Patient Safety Consultant

Children's National Hospital

7d • $92,394 - $153,982 • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Safety Consultant will lead, conduct and/or facilitate multidisciplinary activities to ensure the safest and highest quality patient care outcomes for Children's National Health System. Responsible for managing and executing patient safety education and prevention programs to promote a culture of safety. Facilitates an environment that prioritizes patient safety, manages sensitive patient safety information in a professional manner and strives to achieve excellence in communication and collaboration. Actively participates in safety related goal attainment and supports partner departments in other ways as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)
• 3 years Healthcare experience or exposure (Required)
• Must have knowledge of patient safety processes.
• Must be detail oriented, analytic, and effectively lead and manage ongoing projects.
• Must be able to manage and prioritize organizational and departmental needs.
• Must be able to manage projects and priorities independently and multitask as needed.
• Must take initiative in identifying departmental and organizational needs for patient safety.
• Must be proficient or have the ability to quickly acquire skills in cause analysis, model for improvement, and lean.
• Must be able to lead multiple projects, facilitate multidisciplinary teams, manage sensitive information, work independently, have good judgement, excellent organizational skills, and negotiate conflict.
• Must be proficient in MS Office Suite, possess excellent interpersonal skills and excellent oral/written communication skills.
• Prefer healthcare exposure/experience, prefer patient safety exposure/experience.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree (Preferred)
• 2 years' experience in safety/quality. (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Provides consultation, team facilitation and leadership to clinical, non-clinical, medical, administrative and interdisciplinary teams.
• Serves as an internal consultant responsible for assisting with the integration of safety principles within the organizations culture.
• Supports cause analysis through facilitation, planning, coordination, and project management.
• Supports teams in executing, sustaining, and spreading effective change as well as completing cause analysis, pro-active risk assessments, and other patient safety activities aimed to increase patient safety.
• Plans and implements activities to foster engagement in patient safety program such as safety rounds, grand rounds, safety presentations, National Patient Safety Week Celebration, safety culture survey, and others.
• Supports coaches and departmental safety/quality representatives.
• Ensures compliance with mandatory patient safety activities.
• Serves on appropriate quality/safety/service committees.
• Manages the patient safety education programs (i.e. error prevention training, leadership training, etc.).
• Educates and coaches multidisciplinary teams in patient safety techniques and tools.
• Uses data to determine educational needs and make recommendations for program content, then develops education plans to close identified knowledge and performance gaps.
• Serves as an internal subject matter expert and educational resource.
• Reviews and facilitates follow-up to safety events.
• Uses data from safety event reports to create an integrated safety improvement strategy.
• Analyzes data for trends; develops reports for dissemination internally and externally.
• Reviews processes and analyzes and interprets results of patient safety assessments (e.g., Culture Survey, Leapfrog Survey).
• Analyze, manage, and maintain internal and external databases.
• Reviews, analyzes, and prepares data for submission (e.g. Leapfrog Survey).
• encourages use of data and results to foster improvement.
• Independently manages projects that support patient safety, culture, and outcomes.
• Prioritizes projects, manages timelines, and ensures project goals and outcomes are met.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement that support patient safety and reduce adverse outcomes, errors.
• Uses performance improvement methods and tools to plan and progress projects and initiatives.
• Effectively coordinates project to ensure successful implementation.
• Connects with external safety and quality organizations to contribute knowledge and learn from others.
• Seeks out education and professional development opportunities.
• Submits abstracts on patient safety initiatives.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, prescription, infertility, and transgender health services.
• Generous paid time off, including vacation accrual from day one, sick leave, holidays, and a personal day.
• Financial wellness support, including a 401(k) plan and healthcare and dependent care spending accounts.
• Employer-paid life, AD&D, and long-term disability coverage, with optional supplemental plans.
• Additional perks, including tuition assistance, fitness resources, employee assistance, commuter benefits, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level