Patient Safety Officer (PSO) and Associate Medical Director, Hospitalist Services – Physician – Valley Health System – New Jersey
About The Position
The Patient Safety Officer (PSO) and Associate Medical Director for the Hospitalist Services serves as a physician champion dedicated to advancing a culture of safety, reliability and continuous improvement across all entities of the health system while maintaining an active clinical practice. Reporting to the Chief Medical Officer and collaborating with other system leaders, this dual role integrates patient safety strategy with leadership in hospital medicine operations and frontline clinical care. The PSO chairs the safety committee and participates in root cause analyses, safety event reviews and system wide safety initiatives ensuring alignment with the national frameworks such as the Joint Commission, CMS, and the institute of Health Care Improvement standards. The role fosters transparency, learning from harm and cross disciplinary improvement efforts that reduce preventable harm. The role models just culture principles, mentors peers in event reporting and response and contributes to enterprise-wide safety education, analytics and improvement strategy.
Requirements
- An MD or DO
- Board eligible or certification in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
- Existing or Eligibility for New Jersey Medical License, DEA and CDS required
- Minimum 5 years of progressive health care experience leading patient safety initiatives in a hospital or a health system
- Demonstrated success in leading root cause analysis, failure mode and effects analysis and safety event investigations
- Familiarity with regulatory standards e.g. The Joint Commission, CMS and experience preparing for accreditation surveys as it pertains to patient safety
- Master’s degree in Patient Safety, Quality Improvement or related field or Certification in Patient Safety, Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) or Quality Certified Professional in Health Care Quality (CPHQ)
Responsibilities
- Chairs the safety committee
- Participates in root cause analyses
- Participates in safety event reviews
- Participates in system wide safety initiatives ensuring alignment with the national frameworks such as the Joint Commission, CMS, and the institute of Health Care Improvement standards
- Fosters transparency
- Learning from harm and cross disciplinary improvement efforts that reduce preventable harm
- Models just culture principles
- Mentors peers in event reporting and response
- Contributes to enterprise-wide safety education, analytics and improvement strategy
Benefits
- Competitive compensation models include generous wRVU productivity incentive with the opportunity to grow, uncapped
- Comprehensive benefits package: medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability
- 401(k) and 457(b) retirement plans
- Paid holidays and PTO
- CME allowance and dedicated CME time
- Malpractice coverage
- Relocation allowance
- Non-profit health system; eligibility for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
