RN, Patient Safety Coordinator - Baroness Hospital

RN, Patient Safety Coordinator - Baroness Hospital - full-time

Job Summary: The Patient Safety Coordinator investigates significant safety and sentinel events and represents a key position in safety improvement and risk mitigation. Being a self‑starter, possessing attention to detail, and having a passion for process improvement through causal analysis are key characteristics for this position. The coordinator is responsible for supporting the hospital’s Patient Safety program through focused reviews and investigations relative to patient and staff safety;

facilitating root cause analysis; and presenting the findings, data review, and analysis.

• Monitors the enterprise‑wide patient safety event reporting system (eSafe).
• Facilitates Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)–related sentinel event investigations.
• Facilitates apparent and root‑cause analyses of safety events, including interviews, HPI standard RCA meeting coordination, and document coordination.
• Aids in initial and ongoing risk and patient‑harm reduction processes.
• Facilitates education of staff on ACA and RCA processes and supports the development of corrective‑action plans.
• Communicates outcomes from ACAs/RCAs to the organization, as appropriate.
• Monitors action items from ACAs/RCAs for completion.
• Helps coordinate data submission to relevant Patient Safety Organizations (Press Ganey PSO and Child’s Health PSO).
• Also performs projects to identify and manage improvement opportunities for key operational and clinical initiatives.

• Associate Degree in Nursing or another health‑related field (Required).
• Registered Nurse (RN) – Preferred.

• Three to five years of recent healthcare experience in an acute care or critical access facility (Required).
• Proficient with MS Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (Required).
• Preferred: experience with MS Visio, pivot tables, other data‑analysis tools; use of improvement science tools (e.g., PDCA/PDSA cycles, Key Driver Diagrams, Process Maps); facilitation in process‑improvement projects; understanding of accreditation and regulatory requirements; familiarity with ISO 9001:2015 criteria; experience with Electronic Medical Record chart review.

License to practice nursing in the State of Tennessee (Required).

Erlanger Baroness Hospital, Chattanooga, TN

Standard

Hours:

Regular