Regional Risk Manager

PositionSummary:

Contributes to the Risk Management (RM) plan by identifying, analyzing, reducing risk for LAMMICO and its insureds. Participates in the development and implementation of the RM program in assigned territory to individual and large group and healthcare facility insureds. Conducts risk assessments for individual, group and facilities in assigned territory.

ReportingRelationship:

Reports directly to the VP of Risk Management & Patient Safety

EssentialFunctions/Responsibilities:

• Works in a cooperative manner with management, coworkers, customers, and vendors; seeks to support LAMMICO’s mission and vision in daily operations
• Contributes to the development of the department’s strategic and operating planning and meets assigned target dates and objectives; helps ensure that department quality, service and productivity standards are met
• Conducts review and analysis of medical malpractice claims for insureds in assignedterritory
• Conducts assessment for assigned individual, group medical practices and healthcare facilities; provides insureds with loss prevention and loss control interventions that are consistent with RMprinciples
• Provide RM consultation to assigned physician practices including large physician groups and healthcare facilities
• Conducts telephone consultation with individual, group medical practices, and healthcarefacilities
• Develops and presents live and online RM education seminars for physician practices including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nursing staff, and other medical office staff
• Conducts loss analysis for assigned territory based on internal and externaldata/information
• Evaluates territory loss and make comparisons to the book of business and draw conclusions for developing and implementing loss prevention and loss control interventions
• Reports to the assigned Committees regarding insureds riskprofile
• Serves as RM expert to LAMMICO insureds

SecondaryFunctions/Responsibilities:

• Other responsibilities and special projects asassigned
• Attends LAMMICO seminars presented by physicianspecialists
• Attends seminars/conferences for LAMMICO’s marketing department asassigned

Qualifications

Education, Experience andSkills

Required:

• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree innursing
• Current license innursing
• 3-5 years of experience in the Risk Management, quality improvement or other healthcare relatedfield
• 4-6 years of experience in nursing
• Formal presentation skills to small and largeaudiences
• Experience dealing with physicians and/or other healthcareprofessionals
• Experience with dataanalysis
• Strong customer focus and team orientation

• Ability to appropriately handle confidential and sensitive companyinformation
• Commitment to continuing industry and individual functionaleducation
• Strong decision makingskills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact and work effectively with employees at all levels within the organization
• Ability to manage time, set priorities and work independently; ability to organize, analyze, and interpretinformation
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft OfficePrograms
• Must have continuous and uninterrupted access to reliable transportation; must maintain driver’s license and insurance as required by state
• Available for overnight travel; frequent travel up to 50% of the time with some overnight stayrequired

Desired:

• ARM and/or CPHRMcertifications
• Insurance industryexperience
• Experience in medical malpracticearena
• Master’s degree in healthcare orinsurance