Patient Safety Program Manager

Prime Healthcare; Lewiston (ME); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Prime Healthcare is seeking a Patient Safety Program Manager at Central Maine Healthcare responsible for ensuring patient safety across the system. This includes compliance with safety laws, conducting root cause analyses, and improving healthcare practices.

The ideal candidate will have a current RN license, a preferred bachelor's degree, and at least five years of clinical experience. Join a committed healthcare system serving over 400,000 residents.

Qualifications

• Current state RN licensure is mandatory.
• Bachelor's degree is preferred for candidates.
• Five years of clinical experience are required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee patient safety evaluations and improvements.
• Ensure compliance with Maine Sentinel Event law.
• Lead root cause analyses for safety events.

Skills

Clinical experience

Patient safety evaluation

Root cause analysis

Healthcare compliance

Education

Current state RN licensure

Bachelor’s degree

Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)

Job description

Overview

Central Maine Healthcare (CMH), a member of Prime Healthcare Foundation, is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving approximately 400,000 residents across central, western, and midcoast Maine through a network of more than 40 primary and specialty care locations. The system includes Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) in Lewiston, a 250-bed, not-for-profit regional referral hospital that is home to the region's only Cancer Care Center, an orthopedic ambulatory surgery center, and the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute. CMMC also serves as the central Maine base for LifeFlight of Maine, the state's only medical helicopter service.

CMH also includes Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital, two 25-bed critical access hospitals that provide essential care to Maine's rural communities.

As part of its commitment to healthcare education and workforce development, CMH is home to the Maine College of Health Professions, Maine's first nursing and medical imaging school. The private, not-for-profit institution is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education and plays an important role in training the next generation of healthcare professionals.

To learn more, visit www.cmhc.org.

Responsibilities

The Patient Safety Program Manager is responsible for supporting a system wide approach to measure, evaluate and improve patient safety across Central Maine Healthcare. The manager is responsible for ensuring the system is compliant with the Maine Sentinel Event law by working proactively to identify, investigate and report sentinel events. The manager conducts a system wide approach to root cause analysis (RCA), personally conducting, coordinating, facilitating and participating in patient safety related assessments, improvement efforts, root cause analysis and failure modes effects analysis. The manager will convene, coordinate, lead and align the system leaders in their responsibilities to identify patient safety risks and will support/facilitate the implementation of systems and processes that promote a culture of safety and reduce patient harm.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

• Current state RN licensure.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Five years of clinical experience or demonstrated understanding of ambulatory and acute care clinical practices.
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) preferred.

Pay Transparency

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Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Days