RN Patient Safety Analyst

Sanford Health•Bismarck, ND

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Join our team and make a lasting impact on patient care. As a Patient Safety analyst, you'll partner with clinical leaders to identify risks, improve healthcare processes, and foster a culture where safety comes first. If you're passionate about quality improvement, collaboration, and driving meaningful change, we'd love to have you on our team.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in healthcare related field
Five years clinical experience required
Must currently hold an unencumbered registered nurse (RN) license with the State Board of Nursing.
Excellent organizational skills
Attention to detail
Written and verbal communication skills
Strong clinical background
Ability to use independent critical thinking and analytical judgment in executing professional decisions
Problem solving skills are essential
Excellent interpersonal relationship skills are critical to facilitating groups and dealing with sensitive and confidential topics, and working towards conflict resolution in stressful situations
Comprehensive knowledge of regulatory, licensure and accreditation regulations related to patient safety

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred
Knowledge of regulatory, licensure and accreditation regulations related to patient safety or risk management is desired
For Long term care they must maintain a certification/licensure as required by profession state(s) of practice and/or possess multi-state licensure privileges as required by position

Responsibilities

Actively participates in the overall safety program for Sanford by identifying potential risks within Health Services division facilities that impacts patient safety.
Responsible for managing safety events related to patients, visitors, physicians and employees within the patient safety evaluation system.
Leads, facilitates, and advises key stakeholders, department leadership, vice presidents and chiefs of medicine and nursing during analysis, deliberation and action planning of safe events and day to day patient safety concerns.
Manages the day-to-day operation of patient safety programs and provides guidance to providers, clinical and leadership staff.
Develops and maintains systems with the organization to detect, monitor, prevent, organize, measure, investigate, report, and manage patient safety events and other indicators of potential patient harm.
Aims to increase patient safety and reduce errors in healthcare processes.
Conducts cause analysis of harm events and those with potential to cause harm.
Collaborates with peers in Quality, Infection Prevention and Control, Compliance, Accreditation, Legal and others to identify and facilitate improvement initiatives based upon findings of cause analyses.
Compiles and analyzes patient safety data for dissemination to operations and leadership.
Prepares summaries for tracking, trending and analysis of event data.