***PHYSICAL DEMANDS*** Not Applicable.* Not Applicable.*MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:** Any combination of education and/or experience equivalent to an Associate’s Degree with four (4) years’ experience in healthcare administration, insurance, risk management and/or patient safety.*PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:** Certified Professional in Health Care Risk Management (CPHRM)**SPECIFIED SKILLS** Excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database applications required.Spanish speaking skills preferred. **SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:** **EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE** * Salary range $55,200- $62,200, based on experience* Full time position + full benefits availableThank you for your interest in employment with Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, NC, where we are committed to improving health in western North Carolina through innovative health professions education and compassionate healthcare.MAHEC was established in 1974 to improve training and retention of healthcare professionals across our region. We are dedicated to excellence in clinical care, health professions education, and innovative practices that can be replicated nationally. The largest of the nine state AHEC's, MAHEC serves NC's 16 westernmost counties to address national and state concerns with the supply, retention, and quality of health professionals especially in rural areas. #J-18808-Ljbffr Mountain Area Health Education Center