Senior Risk Management Consultant - Medical Professional Liability at Proassurance in Austin, Texas

Job Description:

An exciting opportunity exists to join the ProAssurance family of companies!




We are a specialty writer of professional liability, products liability and workers' compensation insurance. With approximately 1,000 team members operating in all 50 states, we are well-positioned to offer career opportunities to individuals interested in professional growth.



This position supports the Southwest Region of our medical professional liability line of business. Preference is for this position to be based in Texas or Missouri. This position can be fully remote in those states.


The Senior Risk Management Consultant performs and conducts hospital or medical office risk assessments, develops and implements risk management services, including educational programs, aimed at mitigating risk for insureds, and also provides risk management advice related to healthcare professional liability for our internal and external customers. They typically handles assignments involving moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. This position supports the business strategy addressing clinical risk and compliance initiatives. The Consultant works with colleagues to monitor liability trends, conduct research and develop new products and services.



Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• 20% - Performs hospital or medical office risk assessments and conducts risk management presentations for covered policyholders. Prepare site reviews and reports based upon findings. Present opportunities to mitigate risk factors within policyholder practices. Responsibilities include risk identification, data analysis, process design and implementation with appropriate business stakeholders.


• 20% - Develops and presents risk management programs and services designed to mitigate risk factors. Monitor and analyze claims trends to ensure program content covers latest healthcare professional liability concerns. Researches new clinical procedures, medications and technologies for risks. Develops new products and services and continually updates existing products.


• 20% - Fields and researches inquiries from policyholders and other departments related to professional liability risks. Performs underwriting risk assessments as requested.


• 15% - Creates centralized methodologies and tools for the effective compliance oversight and risk management within the organization. Develop dashboards to summarize compliance risks and key performance indicators utilizing existing operational, quality and issue data. Oversee the identification, analysis, mitigation, tracking and reporting of operational and compliance risks in collaboration with the business; continuously improve how risks and issues are aggregated, communicated and addressed.


• 10% - Assists with marketing efforts to potential insureds and professional organizations.


• 10% - Researches and writes risk management opinions and articles for ProAssurance publications and performs special projects as directed.

Secondary Responsibilities:



5% - Supports and participates on special project teams


Up to 20% travel including overnight.



Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in nursing or healthcare related field, or JD degree from ABA accredited law school.


• Minimum of six years' experience in a healthcare or legal environment.


• Risk Management certification, Nursing certification, or member in good standing of at least one state bar association required.


• Experience and knowledge in risk management, clinical compliance, quality improvement and patient safety required.


• Excellent analytical, verbal and written communications required.


• Proven leadership, strong interpersonal, and relationship management expertise.


• Effective presentation skills, including public speaking.


• Ability to research topics and make recommendations.


• Ability to assess the urgency and importance of a situation and take appropriate action.


• Willingness to attend and participate in evening, overnight, and weekend meetings, programs, seminars, etc.


• The ability to lead with risk based knowledge, confidence and effective partnerships is critical.

Here at ProAssurance, we believe our team members are our most valuable asset. We are committed to providing a dynamic and inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work and grow personally and professionally.


For that reason, we partner with The Predictive Index (PI) - an organization equally committed to improving the working lives of people, to help us hire the best talent by providing additional insight about one's work style.


The position you applied to may require completion of two assessments prior to being scheduled to interview with a hiring manager. Completion of the assessments is not required in order for your application to be reviewed and to speak with a Talent Acquisition team member. These assessments are Behavioral and Cognitive (internal candidates will only receive the Behavioral assessment), and each assessment takes less than 12 minutes to complete.


After submitting your application, you will receive two emails from The Predictive Index inviting you to complete each of these assessments (please check your SPAM or Junk email folder if you do not see these emails in your inbox).

Position Salary Range$83,869.00 - $138,397.00The salary range displayed represents the entirety of the pay grade for this position. Most candidates will start in the bottom half of the range. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have, your location and comparison to other team members already in this role. Apply Now