Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Specialist

IRMC; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

IRMC in Indiana, PA, seeks a Quality Patient Safety Specialist to advance patient safety, regulatory readiness, and quality improvement initiatives. The role focuses on incident review, RCA support, data analysis, and actionable reporting for leadership and committees.

The position emphasizes collaboration with clinical and administrative teams to sustain a culture of safety and continuous improvement in a full-time on-site capacity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, nursing, health information management, quality management, public health, or related healthcare field preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and relevant healthcare quality/patient safety experience may be considered.
• Experience in healthcare quality, patient safety, performance improvement, risk management, regulatory compliance, or a related healthcare field preferred.
• Experience with data collection, analysis, trending, and reporting preferred.
• Experience with regulatory/accreditation requirements preferred.
• Experience with event investigation, RCA, or performance improvement methodologies preferred.
• Certified Professional in-Patient Safety or must obtain within two (2) years of eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Support the organization's patient safety program and promote a culture of safety and continuous improvement.
• Review patient safety events, incident reports, and near misses for trends, contributing factors, and opportunities for improvement.
• Assist with event investigation, including information gathering, interviews, documentation review, and identification of contributing factors.
• Support Root Cause Analyses (RCA), Action Plans, and other patient safety improvement methodologies as assigned.
• Assist with implementation and monitoring of patient safety initiatives and corrective actions.
• Support the organization's Good Catch/near-miss recognition and patient safety reporting programs.
• Assist with patient safety huddles, safety rounding, and other proactive safety activities.
• Escalate significant patient safety concerns to the appropriate leader promptly.
• Monitor and analyze quality and performance improvement data to identify trends, opportunities for improvement, and areas of risk.
• Assist with the development, implementation, and monitoring of quality improvement initiatives and action plans.
• Prepare quality reports, dashboards, presentations, and other materials for leadership and committee review.
• Assist departments in establishing measurable goals and monitoring progress toward identified quality objectives.
• Participate in performance improvement teams and interdisciplinary quality initiatives.
• Assist with review and trending of hospital quality indicators, including clinical outcomes, process measures, patient experience measures, and other organizational performance metrics.
• Identify trends and communicate significant findings to appropriate leadership.

Job description

IRMC in Indiana, PA, seeks a Quality Patient Safety Specialist to advance patient safety, regulatory readiness, and quality improvement initiatives. The role focuses on incident review, RCA support, data analysis, and actionable reporting for leadership and committees.

The position emphasizes collaboration with clinical and administrative teams to sustain a culture of safety and continuous improvement in a full-time on-site capacity.