Registered Nurse Patient Safety Coordinator
CoxHealth
Registered Nurse Patient Safety Coordinator
CoxHealth
Hospital network with clinics and ERs
Facility:
CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807




Department:
1048 SLC-CH PediatricsScheduled Weekly Hours:
40Hours:
VariedWork Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:
Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).
Benefits
Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth
Job Description:
The RN with responsibility for facilitating root cause analysis related to adverse patient events or for proactive assessment of high risk processes. Other responsibilities include assisting with studies related to clinical quality improvement. The program is designed to protect the overall health of patients, families, visitors, staff (paid or volunteer) and physicians who visit or work in one of our CoxHealth locations.Education:
▪ Required: Graduate of an accredited nursing program
▪ Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or related healthcare field
Experience:
▪ Required: 2 years’ experience as a RN
▪ Preferred: 1 year experience in management, education, or process improvement
Skills:
▪ Communication and Leadership
▪ Data abstraction and Electronic Medical Record Navigation
▪ Regulatory and quality improvement project management
▪ Instruction-Education
▪ Healthcare practices, patient care, and public reporting practices.
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
▪ Required: RN license active in the state of Missouri
▪ Preferred: Certified Professional in Patient Safety
CoxHealth operates as a regional health system with six hospitals, more than 80 clinics, five emergency rooms, and about 13,000 employees across southwest Missouri. It delivers a wide range of medical treatments and services through its network, coordinating primary, specialty, urgent, and hospital-based care to meet patient needs. The system’s care works by connecting hospitals, clinics, and ERs under one network to provide consistent, accessible health services and care pathways for patients. CoxHealth differentiates itself by being the area leader in health care and community involvement, leveraging a large regional footprint and a strong commitment to community health as part of its mission. Its goal is to improve the health of the communities it serves and to be the best for those who need care.
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