Manager Healthcare Risk Management Consultant Jobs

Prime Healthcare is an award-winning health system headquartered in Ontario, California. Prime Healthcare operates 54 hospitals and has more than 360 outpatient locations in 15 states providing more than 3.0million patient visits annually. It is one of the nation’s leading health systems with over 60,000 employees and physicians. Twenty-one of the Prime Healthcare hospitals are members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. Prime Healthcare is actively seeking new members to join our corporate team!
 

The Assistant General Counsel – Clinical Operations & Risk Management must have substantial experience advising healthcare providers on patient care risk issues.  This attorney is the primary contact for hospital operators dealing with daily patient care issues ranging from reporting incidents to regulators, responding to citations and requests for action plans, to medical staff issues, to responding to subpoenas for medical records.  This attorney must take a lead role in maintaining and improving an enterprise-wide risk management program designed to manage and reduce claims against Prime’s hospitals, as well as developing and providing educational materials and training presentations to improve clinical operations and prevent future claims.  This attorney will work closely with the Legal Department’s professional liability and general liability litigation teams to manage claims as they move from pre-litigation to active litigation, and to implement process improvement after litigation has resolved.  This attorney must actively manage, supervise and coordinate outside counsel in their assigned areas, direct strategy, and contain costs. 

Required qualifications:

1. J.D. from ABA Accredited Law School
2. Active member in good standing of a State Bar in a state where Prime Healthcare maintains hospital operations.
3. Minimum of ten (10) years of prior legal experience in law firm, public sector, and/or in-house position.
4. Must have at least five (5) years of experience specifically focused on advising healthcare providers with patient care risk issues.
5. Must have experience in the healthcare industry, preferably with hospitals.

Preferred qualifications:

1. Prior experience as a Registered Nurse is highly preferred.
2. Significant experience with hospital or healthcare risk management and exposure control is strongly preferred.
3. Prior experience interacting with regulatory bodies strongly preferred.
4. Experience handling organized medical staff matters preferred.
5. Prior litigation experience strongly preferred.
6. California licensed attorney preferred, but willing to consider highly qualified candidates not yet licensed in California as long as they are eligible for California registered in-house counsel status.

#LI-KH1

Prime Healthcare offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options.  Benefits may vary based on employment status, i.e. full-time, part-time, per diem or temporary.  A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $153,753.60 to $249,600.00 on an annualized basis. The compensation estimate noted above is specific to California and has not been adjusted for any other geographic location. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Privacy Notice for California Applicants: https://www.primehealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Notice-at-Collection-and-Privacy-Policy-for-California-Job-Applicants.pdf