Director Patient Safety

Temple-Health; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Temple Health is seeking a Director of Patient Safety to provide strategic and operational leadership for the organization’s patient safety program and system-wide efforts to reduce preventable harm. This role leads design, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of patient safety strategies and harm-prevention initiatives.

Working with executive leadership and clinical teams, the director uses data to guide priorities and strengthen outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing, healthcare administration, public health or related field required.
• Master's degree in nursing, healthcare administration or related field preferred.
• 1 year in a leadership role within a healthcare setting or leading teams required.
• 5 years of progressive experience in patient safety, healthcare quality, risk management or related field required.
• Experience with patient safety event-reporting systems, serious event review, root cause analysis, and performance-improvement methods required.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the organization’s patient safety program.
• Design, implement, evaluate and continuously improve patient safety strategies.
• Lead serious safety event analyses, organizational learning and harm-prevention initiatives.
• Collaborate with executive leadership, medical staff, nursing, clinical and quality teams to identify system vulnerabilities and guide improvements.
• Develop and mentor the Patient Safety staff; report to the AVP, Patient Safety and Risk Management.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or related

Master's Degree (Preferred)

Tools

Event reporting systems

Root cause analysis

Job description

3401 North Broad Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Weekly Hours

40.00

Schedule

Full-Time

Shift

Day Shift

The Director of Patient Safety provides strategic and operational leadership for the organization's patient safety program and system-wide efforts to reduce preventable harm. This role leads the design, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of patient safety strategies, including serious safety event analysis, organizational learning, harm-prevention initiatives, performance measurement, education, and improvement work. The Director advances a high-reliability, fair and just culture that supports psychological safety, learning, transparency, and accountability. Working in partnership with executive leadership, medical staff, nursing, clinical, operational, quality, risk management, and other key stakeholders, the Director uses patient safety data and findings to identify system vulnerabilities, guide improvement priorities, and strengthen clinical outcomes. The Director also provides leadership and development for assigned Patient Safety staff. Reports to the AVP, Patient Safety and Risk Management.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Health Sciences, Healthcare Quality and Safety, or a related healthcare field Required
• Master's Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, Healthcare Quality and Safety, or a related field Preferred

Experience

• 1 year in a leadership role within a healthcare setting or experience leading teams Required
• 5 years of progressive experience in patient safety, healthcare quality, risk management, regulatory compliance, performance improvement, or a related healthcare function Required
• General Experience with patient safety event-reporting systems, serious event review, root cause analysis, regulatory and accreditation requirements, and performance-improvement methods Required

Your Tomorrow is Here!

Temple Health is a dynamic network of outstanding hospitals, specialty centers, and physician practices that is advancing the fight against disease, pushing the boundaries of medical science, and educating future healthcare professionals. Temple Health consists of Temple University Hospital (TUH), Fox Chase Cancer Center, TUH-Jeanes Campus, TUH-Episcopal Campus, TUH-Northeastern Campus, Temple Physicians, Inc., and Temple Transport Team. Temple Health is proudly affiliated with the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.

To support this mission, Temple Health is continuously recruiting top talent to join its diverse, 10,000 strong workforce that fosters a healthy, safe and productive environment for its patients, visitors, students and colleagues alike. At Temple Health, your tomorrow is here!

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.