Patient Safety Specialist RN - Quality & High Reliability

Valley Medical Center & Clinics; Renton (WA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Valley Medical Center & Clinics in Renton, WA is seeking a Patient Safety Specialist - RN to support organization-wide patient safety and performance improvement initiatives. This role works with clinical and operational leaders to promote high reliability and reduce harm.

Qualifications include a BSN, an active WA RN license, and at least 3 years of clinical experience; proficiency in root cause analysis and safety event classification is essential. CPHP or CPPS is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or other health care related field required.
• Current unrestricted WA State Registered Nurse license, required.
• Minimum three (3) years of clinical experience in a health care setting.
• Proficiency in cause analysis, safety event classification, human error, and safety science.
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) or Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) preferred.
• Experience facilitating Root Cause Analysis and performance improvement teams.

Responsibilities

• Assists in planning, coordinating, and implementing VMC's Patient Safety program in collaboration with the Director of High Reliability.
• Clinical review and assessment of patient safety events including investigation, interviews, and analysis.
• Subject matter expert on reporting requirements for DOH Adverse events, The Joint Commission sentinel events, and serious safety events.
• Partners with risk management, peer review, and senior leadership on risk mitigation and appropriate response to serious patient harm events.
• Leads teams in cause analysis and action planning process to identify and mitigate individual and system failure modes.
• Monitors patient safety trends, prepares, and presents annual report on patient safety to quality committees.
• Acts as the Committee Chairperson or Co-chairperson for Quality and/or Patient Safety related committees as assigned.
• Acts as a clinical expert and provides consultation and direction to ensure programs and services are implemented at the highest standards and provides quality and safety guidance in relation to proposed workflow and policy/procedure changes.
• Uses project management skills such as developing communication and presentation materials for leaders, updating senior leadership on status of projects, barriers, and accomplishments, engaging stakeholders, and change management.
• Manages the safety event reporting system including training and education for leaders on event management, appropriate follow-up, and communication with staff about patient safety.
• Teaches TeamSTEPPS course at New Employee Orientation and on request.
• Collaborates with the Regulatory & Compliance Manager to create materials for submission to regulatory bodies as needed.
• Provide education to physicians, organization leaders, and staff regarding patient safety and high reliability strategies and techniques.
• Actively pursues new knowledge and skills, staying abreast of the latest developments in the quality and patient safety field.
• Completes data validation to assist in report development.
• Participates in chart audit and data entry for regulatory, certification, and recognition needs as directed.
• Participates in preparation for regulatory or certification surveys as directed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Facilitation skills

Communication

Project management

Problem solving

Change management

Confidentiality

Root Cause Analysis

Regulatory knowledge

Data reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Valley Medical Center & Clinics in Renton, WA is seeking a Patient Safety Specialist - RN to support organization-wide patient safety and performance improvement initiatives. This role works with clinical and operational leaders to promote high reliability and reduce harm.

Qualifications include a BSN, an active WA RN license, and at least 3 years of clinical experience; proficiency in root cause analysis and safety event classification is essential. CPHP or CPPS is preferred.