Data-Driven Patient Safety & HRO Program Lead

CommonSpirit Health; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs is seeking a Patient Safety Program Manager to lead the entity-specific Patient Safety and High Reliability Organization (HRO) program, developing standard programming and guiding improvements to reduce patient care errors.

You will analyze adverse events data, drive continuous improvement, and lead investigations using established safety methods while educating and coaching frontline staff on patient safety and HRO principles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Five years of clinical healthcare experience required.
• Experience with safety/risk/quality management and education required.

Responsibilities

• Develops and coordinates a standardized, data-driven Patient Safety Program for the entity and in collaboration with the operating group.
• Provides leadership in investigations of patient safety issues using event analysis methods (e.g., Critical Event Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, FMEA).
• Designs and implements educational presentations to teach patient safety and HRO standards and coaches frontline staff.
• Identifies areas for quality improvement in patient safety, risk reduction, and trends; reports to leadership for resolution.
• Maintains adverse events data collection, analysis, categorization, and reporting to clinical leadership and committees.
• Guides knowledge of High Reliability concepts and Just Culture algorithms.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Job description

Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs is seeking a Patient Safety Program Manager to lead the entity-specific Patient Safety and High Reliability Organization (HRO) program, developing standard programming and guiding improvements to reduce patient care errors.

You will analyze adverse events data, drive continuous improvement, and lead investigations using established safety methods while educating and coaching frontline staff on patient safety and HRO principles.