Risk Management Specialist

Description

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Job Summary:

This position administers medical malpractice claims, assesses liability potential, and provides education designed to reduce claims against faculty and staff of UNC Health Care System covered by the self -insured UNC Liability Insurance Trust Fund (LITF).

Description of Job Responsibilities:

1. Analyzes individual occurrences and trends and patterns for opportunities to prevent future patient injury. Recommends changes in policies, practice and procedures to prevent patient injury. Monitors compliance with loss prevention activities.

2. Develops case management plan defining key participants and steps in resolving claims. Defines issues involved in the case and makes recommendations for settlement strategies. Serves as liaison between Health Care System attorneys and patient attorneys, attending conferences with attorneys and staff, arranging meetings, pulling files and communicating policies and procedures to all involved in the claims. Gathers information and drafts settlement agreements. Authorizes funding for settlement payments.

3. Investigates medical circumstances and legal implications of incidents and claims. Researches medical records, protocols, laws, policies and procedures governing the alleged liability claim. Interviews employees, patient, patient family members, and others who are involved with the incident and claim

4. Performs special projects that involve data gathering, analysis, preparation of reports, development of recommendations and presentations. 5. Plans, develops, and presents educational sessions with insured faculty and staff regarding loss prevention and reduction techniques, insurance coverages and exclusions, medical record documentation, legal issues and communication techniques. Provides risk management advice to staff regarding incidents that have occurred or issues that are anticipated

Qualifications:

• If a Bachelor's degree: Three (3) years of experience in risk management, paralegal services, claims settlement work or clinical nursing.
• If an Associate's degree: Seven (7) years of experience in risk management, paralegal services, claims settlement work or clinical nursing.
• If a High School diploma or GED: Eleven (11) years of experience in risk management, paralegal services, claims settlement work or clinical nursing.

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Shared Services

Organization Unit: Risk Management

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $33.04 - $47.50 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Hybrid

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.