Ambulatory Patient Safety Quality Advisor (Hybrid)

Vanderbilt Health; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt Health is seeking a Quality and Patient Safety Advisor to advance patient safety and high-reliability practices within Adult Ambulatory care. The role emphasizes project management, data analysis, and cross‑team collaboration to improve care processes and outcomes.

You will review safety events, support case analyses, and help translate findings into actionable improvements while partnering with QSRP and clinical departments in a hybrid Nashville, TN setting.

Qualifications

• Nursing experience (RN or LPN) – required
• Ambulatory / Clinic experience – strongly preferred
• Any experience with chart reviews – preferred
• Bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

• Patient Safety / High Reliability focus within Adult Ambulatory/ VUH for shared system learnings and risk prevention
• Review of patient safety events, assisting with case reviews and identification of serious safety events, precursor events, near miss events, etc.
• Collaboration across QSRP, departments, and interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement strategies to improve care and processes.
• Identify and prioritize trends, system gaps, improvement opportunities and initiatives.
• Effective organizational skills/ project management of action plans and improvement initiatives with thorough documentation in our safety event electronic database

Skills

Nursing experience

Ambulatory / Clinic experience

Chart reviews

Regulatory Compliance

Judgement and Decision-Making

Front of Room Facilitation

Healthcare Organizational Dynamics

Prioritization/ Targeted Focus

Data Transformation into Information

Relationship Building

Improvement Methodology

Identification/Evaluation for HarmRisK

Strategic Planning

Data Analysis

Project Management

Time Management

Communication

Change Management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Vanderbilt Health is seeking a Quality and Patient Safety Advisor to advance patient safety and high-reliability practices within Adult Ambulatory care. The role emphasizes project management, data analysis, and cross‑team collaboration to improve care processes and outcomes.

You will review safety events, support case analyses, and help translate findings into actionable improvements while partnering with QSRP and clinical departments in a hybrid Nashville, TN setting.