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AdventHealth

Integrated health system delivering whole-person care

Patient Safety Program Specialist

Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryPosted on Nov 11
Full-timeParker, CO, USA$75.8k - $141kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Ability to work with an electronic health record.
  • Strong oral and written interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with senior management, directors, medical staff, employees at all organizational levels, and external stakeholders.
  • Advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Five or more years of experience in hospital or acute care, including two years within the past three years.
  • A bachelor's degree in nursing, allied health, or a healthcare-related field.

Responsibilities

  • Promote an organization-wide approach to increasing patient safety and reducing errors within hospital settings.
  • Monitor and track the safety event reporting system and maintain confidential investigation documentation.
  • Lead, support, and facilitate tools and implementation of systems and processes that identify patient safety risks, promote a culture of safety, reduce patient harm, and improve high-reliability healthcare.
  • Facilitate and participate in causal analyses; develop root cause analysis and apparent cause analysis action plans with clinical and operational leadership; and monitor and support timely, effective implementation.
  • Facilitate meetings and initiate task forces or work groups to remediate and resolve quality-of-care, patient-safety, or clinical-systems issues.
  • Facilitate weekly Safety Event Review Team meetings, analyze patient-care information from multiple data sources, and report results.
  • Coordinate serious reportable event and sentinel event communications and follow-up with internal stakeholders and external agencies.
  • Use alerts and best practices to perform gap assessments and implement strong actions to address identified gaps.
  • Collaborate on and oversee the hospital-based Patient Safety Coach program, recruit and train department patient safety coaches, and coordinate monthly safety coach meetings.
  • Share patient safety lessons learned and safety alerts across the region and coordinate collaborative patient safety efforts.
  • Assist in developing and delivering patient safety, high reliability, and culture of safety education; mentor, train, and orient staff in patient safety.
  • Oversee and maintain applicable patient safety dashboards, develop and track patient safety-related goals, and disseminate information to relevant stakeholders.
  • Maintain collaborative relationships with Risk Management, Quality and Patient Safety, Accreditation and Compliance, Medical Staff, and Nursing teams and departments.
  • Participate in developing, reviewing, and revising hospital policies and procedures that affect patient safety.
  • Participate in relevant committee meetings to provide support and guidance and constructive feedback as needed.
  • Round in patient care areas to promote event reporting and communicate lessons learned from adverse patient care event investigations and analysis.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Working knowledge of patient safety science and high reliability principles.
  • Experience facilitating root cause analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, and error investigations.
  • Experience in quality, patient safety, or risk management.
  • Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) certification.
  • A master's degree in nursing, allied health, or a healthcare-related field.

About the Company

AdventHealth

Integrated health system delivering whole-person care

AdventHealth operates a nationwide network that provides whole-person health care across hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient clinics, home health, hospice, and digital tools. It coordinates care through an integrated system where care teams work across inpatient, outpatient, and at-home settings, supported by the AdventHealth app for scheduling, telehealth, and records. It differentiates itself with a mission-driven focus rooted in Christian heritage and a large, connected network designed to cover the full patient journey from hospital to home. Its goal is to extend the healing ministry of Christ by improving the health and prosperity of the communities it serves, offering accessible, coordinated care that addresses physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$250K
Headquarters
Florida, United States
Founded
1973

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