What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Safety Program Manager position at Penrose Hospital?
Job Summary and Responsibilities
You have a purpose, unique talents and now is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.
Responsible for entity specific Patient Safety and HRO program through the development of standard programming and the facilitation of entity specific process improvements that support the reduction of patient care errors and other factors that contribute to unintended adverse patient outcomes. Facilitate the development, analysis, categorization, and reporting of entity specific adverse events data to help guide improvement efforts.
Job Requirements
In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:
- Five (5) years of experience in a clinical healthcare environment.
- Previous experience with safety/risk/quality management and education.
- Meeting and project improvement facilitation preferred.
- Ability to create and present quality data using tools such as Microsoft Office
- Knowledge of Joint Commission hospital standards and CMS regulations and occurrence reporting requirements.
- Experience in clinical operations and/or experience working in performance improvement or quality management areas, preferred.
- Bachelor's Degree Required
- Nursing or other clinical discipline preferred.
- Master's Degree Preferred
Physical Requirements:
Sedentary work - prolonged periods of sitting and exert up to 10 lbs. force occasionally
We believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness.
Salary : $40 - $58