Patient Safety Coordinator

Sanford Health•Sioux Falls, SD

1d•$21 - $33

About The Position

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint. Assists with the coordination of Risk activities and schedules in all markets with preparation and management of meetings, High Reliability Organization spreadsheets, Root Cause Analysis/Apparent Cause Analysis documents and spreadsheets for reporting, data management and trending of reported events. Functions as the liaison with event reporting software company for risk management. Provides support to VP, Patient Safety and Patient Safety leaders including coordination of events, meetings, minutes/agenda, and committees. Assists with payroll, ordering supplies, scheduling of meetings & travel, and other tasks as needed for Patient Safety leaders. Maintains regional High Reliability Organization/SAFE spreadsheets to improve continuity, efficiency, and accuracy across the enterprise. Assists in preparing reports from event reporting software as needed for directors and other leaders. Establishes and maintains good working relationships with internal and external team members utilizing strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills. Assists patient safety leaders in data trending in individual regions and across the enterprise. Organizes and maintains New Clinical Services Committees in all regions. Organizes and maintains the Patient Safety SharePoint sites and updates or archives information as needed. Maintains Serious Safety Event Rate High Reliability Organization spreadsheets as needed across the enterprise. Performs administrative support tasks, such as typing, proofreading, scanning, organizing documents, and updating databases. Processes invoices, check requests, and expense reports Patient Safety leaders and other vendors. Triages phone calls, emails, and other communications. Takes personal ownership of and strives to meet assigned tasks. Demonstrates professionalism with interactions with others. Possesses expertise with various office and legal software programs, including Outlook, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, and Riskonnect. Has basic knowledge of patient safety, risk management, and healthcare terminology. Maintains confidentiality of patient information. Operates standard office equipment such as telephones, personal computers, copy machine, and scanner. Multi-tasks and handles multiple projects at any given time. Completes work accurately and in a timely fashion.

Requirements

Post-secondary education, Associate Degree preferred
Minimum of at least two years’ experience in health care field or information management
Must have full knowledge for using Word, creating PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheet management in Excel
Possesses expertise with various office and legal software programs, including Outlook, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, and Riskonnect
Has basic knowledge of patient safety, risk management, and healthcare terminology

Nice To Haves

Experience in Salesforce application, a plus.

Responsibilities

Assists with the coordination of Risk activities and schedules in all markets
Preparation and management of meetings
Maintains High Reliability Organization spreadsheets
Maintains Root Cause Analysis/Apparent Cause Analysis documents and spreadsheets for reporting
Data management and trending of reported events
Functions as the liaison with event reporting software company for risk management
Provides support to VP, Patient Safety and Patient Safety leaders including coordination of events, meetings, minutes/agenda, and committees
Assists with payroll, ordering supplies, scheduling of meetings & travel, and other tasks as needed for Patient Safety leaders
Maintains regional High Reliability Organization/SAFE spreadsheets
Assists in preparing reports from event reporting software as needed for directors and other leaders
Establishes and maintains good working relationships with internal and external team members utilizing strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
Assists patient safety leaders in data trending in individual regions and across the enterprise
Organizes and maintains New Clinical Services Committees in all regions
Organizes and maintains the Patient Safety SharePoint sites and updates or archives information as needed
Maintains Serious Safety Event Rate High Reliability Organization spreadsheets as needed across the enterprise
Performs administrative support tasks, such as typing, proofreading, scanning, organizing documents, and updating databases
Processes invoices, check requests, and expense reports Patient Safety leaders and other vendors
Triages phone calls, emails, and other communications
Takes personal ownership of and strives to meet assigned tasks
Demonstrates professionalism with interactions with others
Maintains confidentiality of patient information
Operates standard office equipment such as telephones, personal computers, copy machine, and scanner
Multi-tasks and handles multiple projects at any given time
Completes work accurately and in a timely fashion