Director Risk Management, Quality and Medical Staff

• Provide strategic leadership for the hospital’s Quality, Risk Management, and Medical Staff functions .
• Lead the organization’s overall risk management program, including risk identification, mitigation, and patient safety initiatives.
• Investigate incidents and collaborate with leadership, providers, staff, and other stakeholders to identify trends and implement corrective actions.
• Support potential and active litigation, including investigations, interviews, depositions, legal holds, and coordination with legal counsel.
• Advise leadership and providers on informed consent, documentation standards, disclosure practices, and professional liability exposure.
• Oversee professional liability, general liability, and property claims management activities.
• Lead quality improvement initiatives, performance improvement programs, and regulatory readiness activities.
• Develop and monitor departmental goals, standards, performance metrics, and quality and risk outcomes.
• Oversee audits, compliance monitoring, and other activities designed to maintain regulatory and organizational compliance.
• Support medical staff functions, including medical staff processes, credentialing, and medical staff-related risk activities.
• Provide risk management, quality, compliance, and patient safety education and training to leaders, providers, and hospital staff.
• Serve as the facility’s Compliance and Ethics Officer and support organizational compliance initiatives.
• Partner with clinical and executive leadership to strengthen patient care quality, safety, compliance, and risk management practices.
• Manage departmental staffing, budgeting, operational performance, and professional development.

• Active New Mexico RN license or multistate RN license.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited nursing program.
• At least 5 years of nursing experience, including at least 3 years in management or director-level leadership.
• Demonstrated experience in healthcare risk management, quality, and medical staff functions.
• Acute-care healthcare risk management experience preferred; this experience may substitute for the management/director-level leadership requirement.
• Experience in a for-profit hospital strongly preferred.
• Prior Director-level experience preferred.
• CPHRM certification preferred upon hire and required within 3 years of employment.

In addition to the base compensation, this position offers:

• Relocation assistance
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, plus flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Competitive paid time off and an extended illness bank package for full-time employees
• Income protection programs, including life, accident, critical injury, short- and long-term disability, and identity theft coverage
• Tuition reimbursement, loan assistance, and 401(k) matching
• Employee assistance program with mental, physical, and financial wellness resources
• Professional development and career growth opportunities

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