Clinical Risk Specialist RN - Mercy Hospitals

This full time salaried position is located at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego in Hillcrest and covers both Mercy San Diego and Mercy Chula Vista Hospitals.

Elevate your career with Scripps Health, where Compassion Meets Excellence.

Invest, Empower & Belong. At Scripps Health, your potential is limitless. We're more than a healthcare provider, at Scripps you will join a community where your views, beliefs and values are celebrated. Grow through industry-leading development programs and empower yourself to deliver innovative care. Be a part of an extraordinary team, impacting health in beautiful San Diego.

Why join Scripps Health?

AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE:

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered, and your abilities are appreciated:

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2024 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.

Since 1890, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego has provided the highest quality patient care to the downtown and central San Diego area. Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego offers every level of medical service from routine checkups to 24-hour emergency care. Centrally located in Hillcrest, this established San Diego hospital is designed to provide the highest-level patient care to our community.

Join Scripps Health as a Clinical Risk Specialist, where you will function as a primary investigator of clinical and non-clinical incident reports. You will identify, investigate, collaborate and provide follow-up regarding risk events to involved departments. The Clinical Risk Specialist works closely with clinical staff, hospital leadership, and administration to resolve issues and implement process improvement geared toward safe patient care.

The Clinical Risk Specialist works closely with Scripps Health Audit and Compliance and Legal teams, maintains confidential Midas reporting documentation, identifies trends, reviews reports and patient data, and collaborates with external licensing and regulatory agencies.

Join our patient-focused Quality, Risk & Patient Relations team in facilitating, coordinating, and promoting process and system improvements, to ensure the highest quality patient safety and facility compliance are upheld.

Additional responsibilities include supporting privacy and regulatory investigations, environmental safety reviews, patient relations interface and resolution, meeting participation and staff and patient safety initiatives.

Required Education/Experience/Specialized Skills:

• Current CA RN license
• 5 years of acute care and regulatory experience and data collection and risk management experience.
• Must have experience with adult education, basic statistics and project management.

Preferred Education/Experience/Specialized Skills/Certification:

• BSN or equivalent experience
• Regulatory, data collection and/or risk management experience
• Orientation to root cause analysis is helpful
• CPHQ preferred
• CPHRM preferred