Pediatric Patient Safety & Clinical Specialist - NICU

About the role

This role primarily supports the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) division, with potential to provide support across additional clinical areas as needed. Plays a key role in advancing patient safety and quality improvement initiatives through collaboration, facilitation, and project leadership at the local level.

Responsibilities

• Investigates and evaluates events for risk potential, loss minimization, and proper documentation in addition to using risk factors data to develop evidence-based Patient Safety interventions and process improvement strategies.
• Provides consultation and support to teams or departments related to performance improvement initiatives, regulatory compliance and patient safety events.
• Utilizes evidence-based Quality Improvement methodology and systems thinking to coach and lead teams to implement, evaluate, and improve the quality of care.
• Participates in pediatric safety collaboratives and networks including the Child Health Patient Safety Organization (PSO) and Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS).
• Fosters a learning and psychologically safe environment in facilitating debriefs (both proactively and post-safety event - including RCA, ACA, & CCA) to learn and identify processes that are going well, and improvement opportunities related to policies, processes, knowledge, or systems.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Experience in patient safety and/or quality improvement initiatives
• Strong facilitation skills with demonstrated experience leading meetings and reviews

Preferred Requirements

• Masters Degree
• Approachable, supportive leadership style
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• No prior supervisor experience

Skills

• Patient Safety Concepts
• Improvement Science and Facilitation Methods
• Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Methodology
• Systems Thinking
• Education Offerings on Safety Principals, Quality Improvement, Error Prevention Tools, and the Safety Coach Program
• Facilitation and Support to Teams and Departments Related to Patient Safety Events
• Debriefing and Learning Environment Creation

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
401(k) plan with BJC match
Tuition Assistance available on first day
BJC Institute for Learning and Development
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off benefit combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time
Adoption assistance