RN - Registered Nurse - Regional Manager Clinical Risk and Patient Safety

Geisinger•Wilkes-Barre, PA

36d•Onsite

About The Position

At Geisinger we strive to be the best in all we do. As a nationally recognized leader in healthcare, we continuously work to deliver excellent care and to excel across our organization. With a commitment to quality, safety and excellence, we’re guided by our priorities to ensure a leading standard of care.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse (RN) license required.
Minimum of five (5) years of clinical experience required.
Minimum of one (1) year of supervisory, management, or leadership experience in a healthcare setting is required.
Bachelor's degree is required.

Nice To Haves

BSN is preferred.
Knowledge of quality improvement principles, patient safety practices, PA patient safety event reporting requirements, and healthcare performance metrics is preferred.
Experience in quality management, patient safety, accreditation, risk management, or performance improvement is preferred.
Familiarity with event reporting systems, root cause analysis, and performance improvement methodologies is beneficial.

Responsibilities

Overseeing Risk Management and Patient Safety programs across the assigned region, partnering with leaders to enhance quality and promote patient safety.
Supporting the Northeast Region, with responsibility at Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC) and Geisinger Wyoming Valley (GWV).
Managing Risk Management and Patient Safety Department for assigned region.
Engaging as an integral part of providing safe, quality care to our patients and continually improving the care throughout the system.
Collaborating with leaders to achieve the goal of increasing quality and patient safety and decreasing harm to patients.
Overseeing comprehensive evaluation, investigation, reporting and remediation of safety events and daily operations.
Responsible for compliance with relevant regulations and interaction with all associated regulatory agencies.
Acting as Patient Safety Officer for assigned locations, responsible for compliance with all Act 13 regulations, including high-level trending of patient safety events, reporting to Patient Safety Committee and platform leadership, and timely identification of safety events that require written notification to patients.
Overseeing the identification and review of potential Sentinel Events, collaborating with RPI to conduct and complete required analysis and action planning.
Working collaboratively with Risk Insurance and Legal department as needed to identify potential claims and resolution of patient requests.
Providing employee supervision and supporting the daily operations of activities for the assigned Risk Management and Patient Safety Department(s).
Contributing to the design and development of Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety programs in coordination with director and division leadership.
Participating in recruitment and retention of all professional and paraprofessional staff.
Assuming operational responsibility for staffing plans to support department best practices including position descriptions, performance evaluations, action plans, employee goal setting, hiring, promotion, and disciplinary actions.

Benefits

Full benefits (health, dental and vision) starting on day one
Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents
Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) and a health savings account (HSA)
Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions
Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly
Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year
MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive
Family-friendly support including adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, military leave pay and a free Care.com membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones
Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare, eldercare, & pet care. Access free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, digital self-help tools and more.
Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft protection, universal life and pet and legal insurance.