Patient Safety Coordinator RN

HCA Healthcare; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Education support (tuition & certs)

401(k) with match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

HCA Healthcare's Medical City Dallas is seeking a Patient Safety Coordinator RN to help lead patient safety initiatives and risk management efforts within a major Texas hospital. The role emphasizes collaboration with leadership to promote a culture of safety and high reliability across clinical services.

The position requires an RN license in TX or a compact license, a healthcare-related degree, and 2–3 years in healthcare or 1–2 years in clinical risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in healthcare related field.
• Current RN license in TX or compact license.
• 2–3 years of progressive healthcare experience in an acute care facility or 1–2 years in clinical risk management.
• Proficient with Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Assist in evaluating near misses, incident investigations, clinical surveillance, and regulatory standards.
• Assist the Patient Safety Director to educate, evaluate, monitor, and reduce liability exposures.
• Collect, analyze and evaluate data to develop recommendations for clinical risk management improvements.
• Collaborate with the Patient Safety Director on CSIP completion.
• Demonstrate effective communication and problem-solving with clear verbal and written information.

Skills

Data analysis

Communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in healthcare related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

As a Patient Safety Coordinator RN, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary and Qualifications

* This is a Day Shift position, Monday - Friday, hours may vary from 7am-3pm or 8am-4pm. *

The Patient Safety Coordinator assists the Patient Safety Director with operational oversight of the Patient Safety and Risk Management program. They help support the promotion of a patient safety culture, emphasizing risk reduction while analyzing trends of events to determine process improvements to ensure alignments of patient safety and high reliability strategies.

What You Will Do In This Role:

• Assists in the evaluation of near misses, investigation of occurrence reports,. clinical surveillance, and regulatory/legislative standards

• Assist the Patient Safety Director to educate, evaluate, monitor, and or the elimination of professional and general liability exposures

• Collects, analyzes and evaluates data to develop recommendations for improvement of clinical risk management programs

• Collaborates with the Patient Safety Director in completion of CSIP

• Demonstrate effective communication, organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to deliver verbal and written information in a clear, concise manner

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelors Degree in healthcare related field

• Current RN license in the State of TX or compact license

• Minimum of 2-3 years of progressive health care experience in an acute care facility OR 1-2 year experience in clinical risk management

• Must be comfortable working in Excel, reading and collecting data, and also knowledgeable with Power Point

Benefits

Medical City Dallas, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note:

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Medical City Dallas is recognized for its advanced medical facilities and commitment to excellence in patient care. We are an 895+ bed tertiary care center. Our medical team consists of more than 1,500 physicians, many are recognized as the world's best in their specialties. Patients travel to Medical City Dallas from all over the United States and from other countries. We offer sophisticated treatment by our 400+ in-house physician specialists. Medical City Dallas has a full-service adult hospital and pediatric hospital. We have separate adult and pediatric emergency rooms, outpatient clinics and diagnostic centers. Our providers have access to state-of-the-art technology and are pioneering new medical procedures to accommodate patient needs. As a part of the Medical City network of hospitals, patients are ensured access to leading medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations across the network.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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