Patient Safety Specialist

Hackensack Meridian Health•Edison, NJ

About The Position

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change. The Patient Safety Specialist acts in conjunction with the HMH Patient Safety Officer and local Directors/Managers of Patient Safety & Quality to provide guidance for safety initiatives, including data analysis, identification of issues and recommendation. The Patient Safety Specialist collaborates with local safety leaders and HMH safety council members to achieve transformational and sustainable safety strategies using project/program management, process and system mapping, reliability science, data analysis, evidence based best practices and improvement strategies. These components and a partnership with frontline experts of clinical operations will provide structure and oversight to improve patient and team member safety. The identification, planning and execution of safety projects is necessary in order to deliver successful sustainable results and build a strong and sustainable culture of safety for patients and team members. Prior clinical/ healthcare experience is strongly preferred for this position.

Requirements

5 years of increasing responsibility related to data analysis, presentation and desire to participate in patient safety work.
Bachelor's Degree.
Proficiency in the use of computer applications and software including Google applications including Sheets, Docs and Slides
Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to present to various levels within the organization.
CPPS within one year of hire.
Certified Professional in Patient Safety within 1 years of entering position.
Open School Patient Safety Basic Safety Certification within 6 months of entering position.

Nice To Haves

Performance Improvement experience.
Experience in statistics or research.
Understanding of The Joint Commission and Regulatory Standards.
Master's degree.
Certified Professional in Patient Safety.
Open School Patient Safety Basic Safety Certification.

Responsibilities

Facilitate highly functioning teams organized around safety initiatives and event driven improvement.
Engages and encourages a team members in the work of safety initiatives and improvement measures.
Review event reports as assigned and determine necessary follow up.
Bring safety and high reliability events, needs and concerns to weekly huddle or local huddle for follow up as necessary. Identify HMH priorities related to local safety committees.
Encourage event reporting and transparency related to high reliability events, concerns, needs, processes to identify precursor and safety events.
Develop & implement data driven strategies to address the identified priorities.
Access effectiveness of implemented strategies using specific metrics designed to uncover gaps or other failures in risk reduction activities.
Ensure continuous learning through close the loop communication locally and through HMH Safety Council, Safety Event Classification call and updating the DPSSQ safety page on the intranet.
Provide knowledge, guidance and mentoring in patient safety initiatives utilizing safety and high reliability science.
Provide coaching and hands-on support of safety strategies.
Increase transparency, reinforce high reliability and advance the safety culture by participating in and facilitating safety huddles, patient safety activities, Just culture reinforcement and shared learning.
Participate in the NPSF RCA-2 process across HMH. Provide, guidance, support and direction resulting in shared learning, across the institution and HMH.
Advance the science of safety and quality improvement through dissemination of methods, results and lessons learned.
Present safety strategies, successes, methods and results at local, national and international forums.
Implement trend analysis of safety events with comparison over time to internal and external benchmarks.
Advance & enhance professional growth and development through seminars, workshops and professional networking opportunities to maintain and extend expertise.