Patient Safety Manager

Are you a results-driven leader ready to make a meaningful impact to patients, caregivers, and your community? At Saint Francis Hospital - Bartlett, we’re seeking an innovative and experienced healthcare leader to drive excellence and inspire our team towards exceptional patient outcomes and operational success.

About the role

The Patient Safety Manager will have primary oversight of the facility-wide patient safety program. This leadership role directs others within the facility toward process improvements to support the reduction of medical/healthcare errors and other factors that contribute to unintended adverse patient outcomes. This practitioner provides leadership for safety assessments, coordinates the activities for the patient safety function or committee, educates other practitioners on the system-based causes for medical errors, consults with management and staff, and communicates literature-based ideas regarding effective patient safety strategies to others within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Investigates patient safety issues within the organization
• Leads or facilitates Root Cause Analysis, Focused Reviews, and Intense Analyses
• Ensures timely identification of trends and implementation of corrective and preventative actions
• Maintains compliance with audits and monitoring as defined in action plans
• Reviews and closes all Safety Events reported in the event reporting system
• Verifies all Safety Events are routed to the appropriate department leaders for review
• Notifies Risk Management of potential risk issues

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a patient care related field
• 5+ years of combined experience in clinical practice and progressive healthcare leadership experience
• CPPS certification or eligible to take the exam within one year of employment

Qualifications (Preferred)

• 2 years of experience in Patient Safety, Quality, Risk Management, or healthcare operations

Benefits

At Saint Francis Hospital - Bartlett, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program
• Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits including pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long-term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status.

About the organization

Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett is a 196-bed full-service hospital located at 2986 Kate Bond Rd in Bartlett. Opened in 2004, the hospital provides an extensive offering of medical services including a 24-hour emergency room, critical care, cardiac care, oncology, urology, physical therapy, and a 16-bed orthopedic/spine unit. Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has been honored with the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award, Leapfrog Group’s “A” Hospital Safety Score, and has received Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care.