Imagine you are charged with hiring a risk manager for your health care organization (or, for those students who do not work in health care, an organization you have an interest in).

• In a 3 to 4 page paper, discuss what qualifications, knowledge, and experience the person needs.
• Create a job description based on the potential liability risks your organization faces.
• Conclude by discussing the role the risk manager would play in reducing or preventing legal issues at your organization.

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Mt. Zion Healthcare facility was established in 2002 and has developed into one of the largest healthcare facilities in Alabama with a bed capacity of 500 beds and serves a community of over 100,000 people. The healthcare facility is exposed to numerous risks involving various classes of persons such as patients, doctors, nurses, suppliers, government, healthcare sector regulators and local authorities among others. As a result, the healthcare facility requires a risk manager to undertake all functions associated with risk management.

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Experience

The healthcare sector like any other industries is exposed to a wide variety of risks hence the need to seek the services of a risk manager. The primary roles of a risk manager in a healthcare facility are to access, develop, implement and monitor…