POSITION SUMMARY: The Quality & Patient Safety Specialist plays a role in supporting the development, implementation, management and sustainment of an organization-wide system of quality and safety. Working with the Quality & Patient Safety team and organizational cross-functional teams, the Quality & Patient Safety specialist will support activities to strengthen the culture of safety with the goal of improving the reliability of a complex system.

Must-Haves

• Registered Nurse- Massachusetts
• Bachelors of Science in Nursing
• 3-5 years’ experience combined with healthcare administration; minimum 1 year experience in clinical quality/patient safety.
• CPPS or CPHQ preferred

DUTIES:

• Creates and executes all aspects of project plans by leading, facilitating and managing multi-disciplinary quality and patient safety improvement projects with progressive independence; over sees and manages project management and logistics such as project timelines, agenda development, minutes and documents, slide decks and preparation of reports on project status and activities to various audiences; provides supportive management oversight for organization wide advancement of the culture of safety with progressive independence.
• Has a working knowledge of patient safety science, IHI model for improvement, lean or other improvement methodologies and tools. Demonstrates progressively independent project management skills.
• Performs risk surveys and assessments of various departments, services and systems.
• Participates in activities to use the incident reporting database to identify trends and opportunities to improve patient safety. Participates in follow-up action plans required to minimize patient safety risks.
• Participates in development, implementation and evaluation of programming to promote the BMC Culture of Safety.
• Uses clinical practice experience and knowledge of clinical workflow when leading interdisciplinary teams engaged in complex clinical quality and patient safety improvement work. Ensures national practice standards are incorporated into project work plans.
• Ensure effective data management for assigned quality improvement projects. Has knowledge of measurement framework, and participates in the design, development and implementation of data collection tools. Oversees and conducts data analytics and data integrity.
• Provide support to multidisciplinary teams in the development, implementation and evaluation of quality care initiatives for specific patient populations.
• Mentors Quality & Patient Safety Associates.