Patient Safety Specialist

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare•Chesapeake, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Safety Specialist is responsible for collaborating with Chesapeake Regional Healthcare staff and Quality leaders to meet CMS/CRH quality and patient safety goals. The Patient Safety Specialist also performs causal analysis, manages safety alerts, and serves as a high reliability expert resource for staff, Leaders and Safety Coaches.

Requirements

Licensed to work as a Registered Nurse in the State of Virginia
5+ years in clinical nursing, medical-surgical or critical care preferred
Basic knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures related to quality and process improvement functions and quality tools and methodologies, to include Casual Analysis activities.
Working knowledge of basic business software such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Nice To Haves

Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred
experience in lieu of degree may be considered
CPHQ or CPSS certification within one (1) year of hire

Responsibilities

In collaboration with the Patient Safety Manager, assist with coordinating and managing the Safety Coach program
Serve as a patient safety and high reliability resource to staff, leaders and physicians; serve as a subject matter expert regarding general patient safety, causal analysis, and action planning
Collect safety stories using a 3-part structure for use at meetings and huddles
Provide high reliability staff education and Leader education
Assist with RCAs and ACAs as a team member or other designee; ensure appropriate actions plans are completed for any harm event as needed
Assist with agenda planning and data preparation for the Patient Safety Committee as needed
Co-Chair Nursing Peer Review Committee in collaboration with designed Nurse Manager; review assigned cases, prepare agenda and meeting materials, facilitate meeting, and manage follow-up items
Serve as change agent to lead, facilitate and support clinical quality and patient safety improvement to reduce harm
Work in partnership with clinical unit-based teams to customize and implement best practices and processes to achieve safety and quality goals
Create and disseminate regular safety lessons learned through safety snapshots, safety stories, and safety alerts
Support Leaders, hospital teams and committees in integrating a culture of patient safety processes and activities to incorporate into day-to-day operations
Serve as an active and visible patient safety coach to frontline staff
Create and coordinate recognition activities and/or safety awards as part of Safety Program
Generates graphs and quality reports to share with stakeholders and designated Committees
Collaborate with Quality department, Patient Safety Manager, Leaders, Medical Staff, and others to meet the established CRH Patient Safety goals
Complete chart reviews for all Patient Safety Indicators not meeting benchmark and as needed for opportunity analysis
Effectively manages assigned projects with a level of independence in performance of the role and/or solution of problems
Actively participate as the department representative on designated multidisciplinary teams and Committees
In partnership with the Accreditation Coordinator, assist with survey readiness activities
Other duties as assigned to include coverage of essential departmental functions and services
Support clinical operations and clinical initiatives as assigned
Attend required hospital-wide orientations, meetings, and in-services
Demonstrate a commitment to flexible work scheduling when necessary to ensure patient care