Quality and Patient Safety Advisor - Transfusion Safety (Local)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

10h•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality and Patient Safety Advisor serves as a quality improvement advisor, providing project management facilitation, education, and data analysis to improve systems and processes under occasional guidance. The role facilitates the development, implementation, and evaluation of organizational strategies to improve clinical quality and care, patient safety, and financial outcomes. This is a local, onsite role primarily supporting Vanderbilt Health’s main campus in Nashville. The advisor supports the Transfusion Safety program under the direction of department hospital leaders, aligning program work with the organization’s overall quality and safety plan. The role collaborates with hospital leaders and clinical and operational staff to support safe, evidence-based transfusion practices and compliance with clinical policies and regulatory requirements. The advisor manages and communicates data related to hospital goals and transfusion initiatives, reviews clinical workflows, analyzes non-conforming events, and participates in developing and delivering educational programs for clinical team members. The position requires applying quality improvement, project management, data analysis, communication, relationship-building, and change-management capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Three years of relevant work experience.
Knowledge of applicable regulatory rules and ability to interpret and explain regulations, including in complex situations.
Ability to make effective, accurate decisions in fast-paced or changing environments.
Ability to facilitate groups and structure collaborative activities.
Knowledge of healthcare organizational dynamics, quality, value, and patient-centered care.
Ability to prioritize critical-path work and focus teams with limited resources.
Ability to transform and analyze data, visualize findings, identify improvement opportunities, and develop improvement plans.
Ability to build cooperative internal and external relationships.
Knowledge of quality and performance improvement methodologies, including PDSA improvement cycles.
Ability to identify and evaluate patient safety risks, near misses, and adverse events and communicate findings.
Strategic planning, project management, time management, communication, and change management skills.

Responsibilities

Support the Vanderbilt Health Transfusion Safety program under the direction of department hospital leaders and align it with the overall quality and safety plan.
Collaborate with hospital leaders to establish, monitor, and maintain safety protocols and procedures that promote safe patient care and comply with clinical policies and regulatory requirements.
Establish and maintain effective communication and coordination with operational and clinical staff to support safe, evidence-based transfusion practices.
Manage and communicate data and information relevant to hospital goals and initiatives related to transfusion practices.
Participate in clinical review of workflows and analysis of non-conforming events.
Participate in developing and delivering educational programs for clinical team members.
Facilitate project management, education, and data analysis to improve systems and processes.
Facilitate the development, implementation, and evaluation of organizational strategies to improve clinical quality and care, patient safety, and financial outcomes.
Lead or facilitate quality and performance improvement work, including opportunity analysis, key driver diagrams, performance measure requirements, and PDSA improvement cycles.
Identify and report patient safety risks, near misses, and adverse events; integrate mitigation strategies and communicate findings.