Patient Safety Manager

Inova Health System; Fairfax, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Wellness program

Retirement match

Tuition assistance

Student loan assistance

Mental health support

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Hybrid work opportunities

Job summary

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is seeking a dedicated Patient Safety Manager to lead system-wide safety strategies and foster a culture of zero harm.

The role emphasizes event management, risk mitigation, and training using TeamSTEPPS, RCA², and FMEAs. A Bachelor’s degree and 5 years in healthcare safety are required; CPPS/CPHQ within 12 months is preferred. Onsite, with a sign-on and relocation support available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field (or 4 years of relevant experience in lieu).
• 5 years of healthcare experience with demonstrated quality/safety improvements.
• CPPS within 12 months or CPHQ within 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to system-wide strategies to advance a highly reliable safety culture and zero harm to patients and team members.
• Facilitates daily situational awareness of safety reports for the executive team and coordinates event management and risk mitigation.
• Promotes psychological safety and just accountability within the team environment.
• Leads process improvements for harm reduction and clinical excellence using safety evaluation methods (RCA², ACAs, FMEAs) and debriefs teams.
• Serves as subject matter expert and trainer for monthly TeamSTEPPS-based team training.
• Coordinates peer support to aid caregiver well-being after adverse events.
• Analyzes safety data to guide improvements in reliable harm-prevention processes.
• Recommends improvements for compliance with NPSGs and regulatory readiness.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Quality improvement

Patient safety

Data analysis

Team leadership

Training

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

TeamSTEPPS

RCA²

FMEAs

Job description

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is looking for a dedicated Patient Safety Manager to join the team. This role will be Monday-Friday, regular business hours (Onsite). Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance eligible.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offeringupto $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offeringpaid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and hybrid career opportunities.

Patient Safety Manager Job Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development and execution of system wide strategies to support continuous advancement of a highly reliable safety culture for zero harm to patients and team members to support the organization’s mission, vision, and values.
• Facilitates daily situational awareness of safety reports across the entire health system for the executive team, working closely with all levels of the organization regarding event management, immediate risk mitigation, and robust long term sustainable improvements.
• Promotes and role models the way for a team environment that is committed to psychological safety as well as just and fair shared accountability.
• Leads process improvements for harm reduction and clinical excellence, using various safety evaluation methods such as RCA², ACAs, FMEAs; Debriefs process improvement teams.
• Serves as a subject matter expert and master trainer for monthly team training, using the TeamSTEPPS model for creating high performing teams.
• Coordinates peer support across the organization to assure team member support following adverse events that impact caregiver well-being, resilience, and joy at work.
• Effectively analyzes and leverages safety event data to guide improvements in reliable processes for harm prevention.
• Recommends improvements for compliance with NPSGs to assure ongoing regulatory readiness.
• May perform additional duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in relatedfield(or relevant experience in lieu of degree equivalent to 4 years).

Experience

5 years of healthcare experience withdemonstratedexperience in quality/safety improvements.

Certification

Certified Professional in Patient Safetywithin 12 months orCertified Professional in Healthcare Qualitywithin 12 months

Preferred Qualifications

Education

BSN

Experience

Clinical inpatient experience;human factors engineering experience is a plus; ED experience is a plus

Certification

CPPS upon start is a plus

Other

strong interest in perf improvement

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.