Quality and Safety Senior Specialist -Jefferson
About The Position
Under the general direction of the Director, Quality & Safety, the Quality & Safety Senior Specialist originates, facilitates, and expedites improvement efforts and education focused on quality, safety, high-reliability organization (HRO) initiatives, and process improvement activities aligned with departmental and organizational goals. The role uses the OnPoint Safety Management System project management standards, processes, policies, methodologies, and tools to support safety work, improvement projects, reporting, and communication. The position also applies project management, performance improvement, and change management and leadership skills to drive quality and safety improvements. The role is based at Albert Einstein Medical Center, 60 Township Line Road, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and is designated as a day-shift position.
Responsibilities
- Interact with co-workers, visitors, and other staff in a manner consistent with Jefferson's values.
- Use and support implementation of OnPoint Safety Management System project management standards, processes, policies, methodologies, and tools.
- Conduct divisional reactive safety work, including ACA, DCA, and cRCA, and proactive risk assessments such as FMECA and HAZOP analyses.
- Facilitate processes and apply safety science principles to identify, review, investigate, analyze, and manage safety events and near misses or great catches.
- Oversee Safety Management System project communication strategies, including verbal and written materials.
- Develop and track Safety Management System and related process-improvement quality assurance, performance, and usage metrics, and prepare printed and electronic reports for project status communication.
- Lead, support, or consult on initiatives and projects critical to organizational patient-safety and quality-improvement goals; embed safety principles in clinical operations through teams and work groups; assign performance indicators; review metrics; and develop action plans using departmental tools to meet safety, quality, system/process redesign, and pay-for-performance goals.
- Guide, coach, and mentor others so they can begin championing organizational projects.
- Apply project management, performance improvement, change management, and change leadership knowledge, skills, and attitudes to drive quality and safety improvement efforts.
- Use hospital and/or departmental software systems and applications to input, retrieve, and analyze data relevant to organizational functioning.
- Regularly present insights developed from data and information analysis.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical insurance, including prescription coverage
- Supplemental insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts
- Retirement plans
- Tuition assistance
- Voluntary benefits, including access to group insurance rates and discounts
- Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full-time service or two years of part-time service
- Medical insurance, including prescription coverage, is available to all colleagues, including those working less than part-time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
