Risk Manager

Company: RADHealth+
Location: York
Posted on: March 21, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description URGENT HIRING FOR RISK MANAGER Job Location: York, PA Job Duration: 18 Weeks Shift: Day 5x8-Hour (08:00 - 17:00) Requirement: • Masters Degree 5 years professional liability claims experience, or bachelor’s degree with 10 years professional liability claims experience • Experience Medical Malpractice claims and litigation. Prefers experience with commercial insurance. • Claims management or paralegal background experience Preferred LOCAL PAY: $90-$95/hr Travel WEEKLY PAY PACKAGE (resides more than 50 miles) Weekly Tax Free Stipend to be paid $1,162.00 Weekly Straight Pay (Taxable) $2,880.00 Weekly Gross $4,042.00 Job Description: Would like to have someone start April 13 and cover a maternity leave through August. 3 days onsite/2 days remote. Candidate will need to be local to York PA. REQUIREMENTS; • Masters Degree 5 years professional liability claims experience, or bachelor’s degree with 10 years professional liability claims experience • Experience Medical Malpractice claims and litigation. Prefers experience with commercial insurance. • Claims management or paralegal background experience Preferred Background preferred for candidate in order of most importance: Insurance claims, Healthcare risk management, and Litigation. The best candidate would have a combination of insurance and litigation experience. Specifically, we would want someone with experience handling medical professional liability matters, such as physician professional liability, hospital professional liability, institutional professional liability, and allied health professional liability. General healthcare malpractice experience would be suitable as well. This person will manage the insurance claim and help support counsel. This person will not be directly managing litigation. We have defense counsel that does that. General Summary Provides risk management services to System entities. Evaluates the risk of financial or property losses and arranges for appropriate insurance coverage for such losses. Oversees the claims process, including managing activities, documents, and files related to handling and settling claims, as well as ensuring that each claim is handled promptly, appropriately, and in accordance with company policy. Manages day-to-day operations of claims function and provide general oversight and direction of all litigation and claims activity. Assumes the duties and responsibilities of the Risk Manager in their absence. Responsibilities for Internal Candidates Duties and Responsibilities Essential Functions: • Responds to questions concerning risk management and claims that may arise. Conducts and participates in Root Cause Analyses and risk assessments such as PRAs, FMEAs, etc. upon request and as needed. • Participates in the WSH Accreditation/Risk Management on-call rotation. • Reviews event reports daily. As requested, assists the entity patient safety officer in the event of investigation and in decisions concerning regulatory reporting issues. • Conducts educational sessions on risk issues for the various entities as necessary. • Investigates allegations of inappropriate treatment/care which results in injury (or alleged injury) to a patient/visitor and determines next steps. • Drives proficiencies in claims processes and investigations to reduce litigation costs by tracking, reviewing, and analyzing newly litigated cases. Determines the complexity and value of litigated claims for possible resolution, attending trial as needed. Reviews and analyzes initial case assessment and legal strategy and assists in the development of litigation strategy. • Collaborates with leadership to develop reporting metrics (for example, reporting metrics packet) and develops reports and communicates results of current and potential litigation trends to leadership, including, but not limited to, communicating updates such as pre-trial reminders, daily trial updates, and summaries of cases where an increase in indemnity reserves is being requested, as well as any other critical updates. • Identifies, gathers, and preserves discovery items, or items requested by defense counsel that will assist with an investigation, related to existing or potential litigation. • Manages and oversees outside counsel on litigation, discovery matters, litigation costs, negotiations, and settlement agreements by identifying and assigning counsel to handle claims. • Reviews and approves outside counsel invoices to ensure billable hours are appropriate for each case and rejects incorrect invoices and follows up with outside counsel when there are questions with respect to such invoices. • Directs the preparation and maintenance of department reports. Prepares periodic reports for top management, as required. • Provides management services to the WellSpan reciprocal Risk Retention Group, and coordinates activities of governing board, attorneys, and consultants. Common Expectations: • Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, and safety standards. • Maintains appropriate records, reports, and files as required. • Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation. • Works collaboratively with Risk Management, Accreditation and Licensure, and key stakeholders to address organization risks. Required for All Jobs: • Performs other related duties as identified. • WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a compliance program to support WellSpan's values and standards for professionalism, integrity, and ethics. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization and the performance expectations of the job, the department, and the compliance program. • WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a privacy program to safeguard the patient information and the business and operational information of the organization. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization to safeguard patient and business/operational information. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Keywords: RADHealth+, Portland , Risk Manager, Legal , York, Maine