Patient Safety Program Specialist

Telligen

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As the Patient Safety Program Specialist, you will be responsible for overseeing and ensuring the success of patient safety related quality improvement initiatives across a designated region in the hospital, nursing home, and outpatient clinical settings. You will support a team of Quality Improvement Advisors (QIAs) to ensure the delivery of effective technical assistance (TA), achievement of project goals, andpliance with deliverables. You will serve as a subject matter expert in topic areas such as medication safety, infection prevention and control, risk assessments, and safety events/policies, working with state and regional leadership teams to standardize processes, identify opportunities for improvement, address challenges, and ensure the alignment of interventions withanizational and project-wide goals. You will also be responsible for state, regional, and national partner engagement across the region, including ongoing support of relationships and collaborative activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in nursing, public administration, public policy, public health, or a related field.
• Proven ability to design, implement, and support a regional technical assistance strategy tailored to providers' unique needs.
• Comprehensive knowledge of patient safety topic areas and hands-on experience in nursing homes, hospitals, and/or clinician offices.
• In-depth understanding of quality measures and QI methodologies in key focus areas, including evidence-based interventions that will improve oues and knowledge of barriers and drivers for improvement.
• Proven ability to design and deliver effective training programs, workshops, and learning collaboratives to build capacity in quality improvement practices among healthcare professionals.

Nice To Haves

• Clinical licensure (e.g., RN, LPN, MSW, PharmD).
• Master's degree in public health, quality improvement science, health informatics, or related field.
• Patient safety-related certifications strongly preferred (CPSS, CIC, CPSP, etc.).
• Proven experience mentoring multidisciplinary teams, including Quality Improvement Advisors or equivalent roles.
• Proven ability to manage project timelines, meet deadlines, and produce detailed written reports.
• Experience in translatingplex data into actionable insights and meaningful narratives for multidisciplinary teams, including clinical and non-clinical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing and ensuring the success of patient safety related quality improvement initiatives across a designated region in the hospital, nursing home, and outpatient clinical settings.
• Supporting a team of Quality Improvement Advisors (QIAs) to ensure the delivery of effective technical assistance (TA), achievement of project goals, andpliance with deliverables.
• Serving as a subject matter expert in topic areas such as medication safety, infection prevention and control, risk assessments, and safety events/policies
• Working with state and regional leadership teams to standardize processes, identify opportunities for improvement, address challenges, and ensure the alignment of interventions withanizational and project-wide goals.
• Responsible for state, regional, and national partner engagement across the region, including ongoing support of relationships and collaborative activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees