Patient Safety Specialist RN Acute
About The Position
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has a rich history of providing exceptional healthcare, dating back to 1891. Building upon a legacy of compassionate care and innovation, our organization has evolved over the years through strategic partnerships and integrations to expand our reach and services across the Puget Sound area. Today, as Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, we remain deeply committed to healing the whole person – body, mind, and spirit – in the communities we serve. This commitment is strengthened by the diverse expertise and shared values brought together through our growth. Our dedicated providers offer a full spectrum of health care services, from routine wellness to complex disease management, all grounded in rigorous research and education. Our comprehensive network of 10 hospitals and nearly 300 care sites strategically located across the greater Puget Sound region reflects our ongoing commitment to accessibility and comprehensive care. We are proud of our pioneering medical advances and numerous awards and accreditations that reflect our dedication to excellence. When you join Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, you become part of a team that delivers top-quality, professional healthcare in modern, well-equipped facilities, and contributes to a legacy of service built on collaboration and shared purpose.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Nursing
- 3 years of related work experience that demonstrates attainment of the requisite job knowledge/abilities.
- Active Washington State Registered Nurse License
- Strong clinical nursing expertise as demonstrated by possession of RN licensure and an understanding of patient care standards/practices and applicable regulatory requirements sufficient to review nursing/provider documentation to analyze whether the Standard of Care was met.
- Independent critical thinking and clinical judgment sufficient to triage and prioritize safety events, concerns and trends.
Nice To Haves
- Certified Professional in Patient Safety
Responsibilities
- Play a lead role in the response to serious safety events, major unanticipated clinical events and high-risk near-miss events.
- Facilitate and manage the investigation, analysis, classification and corrective action planning using patient safety science principles and the tools of the Virginia Mason Production System.
- Ensure standards around patient and family communication pathways and team member support pathways are followed.
- Provide subject matter expertise in the field of patient safety.
- Evaluate and analyze patient safety events to prioritize and/or identify potential or actual issues which require action.
- Collect, analyze and interpret data to support decision-making and action planning, including culture of safety survey analysis.
- Problem-solve/troubleshoot within scope of position and appropriate escalation of issues to higher-level management.
- Manage complex parallel workstreams in response to a serious unanticipated clinical event and assure standard response processes are carried out.
- Provide coaching to others on communication to patients and families following adverse medical events.
- Project management for assigned work related to the overall patient safety program.
- Provide formal written and verbal reports.
- Support regulatory responses and reporting requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
