Risk Management Officer

Job SnapshotRisk Management Officer
- Healthcare Safety Job SnapshotRole: Risk Management Officer
- Healthcare SafetyLocation: Dubai, United Arab EmiratesIndustry: Hospital and Health CareFunction: Occupational Health and SafetyExperience: Minimum 5 yearsJob Type: Full-timeJob DetailsCountry: United Arab EmiratesCity: DubaiIndustry: Hospital and Health CareFunction: Occupational Health and SafetySalary: 18000-26000 (Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.)Gender: AnyCandidate Nationality: AnyJob Type: Full-timeOverviewRisk Management Officer
- Healthcare Safety in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Hospital and Health Care hiring opportunity focused on facility-wide risk governance, occupational health, emergency preparedness, regulatory compliance, patient safety, and business continuity. The role leads the planning, coordination, delivery, and evaluation of programs designed to protect patients, employees, visitors, facilities, and organizational assets. This position is suited to an experienced healthcare risk and safety professional with strong knowledge of incident investigation, root cause analysis, regulatory standards, emergency planning, quality improvement, and multidisciplinary team leadership.

Key Responsibilities
Provide strategic leadership and direction for the healthcare risk management and safety function.
Develop departmental goals, performance measures, annual plans, and improvement priorities.
Design and maintain a comprehensive facility‑wide risk and safety management program.
Align risk activities with patient safety, employee wellbeing, regulatory compliance, and business continuity requirements.
Identify clinical, operational, occupational, environmental, financial, and reputational loss exposures.
Evaluate the likelihood and potential impact of identified risks.
Develop mitigation plans to reduce liability, prevent incidents, and protect organizational assets.
Coordinate administrative and clinical risk activities across departments.
Prepare short‑term and long‑term budgets for safety programs, resources, training, equipment, and emergency preparedness.
Monitor departmental spending and allocate resources according to identified priorities.
Develop and maintain emergency response, disaster preparedness, recovery, and continuity plans.
Coordinate emergency exercises, drills, simulations, and post‑event reviews.
Define staff roles, communication channels, escalation procedures, and command structures for emergencies.
Work with local authorities, civil defence, fire services, security teams, and facility management on emergency readiness.
Review emergency performance and update procedures based on lessons learned.
Assess occupational health risks affecting employees across clinical and non‑clinical areas.
Plan and evaluate programs for occupational disease screening, prevention, and exposure management.
Coordinate pre‑employment medical reviews and visa‑related medical assessments where required.
Develop workplace health promotion and employee wellbeing workplace injuries, illnesses, exposures, near misses, and safety incidents.
Analyze incident patterns and recommend preventive actions.
Deliver safety awareness, accident prevention, and emergency response training.
Ensure occupational health programs meet regulatory and organizational standards.
Provide risk, safety, and occupational health support to all departments.
Collaborate with the Dubai Health Authority, facility management, security, clinical leaders, and other stakeholders during multidisciplinary assessments of hazards, incidents, emergency readiness, and operational vulnerabilities.
Support departments in developing corrective and preventive action plans.
Establish standards, procedures, protocols, and guidance for health, safety, emergency preparedness, and risk management.
Review existing processes and identify opportunities for safer and more efficient practices.
Revise policies and programs when regulatory, operational, or organizational requirements change.
Ensure approved policies remain current, accessible, and communicated to relevant employees.
Conduct inspections and safety rounds throughout the healthcare facility.
Verify compliance with accreditation requirements, local regulations, safety codes, and internal standards.
Identify unsafe conditions and coordinate corrective action before they result in harm.
Maintain a hazard‑free environment for patients, employees, visitors, and contractors.
Coordinate the collection, validation, analysis, and reporting of risk management proactive risk tools such as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis to identify process weaknesses.
Conduct or support incident investigations, root cause analysis, and quality improvement reviews.
Track corrective actions and confirm that agreed improvements are implemented effectively.
Prepare risk reports, dashboards, committee papers, and recommendations for senior management.
Identify employee education requir