Patient Safety Specialist

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Patient Safety Manager, assist with coordinating and managing the Safety Coach program
• Serve as a patient safety and high reliability resource to staff, leaders and physicians; serve as a subject matter expert regarding general patient safety, causal analysis, and action planning
• Collect safety stories using a 3-part structure for use at meetings and huddles
• Provide high reliability staff education and Leader education
• Assist with RCAs and ACAs as a team member or other designee; ensure appropriate actions plans are completed for any harm event as needed
• Assist with agenda planning and data preparation for the Patient Safety Committee as needed
• Co-Chair Nursing Peer Review Committee in collaboration with designed Nurse Manager; review assigned cases, prepare agenda and meeting materials, facilitate meeting, and manage follow-up items
• Assist with clinical quality and patient safety improvement to reduce harm
• Work in partnership with clinical unit-based teams to customize and implement best practices and processes to achieve safety and quality goals
• Create and disseminate regular safety lessons learned through safety snapshots, safety stories, and safety alerts
• Support Leaders, hospital teams and committees in integrating a culture of patient safety processes and activities to incorporate into day-to-day operations
• Create and coordinate recognition activities and/or safety awards as part of Safety Program
• Generate graphs and quality reports to share with stakeholders and designated Committees
• Collaborate with Quality department, Patient Safety Manager, Leaders, Medical Staff, and others to meet the established CRH Patient Safety goals
• Complete chart reviews for all Patient Safety Indicators not meeting benchmark and as needed for opportunity analysis
• Effectively manage assigned projects with a level of independence in performance of the role and/or solution of problems
• Actively participate as the department representative on designated multidisciplinary teams and Committees
• In partnership with the Accreditation Coordinator, assist with survey readiness activities

Qualifications

• Minimum Required Education: Completion of an accredited Registered Nursing program, BSN preferred, experience in lieu of degree may be considered
• Preferred Education: BSN
• Experience: 5+ years in clinical nursing, medical-surgical or critical care preferred
• Basic knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures related to quality and process improvement functions and quality tools and methodologies, to include Casual Analysis activities
• Working knowledge of basic business software such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Applicants must be licensed to work as a Registered Nurse in the State of Virginia, and must obtain CPHQ or CPSS certification within one (1) year of hire