Risk Specialist, Legal Affairs
Location Type: On-site
Job Number: 2400007P
Category: Professional & Executive
Job Number: 2400007P
Category: Professional & Executive
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. At UT Southwestern, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development that align with your future goals and help to provide security for you and your family. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more that are all available on the day you start work.
UT Southwestern is honored to be a veteran-friendly work environment that is home to approximately 800 veterans. We value your integrity, dedication, and the commitment you’ve made to our country. We’re proud to support your next mission.
Ranked by Forbes as one of the Top 10 National Employers, we invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for growth.
The Risk Specialist works under attorney supervision within the Office of Legal Affairs to support efficient and compliant management of professional liability and medical risk management functions, primarily within ambulatory clinics. Ensure accuracy of data within the RLDatix event tracking system. Process non-behavioral patient warnings and terminations from the medical practice in compliance with law and University policy; review with providers and staff the circumstances leading to non-behavioral terminations and recommend other measures when appropriate. Ensure the medical records accurately reflect the basis for non-behavioral warnings and terminations. Competently spot risk issues and consult risk managers and attorneys as needed to complete assigned duties or special projects. Professionally and empathetically handle calls from patients terminated from a practice for non-behavioral reasons. Provide support on special projects.
Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) or paralegal certification is preferred.
Associate Degree in Nursing or job-related field, and three (3) years’ experience in healthcare, quality assurance, compliance. risk management, or legal setting.
Licensed Vocational Nurse preferred.
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status. To learn more, please visit: https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/why-work-here/diversity-inclusion
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Why are top candidates in so many professional fields – including customer service, finance, and human resources, to name a few – choosing UT Southwestern Medical Center as a career home? Simple. They know that they will work among a team of people who bring their best every day to support a health organization that’s breaking new ground in dozens of ways. That’s what we can offer you.
It takes a lot to keep UT Southwestern at the forefront, where world-class patient care, acclaimed medical education, and innovative research breakthroughs are common occurrences. When you join us, those are the challenges you’ll share. Our organization has taken on serious commitments and responsibilities within a rapidly evolving health care system.
Change is a constant, so our work supporting this complex matrix of business and systems needs must rise to the highest level of professionalism, collaboration, and innovation. That’s true for every role across the Medical Center and represents why this can be the most challenging work of your career.