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Job Summary
The Safety Partner is responsible for coordinating and implementing system patient safety strategies and best practices locally, promoting a culture of safety and high reliability, and developing, implementing, improving, and evaluating patient safety systems. The position is responsible for supporting continuous safety improvement and ensuring sustained adherence to established Pulse program elements, standard work practices, regulatory requirements, and accreditation standards while partnering with Infection Prevention, Quality, Experience, Advocacy, Accreditation, Clinical Quality Data, and Risk. The Safety Partner is responsible for reviewing Pulse Power reports, performing investigations and risk assessments, and identifying and communicating patterns and trends that will facilitate improvement. This role will require strong skills in team facilitation to help groups and cross functional teams collaborate to create a seamless patient experience across the continuum of care. This role will use skills in leading through influence and psychological safety frameworks to help leaders develop strong learning environments in their areas to drive team member engagement in the work. The Safety partner will develop and implement trainings and participate in system level assignments as needed. All team members are always expected to be an example of Prisma Health values.
Accountabilities
* Contribute to deploying the Pulse program to the organization and support evidenced based practices including High Reliability, Just Culture, and Culture of Safety concepts. Develop and participate in patient safety orientation and educational endeavors, annual recurrent training, one-on-one consultations, and in-service training. - 15%
* Support safety huddles and perform rounds to proactively identify safety risks and hazards and evaluate processes to assure adherence to the Pulse program and standard work processes. Recommend enhancements for improving patient, team member, and environmental safety. Proactively addresses questions or concerns involving safety. - 10%
* Complete timely review of Pulse Power submissions by team members and or medical staff for the purpose of identifying patterns or trends. Facilitates opportunities for improvement and support efforts to prevent future events. Work in collaboration with leadership and team members to ensure timely reporting and management of patient safety issues and findings at the operational level. Provide and communicate patient safety trend reports to stakeholders and leaders, in addition to assisting in the development and monitoring of action plans. - 30%
* . Serve as a partner on patient safety related subjects. This includes providing direct support to programs that involve patient safety. Participate in the development of administrative and clinical policies regarding patient safety. Work with all stakeholders to implement programs designed to maximize patient safety performance and evaluation as established by the National Quality Forum (NQF) and The Joint Commission (TJC) National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) and Sentinel Event Alerts. Conduct training and coaching, and develop templates, tools, and processes to facilitate an efficient and effective means for patient safety improvement. Disseminate patient safety best practices and educational materials and communicate evidence-based ideas regarding effective patient safety strategies throughout the organization. - 10%
* Facilitates a thorough root cause analysis through the RCA process following the criteria for ECA and ACA. Facilitate development of strong action plans. Assist operational leaders with implementation of relevant strategies and disseminate lessons learned from RCA process and recommendations across the organization. - 10%
* Prepare, provide, and participate in the reporting of patient safety related information to Leadership, Governing Board, and other applicable committees, per schedule and on an as needed basis. Participate in annually reviewing the effectiveness of the Patient Safety program and contribute to organizational goal setting and prioritization of initiatives at least annually. - 5%
* Partner with Infection Prevention, Quality, Experience, Advocacy, Accreditation, Clinical Quality Data, and Risk to integrate and assimilate information obtained from data analysis and operational issues related to risk. Analyze findings and work collaboratively with key stakeholders to support the Pulse program and enhance an organizational culture that supports safety and reduces risk. - 10%
* Self accountability: is self motivated, meets deadlines, and is highly reliable in keeping assigned meetings times. - 10%
Supervisory/Management Responsibilities
This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.
Minimum Requirements
* Bachelor's Degree - Nursing, healthcare related field, health administration.
* 3 years - Experience in healthcare with knowledge of practices relating to patient care.
Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses
* Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) or like certification (e.g., Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM), Associate in Risk Management Certification (ARM), Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP);) - Required within 2 years of hire
Knowledge, Skills or Abilities
* Patient Safety best practices.
* Knowledge of federal, state, and local requirements of regulatory and accreditation agencies. Proficiency and demonstrated effectiveness in problem solving, analytical skills, and implementation of new programs.
* Knowledge of quality improvement measurement, analysis, and improvement strategies. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Able to work independently within a defined strategy. Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and reasoning skills
* Strong leadership and interpersonal skills. Highly effective oral and written communication skills to work with all levels of the organization and outside agencies.
Required Knowledge & Skills
* Basic computer skills including database and data entry
* Knowledge of office equipment (fax/copier)
* Proficient computer skills (spreadsheets)
Work Shift
Day (United States of America)
Location
Patewood Memorial Hospital
Facility
7001 Corporate
Department
70018502 Clinical Care Experience - Safety
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