Patient Safety Officer RN​/Sepsis Coord

Overview

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• Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
• 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%
• Tuition Reimbursement
• PTO accrual beginning Day 1

Note:

Benefits may vary based upon position type and/or level.

The Patient Safety Officer manages one or more hospitals. They provide leadership and expertise to establish a culture of safety. This minimizes hazards and patient harm by applying the BSWH Safety and Quality Plan:
Guiding values. The PSO examines and integrates data from internal and external resources. They work collaboratively to develop programs that support Zero Preventable Harm.

Minimal oversight; therefore, the RN must be a self-starter and visible to physicians, co-workers and all parties involved with the shared patient. Will manage only one hospital with assignments as follows but not limited to:

• 0.5 Sepsis Coordinator
• 0.5 Patient Safety Officer

• Concurrent audits
• Open communication with providers and staff
• Holding local sepsis meetings
• Attending system meetings
• Rounding on inpatient sepsis patients

• Attend post-fall huddles
• Manage Riskonnect entries/responses
• Handle Leap Frog surveys, meetings
• Rounding with physicians and staff

• Assumes the leadership role for a safe culture by sharing accountability for Patient Safety throughout the facility/organization.
• Oversees the management and use of event information to benchmark and track progress to zero preventable harm.
• Works with facility managers and clinical risk management to ensure thorough and timely event management.
• When adverse events cause harm to patients, participates in the implementation of an early intervention action plan.
• Trains new facility managers on the event reporting system and establishes processes for thorough, credible, and timely event reviews.
• Communicates the Patient Safety strategy, tactics, and status updates to hospital administrators and key stakeholders. Meets regularly with facility managers, clinical risk management, and managers to discuss next steps for adverse events.
• Is a trusted agent for clinical staff to report concerns about care aspects that may result in patient harm.
• Collaborates with facility and system managers to develop, adopt, implement, evaluate, and sustain policies, procedures, guidelines, and toolkits to meet internal and publicly reported measures (e.g., HAI/HOI, PSIs, Falls Prevention, Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries, Medication Management, Preventable Adverse Event Reduction, and dashboards).
• Serves as the facilitator for Leap Frog submission.
• Reviews and ensures compliance with National Patient Safety Goals.
• Serves as chairperson or member of the Hospital's Patient Safety Committee.
• Assists with process improvement plans and policies; evaluates reports to ensure quality, performance, and Patient Safety requirements.
• Redesign es systems to reduce future harm (e.g., care processes, checklists, human factors).
• Manages patient safety initiatives, educates staff on patient safety, and promotes compliance and improvement.
• Provides data from AE reports to support safety initiative programs for high-risk populations.
• Participates in Patient Safety & Zero Harm Rounds to identify risks and empower staff to resolve patient safety concerns.
• Regularly reports PS data and updates on PS programs/initiatives to facility leadership, managers, and medical staff.
• Represents the facility at system committees or councils and supports spread of best practices within the facility.

• Certified Professional;
  Patient Safety (CPPS), Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) or Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) highly preferred.
• Experience in patient safety, quality, or risk management is highly preferred.
• Ability to report, investigate, and evaluate patient safety incidents using the Adverse Event reporting tool; conducts reviews and develops programs to support a culture of safety.
• Provides data to facility managers to monitor harm reduction programs; creates a trusted environment for reporting concerns.
• Improves consistent delivery of evidence-based care and reduces preventable harm using structured improvement frameworks.
• Supports systems to promote safety and reliability and reduces preventable patient harm.
• Partner with facility leadership to create a fair and consistent environment that promotes learning and safe systems.

We believe that all people should feel welcomed, valued and supported.

• EDUCATION - Bachelor s or 4 years of work experience above the minimum…