RN - Patient Safety Specialist

About the role

The Patient Safety Specialist under the direction of the Quality Director/ Patient Safety Officer, facilitates development, implementation, analysis, coordination, and evaluation of patient safety events, systems, and processes. They coordinate performance improvement and patient safety initiatives to foster a culture of safety and minimize health care errors and risks.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and edits all patient safety events to ensure completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of reporting to key stakeholders.
• Analyzes and coordinates patient safety activities and initiatives.
• Encourages and supports a culture of safety within the organization.
• Investigates and evaluates events for risk potential, loss minimization, mitigation, and proper documentation.
• Aids in the coordination and communication of patient safety initiatives.
• Provides consultation and support to teams and departments regarding performance improvement initiatives and patient safety events.
• Assists in managing data, identifying trends, preparing graphs and PowerPoint slides.
• Collaborates professionally with staff, managers, and providers to address and resolve patient safety issues.
• Facilitates event review process, root cause analysis (RCA), failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and cluster investigations, including leading teams to consensus on scoring and identifying gaps in safety events.
• Utilizes performance enhancing tools as part of process improvement, problem analysis, and measurement to lead projects.
• Effectively uses data to communicate, including the ability to present data.

Requirements

Minimum requirements include a bachelor’s degree in nursing and three years of experience in acute care hospital settings. Licensure in the State of Indiana as a Registered Nurse is also required.