Patient Safety Specialist

4 days ago


Orlando, Florida, United States Nemours Children's Health Full time
Job Title: Patient Safety Specialist

Nemours Children's Health is seeking a highly skilled Patient Safety Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our patient safety program, you will play a critical role in ensuring the highest level of care for our patients.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Assist in the management and coordination of the patient safety program, working closely with the Patient Safety team to analyze human, organizational, and system factors contributing to adverse events.
  • Identify and implement risk reduction strategies that promote patient safety, collaborating with clinicians and hospital leaders to develop processes and systems to improve patient safety.
  • Lead institutional patient safety improvement activities, participating in the review process of adverse events with clinical teams and working with clinicians and hospital leaders to develop processes and systems to improve patient safety.
  • Facilitate timely follow-up and/or case review utilizing established report and review processes, preparing institutional reports and coordinating all follow-up and communications with external regulatory agencies.
  • Provide expert facilitation of the process for conducting a thorough and credible investigation of patient safety events, including RCA, ACA, and CCA.
  • Regularly review trends and findings from the electronic patient safety reporting system to identify trends or vulnerabilities, analyzing data in collaboration with data analytic team members and integrating findings with knowledge of other patient safety events for focused departmental and organizational improvement initiatives.
  • Identify system failures related to adverse events, working with clinical teams and hospital leaders to plan improvements to patient care and patient safety.
  • Lead clinical teams in developing and implementing practice and system changes designed to prevent errors, improve clinical care, and enhance patient safety.
  • Collaborate with Patient Relations and other staff to investigate patient and family concerns deemed to be potential quality or patient safety concerns.
  • Collaborate to influence change through quality improvement activities and reports, providing regular updates to hospital leadership and legal counsel on patient safety issues.
  • Assist in supporting and collaborating with the Continuous Regulatory Readiness team to ensure that expectations for continuous standards compliance are met.
  • Maintain knowledge of the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals, state and federal reporting requirements, and other regulatory and non-regulatory standards.
  • Represent patient safety through participation on hospital standing committees and collaborate in academic projects related to quality management and improvement, and patient safety.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • RN or previous patient safety experience preferred. Human factors, error management, and cultural/organizational change experience preferred. CPPS or equivalent preferred.
  • Three years' experience in an acute healthcare setting required. Pediatric experience preferred.

Nemours Children's Health is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates. We are committed to creating a workplace that is inclusive and respectful of all employees. If you are passionate about patient safety and quality improvement, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.



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