Clinical Risk Specialist RN – Mercy Hospitals

Facility: Scripps Mercy San Diego

Location: San Diego, CA

Career Area: Regulatory

Employment Type: Full Time

Shift: Day

Job ID: 252002867

Share this Job:

Let’s Get Started

Scripps Mercy Hospital has served central and downtown San Diego since 1890 and is the oldest medical center in the county. The San Diego campus is located near the corner of 5th Avenue and Washington Street in Hillcrest.

Scripps Mercy Hospital consists of two campuses in San Diego and Chula Vista. 

Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego’s campus includes the O’Toole Breast Care Center, a 24-hour emergency room that is a Level I Trauma Center, outpatient physical rehabilitation, minimally invasive robotic surgery and our childbirth unit (including a Level II neonatal intensive care unit).

Job Description

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.

 

#LI-DP1

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

Position Pay Range: $57.65-$83.74/hour

In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Act, Scripps Health posts the pay range for all jobs. Please note that actual pay will be determined based on relevant experience and internal equity within the pay range. Please also note this range is applicable for employees who reside in California only. A geographical pay differential may be applied for remote employees who reside out of state. Scripps Health strives to ensure that our employees receive equal pay for equal work in line with our commitment to being an equal opportunity employer.

Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Continue to Application

Similar Jobs

No jobs found.

About Us

At Scripps, we seek dedicated, compassionate people to join our team and make a significant impact on the health of our community and the future of health care. Throughout our five hospital campuses, 30 outpatient centers and clinics, and hundreds of affiliated physician offices throughout the region, each member of our team plays a key role in our life-changing and life-saving mission.  Our people and their commitment to the highest standards of care are what define us.

Exterior of Scripps Mercy Hospital

Join Our Talent Community

Experience an even greater sense of belonging as a member of the Scripps Talent Community. You’ll receive job alerts with new opportunities that match your interests and other relevant information that will aid your career search. You’ll even be able to share openings with friends through social media and email.

Join Our Talent Community

Experience an even greater sense of belonging as a member of the Scripps Talent Community. You’ll receive job alerts with new opportunities that match your interests and other relevant information that will aid your career search. You’ll even be able to share openings with friends through social media and email.

Awards

Certified Great Place to Work Designation
Fortune Top 100 Hospitals Award
American Heart Association 2024 Get with the Guidelines Designation for Stroke Care Gold Plus Stroke Honor Roll Elite Advanced Therapy