Vice President, Patient Safety, Risk, and Insurance

Under general supervision of the Sr Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, and following established policies, procedures and professional guidelines, the VP of Patient Safety, Risk and Insurance is responsible for leadership, innovation, governance, and management necessary to identify, evaluate, mitigate, and monitor Florida Health Sciences Center's (FHSC) operational and strategic risk. The day-to-day operation of the department activities, include but are not limited to safety surveillance and regulatory readiness, clinical risk and insurance management, harm mitigation, claims handling, and settlement and litigation management. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with shared purpose, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital.

Essential Functions\:

• Coordinates and develops hospital-wide programs for safe patient care and risk-free services utilizing internal and external safety trends using the incident reporting system, the PSO, staff and administrative support.
• Leads risk identification, assessment, management and reporting for collaborative high reliability organization.
• Responsible for TGH’s clinical accreditation programs regulated by CMS, The Joint Commission and AHCA.
• Provides oversight, drafts and reviews Patient Safety/Risk Management policies to ensure compliance with applicable regulations including, but not limited to, safety legislation, the Joint Commission, claims management and other risk management industry practices.
• Works closely with quality department, performance improvement, compliance & privacy to assure coordination and consideration of these areas in investigations, reviews and recommendations.
• Ensures safety and risk management policies and strategies are in compliance with applicable regulations (including, but not limited to, safety legislation, the Joint Commission, HIPAA, and industry practices) and strategic imperatives of the organization, in conjunction with hospital regulatory specialists, quality director, corporate compliance and privacy.
• Complies with safety legislation, industry practice, healthcare legislation and guidance published by regulatory bodies
• Functions as a liaison for reporting findings and status to senior executives, the president and the board of directors.
• Responsible for interviewing, hiring, scheduling and assigning work to, and evaluates performance of, supervised employees.
• Oversees all operational risk management activities. Monitors and analyzes risks within the company's business units and reports on these risks to the executive team, the board of directors and the captive board.
• Monitors and analyzes risks within all clinical settings within the system and reports these risks to ensure alignment with organizational objectives.
• Works closely with legal counsel, public relations and office of the president to assure optimal risk mitigation of all organizational risks.
• Serves as a liaison between the organization, legal counsel and regulatory agencies in matters related to litigation preparation and defense including maintenance of detailed documentation in the form of incident reports, communication logs, quality improvement initiatives
• Ensures appropriate insurance coverage is in place to mitigate financial risk associated with potential litigation