Risk Assessment Coordinator

Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center Health Care System, a multi-facility community teaching and integrated Health Care System servicing approximately 950 beds is seeking a Risk Assessment Coordinator





Duties include:





Responds to inquiries or reports regarding potential or actual occurrences in the Hospital that implicate medical, legal, ethical or loss control issues.

 

Analyze and evaluate occurrence reports generated by departments and individuals responsible for Medical, Nursing and Utilization Review in an effort to determine the significance and reportability of events.

 

Assist departments in determining appropriate corrective actions involving risk and medical error reduction.

 

 Undertake investigation and follow-up of occurrences involving risk management, quality of care issues or professional or general liability exposure.

 

Review and evaluate requests for medical information and/or records to determine appropriate authority of request and to screen potential requests for litigation implications.

 

Assist in the review and revision of Department and Hospital policies as necessary.

 

 Coordinate or participate in Hospital and regulatory committees as necessary. Facilitate and/or conduct Root Cause Analysis team meetings.

 

Provide assistance to other departments, under the supervision of the Director or the AVP of Regulatory Services and Quality Management with preparation for regulatory surveys and site visits.

 

 Assume responsibility within Department and Hospital policy for reporting to the Department of Health pursuant to legislative and regulatory guidelines.

 

And other functions as required.



Please send resumes to:  Bea Joseph at Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, 1276 Fulton Avenue, 6th Floor, Bronx, New York, 10456, of fax to (718) 901-8041.

 

Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center Health Care System is an equal opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.