Patient Safety Specialist
The University of Chicago Medicine
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Chicago, IL
Our mission is to provide superior healthcare in a compassionate manner, ever mindful of each patient’s dignity and individuality. To accomplish our mission, we call upon the skills and expertise of all who work together to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and further the knowledge of those dedicated to caring.
The primary function of this position will be to work with clinicians and administrators within the Medical Center to implement clinical system and process improvements that will improve patient safety, enhance clinical performance, reduce clinical errors and other factors that contribute to patient harm or poor treatment outcomes, as well as facilitate initiatives to support a culture of safety.
Assist Director and VP in setting the organizational patient safety and harm reduction goals and strategies for the fiscal year.
Implement the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals and other patient safety initiatives including monitoring compliance with a minimum threshold of 90% and developing action plans to sustain compliance. Conduct patient or clinical systems tracers assessing compliance with Joint Commission and CMS standards.
Coordinate the annual culture of safety survey. Analyze, benchmark, prioritize survey data and identify opportunities and initiatives to promote increasing positive responses annually.
Collaborate with Risk Managers in the investigation and creation of the patient safety improvement plans developed from internal adverse patient care events. Facilitate meetings, initiate task forces or work groups to directly remediate and resolve quality of care, patient safety or clinical systems issues.
Conduct a pro-active risk and safety assessment in collaboration with the Risk Managers for sections and departments utilizing FMECA, SWOT Analysis, Lean or other process improvement methodologies.
Perform case reviews and facilitate task force meetings to reduce incidences of hospital acquired or healthcare associated harm events
Round in patient care areas weekly to promote event reporting and to facilitate communication of lessons learned from adverse patient care event investigations and analysis.
Conduct Patient Safety Education Session as part of the safety educational curriculum for all staff.
QUALIFICATIONS
o Professional Registered Nurse License required
o B.S. in a health related field, preferably nursing. Masters of Nursing, Administration or Business preferred.
o Hospital experience of at least 5 years in a clinical or administrative role with specific experience in dealing with patient safety, risk management and/or quality.
o Experienced in process improvement methodologies, e.g., FMECA, SWOT Analysis or Lean methodology preferred.
o Working knowledge of Joint Commission standards.
o Excellent oral, and interpersonal written communication skills, poise in teaching and consulting.
o Strong organizing and data management skills, including word processing, spreadsheets, data base and graphics to design and implement monitoring and evaluation tools.
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