Patient Safety Coordinator (RN Required) - FT - Days

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Acts as a facilitator and advocate for a culture of patient safety, engaging staff at all levels to ensure a commitment to safety practices.
• Collections clinical data and conducts chart reviews, assists with identifying strategies to create and reinforce a culture of safety and continuous preparedness for National Performance Goals.
• Supports a culture of patient safety and high reliability. Partners with nursing, administration, and medical staff leadership to assist with ensuring organizational compliance related to patient safety.
• Drives patient safety improvements by identifying trends, using significant outcomes performance data, and recommends opportunities to enhance clinical outcomes.
• Communicates patient safety actions and recommendations to committees, organizational leadership, and Associates.
• Collaborates with leadership to observe practices, gather feedback, and provide actionable recommendations for improvement.
• Performs investigations for serious safety events using FMEA and/or Root Cause Analysis methodologies; develops action plans and ensures implementation of identified improvements.
• Manages error/event reporting through a non-punitive error reporting system.
• Prepares annual reports of actual error occurrences and actions taken to improve patient safety.
• Learns and leads projects which impact patient safety and supports the strategic goals of the organization using a variety of process improvement concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Administers annual patient safety culture surveys to assess safety perceptions and trends, and shares findings with leadership to guide improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program required; BSN preferred.
• Valid RN License from Virginia in good standing or hold a current multistate licensure privilege as an RN required.
• Minimum of three years of clinical experience required.