Senior Clinical Risk Manager

Position Summary

The Senior Clinical Risk Manager is responsible for leading clinical risk management initiatives designed to promote patient safety, reduce organizational risk, and support high-quality care across the organization.

This role partners closely with clinical, operational, legal, compliance, and quality leaders to identify, assess, investigate, and mitigate clinical risks and adverse events.

The Senior Clinical Risk Manager serves as a subject matter expert and strategic partner to clinical and operational leadership, providing guidance on complex clinical risk matters, regulatory requirements, incident response, and risk-reduction strategies.

This position uses data, trends, and root-cause analysis to identify opportunities for improvement and develop proactive solutions that strengthen patient safety and reduce organizational exposure.

Key Responsibilities


* Lead the identification, assessment, investigation, and management of clinical risk events, including serious adverse events, patient safety concerns, and other high-risk clinical situations.


* Conduct and facilitate comprehensive event reviews, root cause analyses (RCAs), and other structured investigations to identify contributing factors and opportunities for improvement.


* Partner with clinical and operational leaders to develop corrective action plans and risk mitigation strategies and monitor effectiveness through completion.


* Provide consultation and guidance to leaders and team members regarding clinical risk, patient safety, documentation, disclosure, escalation, and event management.


* Identify emerging clinical risk trends through analysis of incident data, claims information, regulatory findings, quality metrics, and other relevant sources.


* Develop dashboards, reports, and presentations that communicate clinical risk trends, key findings, and recommended actions to senior leadership.


* Support the development, implementation, and ongoing improvement of clinical risk management policies, procedures, standards, and programs.


* Collaborate with Quality, Compliance, Legal, Clinical Operations, Nursing, and other key stakeholders to ensure an integrated approach to patient safety and organizational risk.


* Provide risk management support related to regulatory surveys, audits, investigations, and corrective action plans.


* Evaluate high-risk processes and clinical practices and recommend controls designed to reduce patient harm and organizational exposure.


* Support the management and evaluation of potential and actual professional liability claims, as appropriate, in partnership with Legal and other stakeholders.


* Monitor changes in federal and state regulations, accreditation standards, and industry practices related to clinical risk and patient safety.


* Develop and deliver education and training for leaders and clinical teams on clinical risk management, event reporting, patient safety, and ri...