Patient Safety Specialist

22 hours ago

Brooklyn, New York, United States Physician Affiliate Group of New York Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Patient Safety Officer to join our team at Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY). As a Patient Safety Officer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the highest quality of care for our patients.

Responsibilities
  • Safety Event Reporting: Track, trend, and manage event reporting for near misses or good catches, and implement and maintain a good catch celebration program.
  • Root Cause Analysis: Participate in or lead root cause analysis discussions, and participate in performance improvement for corrective action plans.
  • Leapfrog: Coordinate data collection and entry for Leap Frog twice a year, along with the Quality department, and identify and participate in performance improvement projects related to low scoring areas of Leapfrog.
  • Culture of Safety Survey: Organize distribution of the survey every two years, categorize the results by department and discipline to share with executive leadership, department leadership, and front-line staff, and track action plans.
  • National Patient Safety Goals: Track and trend data/improvements for National Patient Safety goals on a quarterly basis, at a minimum, and regularly share updates in trends to executive leadership, utilizing recognized/standardized tools for analysis such as run charts, etc., and approved methods of performance improvement, i.e., PDSA.
  • Patient Safety Meetings: Attend monthly System-Wide Patient Safety Council meetings, coordinate regular (monthly/quarterly) PS meetings at the facility, review reported incidents, trends of national patient safety goals, good catches, and any other pertinent projects.
  • Patient Safety Rounding: Participate in and coordinate Executive Leadership Rounds on a regular basis (weekly-monthly), collect, track, and coordinate action plans for shared patient safety concerns, and share PS improvements regularly with front-line staff.
  • Patient Safety Education: Complete TEAMSTEPPS training for new employee orientation or for requesting units, and regularly educate staff on National Patient Safety Goals, how to report safety events, and the importance of reporting.
  • Patient Safety Projects: Help mentor and sponsor patient safety projects and encourage submission to conferences such as IHI or for awards such as HANYS Pinnacle Award.
Qualifications
  • Certification in Safety or Quality (e.g., CPPS) preferred; if not achieved prior to hire, will be completed within 2 years of start date.
  • Proficiency in EPIC, specifically with data mining and reporting.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.
  • Valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse issued by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and two (2) years of clinical and/or administrative experience in coordinating and monitoring initiatives, activities, and programs related to patient safety, quality improvement, and related area(s), analyzing, managing, and reporting patient safety data, and performing other functions related to patient safety in a hospital or health care setting.

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