Patient Safety and Risk Management Advisor, Day Shift, Quality & Patient Safety

White Oak Medical Center

Adventist Healthcare seeks to hire an experienced Patient Safety and Risk Management Advisor for our Quality and Patient Safety Department who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

• Coordinate and facilitate Risk Management activities, serving as a resource person to hospital staff, leadership, and medical staff, assisting in management of claims, and providing risk management support to assigned committees.
• Review and analyze incident reports for assigned units to determine the severity level of patient harm and facilitate referral of the reports to the appropriate team members and leaders.
• Conduct background investigations of events with referral to medical malpractice insurers and regulatory agencies as indicated.
• Assist in Quality Assurance activities throughout WOMC as they relate to the Risk Management functions, including regulatory surveys.
• Coordinate/facilitate Patient Safety activities such as performing investigative and proactive activities, statistical analyses, root cause analyses, and Failure Modes and Effects Analyses to prevent and reduce risk occurrences and coordinate the creation of plans of correction. Facilitate debriefs as delegated.
• Provide on‑call support to staff and physicians during off hours with Risk and Patient Safety issues.
• Assist with reviewing and coordinating the resolution, response to, and tracking of patient and family complaints and grievances including referral to appropriate responders, determine type of required response, and comply with WOMC guidelines and deadlines regarding the hospital patient grievance program.
• Assist with educational programs for both WOMC and medical staff for recognition and prevention of malpractice, general liability, and safety issues.

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Prior experience in a hospital setting is required.
• Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Master's Degree in healthcare preferred.
• Experience in the field of Risk Management preferred.
• Current RN license with the State of Maryland preferred.

Full‑Time, Day Shift, Monday – Friday (potential for on‑call weekends).

$63,510.88 – $92,090.78

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts.
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise.
• Free Employee parking.
• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire.
• Employer-paid Short & Long‑Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D (short‑term disability buy‑up available).
• Paid Time Off.
• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1‑year of eligible employment with a 3‑year vesting period.
• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long‑term care, and critical illness & accident insurance.
• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support.

United States of America (Exempt).

Adventist Health Care strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID‑19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.

Adventist Health Care will not hire applicants who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use. Applicants who test positive are given the opportunity to re‑apply in 90 days if they can attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past ninety (90) days and successfully pass follow‑up testing.

Adventist Health Care is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and developing the best people to cultivate our mission‑centric culture. Our goal is to have a welcoming, equitable, and safe place to work and grow for all employees, no matter their background. AHC does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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