Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Leader

Memorial Health; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 44,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) match

Health/dental/vision insurance

Job summary

Memorial Health in Illinois seeks a patient safety professional to monitor, investigate, and analyze safety events, conduct root-cause analyses and RCAs, and support initiatives that reduce hospital-acquired conditions and medication errors. You will collaborate with nursing, medical staff, quality improvement teams, and administration to implement safety initiatives.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in nursing or health care, with a minimum of 3 years in healthcare and experience with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or health care field is required.
• Associate’s degree in nursing with at least 10 years of directly related work experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
• CPPS and/or CPHQ preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, investigate, and analyze patient safety events, near misses, and incident reports.
• Conduct root-cause analyses (RCA), failure mode & effects analyses (FMEA), and other safety assessments.
• Coordinate patient safety–related compliance activities across departments.
• Partner with nursing, medical staff, quality improvement teams, and administration to implement safety initiatives.

Skills

Patient safety

Quality improvement

Regulatory compliance

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing or health care field

Associate’s degree in nursing (with 10 years of related experience)

Tools

Incident reporting software

Quality improvement tools

Job description

Memorial Health in Illinois seeks a patient safety professional to monitor, investigate, and analyze safety events, conduct root-cause analyses and RCAs, and support initiatives that reduce hospital-acquired conditions and medication errors. You will collaborate with nursing, medical staff, quality improvement teams, and administration to implement safety initiatives.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in nursing or health care, with a minimum of 3 years in healthcare and experience with