Patient Safety And Quality Advisor

Number of Job Openings Available:

1

Date Posted:

June 10, 2024

Department:

16002240 Regional Safety and Quality

Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Shift Length:

8 hour shift

Hours Per Week:

36

Union Contract:

Non-Union

Weekend Rotation:

None

Job Summary:

Leads key safety and quality initiatives in their respective business unit and incorporates high reliability principles and tools into these efforts. Key (team and personal) accountabilities include:

• Leads projects and performance improvement initiatives.

• Applies experience and working knowledge to support key safety & quality priorities.

• Participates on hospital based or clinical service line committees and project teams using expertise and experience to achieve desired improvements.

• Monitors and analyzes quality and patient safety data. Makes data-driven recommendations to key stakeholders.

Key Position Details:

• .9 FTE (72 hours every two weeks)

• No weekend rotation

• Benefit Eligible

Job Description:

Principle Responsibilities

• Leads projects and performance improvement initatives.

• Active member of committees providing knowledge and insight to ensure decisions made support quality and safety initiatives and are in alignment with high reliability principles.

• Collaborates and makes recommendations with clinical and non-clinical leaders to formulate and evaluate project tactics.

• Identifies and presents evidence-based practice to key stakeholders including clinical and non-clinical staff members and site leaders.

• Utilizes quality improvement tools to facilitate projects.

• Applies experience and working knowledge to support key safety and quality priorities while making recommendations to key stakeholders.

• Provides safety and quality support in moderately complex decision-making initiatives.

• Actively contributes in making recommendations around safety and quality initiatives and tactics.

• Independently incorporates high reliability skills and tools into business unit operations.

• Applies analytical skills to analyze and presents safety and quality data and tactics.

• Analyzes and presents safety and quality data, information and tactics at leadership committees and project workgroups, generally with manager or senior advisor support.

• Uses problem-solving skills to verify, organize, analyze and maintain quality performance data.

• Conducts investigations and facilitates interdisciplinary reviews for safety events or quality improvement initiatives.

• Leads in the advancement of clinical program initiatives.

• Partners with physician leaders, business unit leaders, and other healthcare team members, in the identification, development and implementation of clinical program initiatives.

• Partners with clinical experts in the development of appropriate clinical best practice standards for targeted populations. Assists in the implementation.

• Assists in the identification of unnecessary variation in clinical practice that may impact quality, patient experience and total cost of care.

• Leads committee meetings that support clinical program initiatives.

• Assists operational leaders in the implementation and sustainability of plans.

• Guide the work of entry-level colleagues.

• Supports entry-level colleagues in utilizing safety and quality improvement, skills, and tools.

• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Public Health, Pharmacy, Health Care Administration, Engineering or other health care related field required or

• Master's degree in Nursing, Public Health, Pharmacy, Health Care Administration, Engineering or other health care related field preferred

• 3 to 7 years experience in health care, project management, performance improvement, quality improvement and/or patient safety required and

• 2 to 5 years experience in electronic medical records required and

• 2 to 5 years experience in project management and/or quality improvement principles required

• Knowledge of safety and quality improvement processes

• Knowledge of healthcare operations, systems thinking, and process improvement

• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) preferred or

• Health Care Quality Management (HCQM) preferred or

• Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) preferred

Physical Demands

Sedentary:

Lifting weight Up to 10 lbs. occasionally, negligible weight frequently