RN Risk and Patient Safety Specialist
Compensation:
Starting wage $28.70/hour (commensurate based on experience)
Hours
1.0 FTE, 40 hours/week
Other Benefits:
Annual Merit Increases, Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision,) PTO, Holiday Pay, PSLF Eligible, Tuition Reimbursement
Summary
Develops and administers patient safety and risk management initiatives to assure quality patient care and to minimize the risk of errors, accidents, or other adverse events. Keeps organization compliant with national patient safety goals, regulatory, and accreditation requirements associated with safety and risk management. Compiles, analyzes, and evaluates data using investigative, statistical methods, benchmark data, best practices or other comparative measures. Leads and facilitates teams related to risk and patient safety activities. Strives for superior performance by consistently providing a product or service to leadership and staff that is recognized as ultimately contributing to the patient and family experience. Recognizes and demonstrates understanding of patient and family centered care
Essential Job Responsibilities
Staff will provide patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by law and regulation.
Responsible for Risk Management Activities
Assesses potential risk associated with existing and/or new services for the organization.
Administers and maintains occurrence reporting system, files, and reporting.
Identifies risk management variances and trends for patient, visitor, and employee safety through statistical monitoring of data.
Investigates all patient, employee, visitor, and property/equipment occurrences for trends and potential loss. Provides leadership for root cause analyses, development, and follow-up of associated action plans.
Liaison to attorneys, insurance companies, regulatory bodies, and individuals for all risk management inquiries or identified issues. Performs as intermediary to attorney/legal requests involving employees.
Research literature to support risk reduction and patient safety activities.
Investigates and achieves resolution of complaints and grievances in collaboration with Director of Quality and Risk.
Keeps records and completes reports to comply with regulatory standards.
Responsible for review of contracts for risk to organization; refers to Director of Quality and Risk, or hospital attorney for recommendations when necessary. Maintains contract database and files.
Reviews hospital and practitioner medical malpractice and liability insurance in collaboration with the Finance Department.
Prepares patient safety and risk management training materials and provides staff training for employee onboarding and annually as requested.
Responsible for development and implementation of associated policies and procedures.
Regularly presents or provides information related to patient safety and risk management activities to the Board as requested.
Participates in various Patient Safety committees and/or Advisory Groups as appropriate for coordination of policies, procedures, and training initiatives.
Performs other related duties as required or requested related to quality, risk, and safety.
Responsible for Patient Safety Initiatives
Leads hospital-wide patient safety initiatives, including data management and analysis. Leads action planning to address patient safety issues/trends.
Liaison to external benchmarking groups for sharing of data, reporting, and best practices to enhance patient safety.
Responsible for mandatory reporting of safety and quality data to external sources.
Collaborates with other departments on training materials and resources as indicated.
We'll embrace all people by:
Treating everyone with dignity and respect.
Opening more doors to opportunity for others to succeed.
Growing talent and people.
Ensuring a welcoming experience for all we serve, regardless of origin, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status.
Taking action against discrimination.
Honoring our differences and how we collaborate.
Educating staff, patients and the communities we care for.
Restoring hope and freedom, together.
Customer Service Responsibilities
Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members. This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.
Responsibilities in Quality Improvement
Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions. Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.
Essential Job Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a health-related field. RN preferred.
At least two years in healthcare risk management, quality management, clinical documentation and/or accreditation readiness preferred. Additional expertise in occurrence reporting, patient safety initiatives, data analysis and trending, contract review, handling of complaints and grievances, and exercising sound judgment and problem solving desired.
Completion of Risk Management education or related coursework within 2 years of hire.
Ability to communicate through effective verbal and written skills, including proper grammar, presentation, spelling, punctuation, and composition for correspondence and reporting.
Proven experience in dealing discreetly with sensitive, confidential patient, employee, and contractual information.
Outstanding... For full info follow application link.
Mary Free Bed is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristic.
