Risk Manager

Department / Unit : Risk Management

Risk Management

Work Shift :

Day (United States of America) Position Summary :

Salary $80,151.00 - $132,249.00 USD Annual

Develop litigation strategies for management of claims, work with outside counsel on engagement of experts, life care planners, structure brokers and settlement strategies.

Minimum Qualifications :

Education :

High School Degree required

BS in Business, Law or related field required

Master’s preferred, Health Law

• Licensure, Certification & Registration :
• 7-10 years’ experience required managing negligence claims in a self-insurance environment or within an insurance carrier environment
• Skills, Knowledge & Abilities :

Excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent negotiating skills

Travel required

Knowledge of NYS Law, mandatory

Essential Duties & Responsibilities, including but not limited to :

Mission, Core Values and Service Excellence :

• Contributes to the creation of a compassionate and caring environment for patients,
• families and colleagues through displays of kindness and active listening.
• Recognizes and appreciates that each employee’s work is valuable and contributes to the success of the Mission.
• Actively participates in performance and quality improvement activities and works toward enhancing customer / patient satisfaction.
• Exhibits positive service excellence skills to patients, visitors and coworkers by greeting others in a friendly manner, keeping customers / patients / colleagues informed about progress, delays and changes.
• Demonstrates effective teamwork by interacting in a positive manner with colleagues and creating a collaborative work environment.

Initiates open communication, conveys positive intent, offers assistance. Contributes to a safe and secure environment for patients, visitors, colleagues by following established procedures and protocols, which address the needs of a diverse patient population and workforce.

• Demonstrates stewardship by thoughtful and responsible use of resources including maintaining a clean and hospitable environment, starting work on time, displaying a consciousness regarding costs, supplies and department finances.
• Demonstrates respect for individual differences of each person by acknowledging the essence of each person, appreciating and responding to unique, spiritual, personal and cultural backgrounds of patients, families and colleagues.

Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center!

Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes.

Workforce members are expected to ensure that :

Access to information is based on a need to know and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose.

Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.