Risk Manager - Enterprise Risk Management- Temporary Full-time 2025-14776 (2025-14776)
Sunnybrook
Date: 4 hours ago
City: Toronto, ON
Contract type: Full time

Summary Of Duties
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has a vacancy for the position of Risk Manager within the Department of Quality,
Patient Safety and Enterprise Risk. Reporting to the Manager, Enterprise Risk Management, the incumbent will work
collaboratively with the risk management and quality and patient safety teams, senior leadership, directors,
managers, front-line staff and various internal and external stakeholders across all of Sunnybrook’s campuses to
address risk management issues and implement organization-wide policies and other initiatives to promote patient
safety and mitigate risk.
Risk Management Duties
Operational Risk Management and Patient Safety:
physicians, clinical staff, corporate support departments and patient safety.
applicable stakeholders.
representative.
Quality Of Care Reviews
leading QCIPA and non-QCIPA system reviews (quality of care reviews) through to the implementation of
recommendations.
Claims Management
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Risk Mitigation
effective contingency planning with stakeholders, to ensure business continuity.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has a vacancy for the position of Risk Manager within the Department of Quality,
Patient Safety and Enterprise Risk. Reporting to the Manager, Enterprise Risk Management, the incumbent will work
collaboratively with the risk management and quality and patient safety teams, senior leadership, directors,
managers, front-line staff and various internal and external stakeholders across all of Sunnybrook’s campuses to
address risk management issues and implement organization-wide policies and other initiatives to promote patient
safety and mitigate risk.
Risk Management Duties
Operational Risk Management and Patient Safety:
- Responds daily to organization-wide risk requests to provide expert consultation and advice on a wide variety of
physicians, clinical staff, corporate support departments and patient safety.
- Reviews/audits/edits Safety Event Reports and ensures accuracy, due diligence in the investigation and follow up
applicable stakeholders.
- Provides risk consultation to develop and revise policies, procedures and select Emergency Response Codes to
- Provides onsite leadership at select emergency codes and unplanned infrastructure disruptions to ensure
- Executes an effective response to external sources of risk identification e.g., Coroner’s requests, jury
- Participates in and/or leads key risk and patient safety related committees i.e. System Review/QCIPA committee,
representative.
Quality Of Care Reviews
- Leads the risk response to serious safety events and critical patient incidents including supporting clinical and
leading QCIPA and non-QCIPA system reviews (quality of care reviews) through to the implementation of
recommendations.
- Supports the development of reports and presentations for system review recommendations to the QCIPA
- Shares system level recommendations for improvement with operational and senior leadership for feedback and
- Provides support and guidance to clinical teams to ensure appropriate steps taken regarding disclosure and
Claims Management
- Leads the identification and management of potential and actual professional liability, property, malpractice and
- Leads investigations of claims with hospital adjuster and legal counsel; represents hospital at Examinations for
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- Supports the organization’s Integrated Risk Management (IRM) program through engagement with leaders
- Utilizes the HIROC IRM Risk Register application to ensure accurate documentation of risk assessment, progress
Risk Mitigation
- Ensures the annual completion by all stakeholders of the Risk Assessment Checklists (RAC) required by hospital’s
- Assesses, identifies and mitigates organizational and reputational risk associated with select planned high-risk
effective contingency planning with stakeholders, to ensure business continuity.
- Identifies and mitigates risk at every opportunity with a focus on improving patient, staff and public safety.
- Ensures appropriate actions are taken to address identified deficiencies/areas for improvement. Partners with internal and external stakeholders to maximize opportunities for collaboration and integration of best practice and ensure the hospital’s risk management processes are based on best practices and meet legal and regulatory requirements
- Health Care and/or Health Sciences related undergraduate degree required (clinical background with minimum of 5 years of acute care experience preferred, Master’s degree an asset). Current registration with a recognized health profession college or regulatory body if applicable
- Minimum 4 years’ experience in healthcare risk management, claims management, and/or healthcare leadership role strongly preferred
- Formal training or certification in Patient Safety and/or Quality Improvement
- Healthcare Risk Management Diploma or Certification from an applicable program completed or in progress (e.g. Accreditation Canada, OHA, HIROC, Osgoode School of Law, etc.) is considered an asset.
- Previous experience with online RL incident reporting programs, electronic patient charts, HIROC Risk Register an asset
- Knowledge of the Canadian Incident Analysis Framework
- Proven leadership skills and excellence in collaboration with other healthcare leaders and stakeholders
- Excellent critical thinking, attention to detail, analytic and creative problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize various demands in a dynamic and fast paced work environment and to manage a number of projects simultaneously
- Self-motivated with demonstrated ability to communicate well with all levels of staff, physicians, volunteers, families and community partners
- Demonstrated facilitation, conflict resolution and negotiation skills to lead groups to consensus and resolve conflict
- Demonstrated interpersonal, diplomacy, and communication skills (written, verbal and presentation)
- Proven Experience in preparation of educational materials, teaching and/or formal presentations to large groups at all levels of the organization.
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