PATIENT SAFETY OFFICER

Posted on: Aug 29, 2023
Location: Murrieta, CA
Job ID: fe90ae12
Type: Full Time

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PATIENT SAFETY OFFICER
Murrieta, CA Travel Required
140-200K + Bonus + Relocation Assistance

$25,000 Sign On Bonus

Position Summary

This position is responsible for leading, improving, monitoring, and sustaining adherence with the Operating System for Patient Safety.
This includes Successful adherence to patient safety policies and procedures, standard work process, improved patient safety outcomes, regulatory requirements and accreditation, and clinical measures as appropriate.
The position implements and supports processes which drive outcomes based, evidence based, cost-effective and safe practices in the multiple facilities setting.
Reduces clinical risks at the point of care and mitigate those risks once they occur in collaboration with the Quality & Patient Safety Department.
Implements and evaluates the effectiveness of the patient safety plan through tracking of multiple facility acquired conditions and through developing and reporting of other key performance indicators.
Collaborates with the multiple facility CEO, CNO, COO, CMO, and DCQI to adhere to applicable federal, state, local regulations i.e. (The Joint Commission, EMTALA, FDA reporting, etc.) and will work closely with the multiple facilities CO in managing the quality of care domain of the compliance program.

EDUCATION:

Must have Bachelor’s Degree (patient care related field preferred). J.D, or Master’s in Nursing, Health Services, or Patient Safety preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

At least 3 years of experience (five years preferred) with progressive responsibility working in a quality/performance improvement and/or patient safety department.
Experience leading interdisciplinary initiatives in process improvement or directly improving the reliability of healthcare delivery at the point of care.
Those at the novice (no experience) or beginner level (less than 3 years’ experience) must complete the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) curriculum on patient safety within 120 days of hire.

CERTIFICATION:

Certified Professional Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) [Preferred]

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:

Demonstrated knowledge of: Patient Safety, Regulatory and Accreditation, Clinical Measures (TJC, CMS, Leapfrog, CMS Hospital Compare, and other reportable measures). Able to identify and report potential or actual regulatory/accreditation risk issues that can impact regulatory/accreditation compliance and pose a financial or reputational risk to the facility or company.
Detail oriented and has ability to work with and analyze complex health care process and outcome data using both qualitative and quantitative techniques.
Communicates (written, verbal and presentation skills) with many levels of key stakeholders from the board level to the point of care staff.
Personal computer skills, understanding of statistics, Microsoft EXCEL spreadsheets, and database systems.
Demonstrated understanding of current trends in patient safety.
Demonstrated change leader mentality in support of achieving patient safety initiatives. Able to lead intermediate and complex projects using rapid cycle and other quality/ safety science management methodologies.
Able to manage multiple large projects at one time.
Able to synthesize outcome data into meaningful actions. Able to prepare written reports of clinical and operational survey findings.
Demonstrated knowledge of outcomes and quality improvement methods and using and applying diagnostic tools (defect analysis, fault tree analysis).
Able to remediate findings when in a multiple facilities.
Able to develop and monitor corrective action plans.
Able to development and provide education programs.

SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE:

Preferred experience in the following systems: Electronic Health Record, eCARE (Electronic Clinical Analysis and Resource Efficiency),eCQS (Electronic Clinical Quality System – also known as Quantros), eSRM (Risk Management System), Accreditation Manager Plus with Tracers (AMP + Tracers), Data Access / Showcase, Leapfrog Database and Reports, Balanced Score Card / Clinical Services Scorecard, SharePoint, PC based Word and Excel spreadsheet program, Policy Tech, Industry publications as they relate to Quality and other areas, as applicable, such as Safety, Risk Management, etc.

IDEAL CANDIDATE This position is the Market position, Candidate must be willing to travel regionally

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