Regional Patient Safety Leader & Continuous Improvement

Memorial Hermann; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Memorial Hermann Health System is seeking a Patient Safety Specialist to coordinate hospital patient safety programs and collaborate with enterprise, regional, and hospital teams. You will identify methods to reduce medical errors, facilitate safety assessments, and drive improvement projects with clinicians and leadership.

The role promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, analyzes data for cost containment and performance improvement, and champions safe, compassionate care across the campus.

Qualifications

• Five years in a healthcare setting with two years in quality, risk, patient safety, or related clinical role.
• Leadership capabilities and strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Proficient in event analysis methodologies and knowledge of high reliability.
• Experience in healthcare education and demonstrated collaboration across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Investigate events of harm and perform root cause analyses within the hospital.
• Coordinate common cause analyses of data related to failures in systems and processes.
• Educate and coach staff on apparent and precursor cause analyses for near misses.
• Lead data collection and reporting for patient safety metrics at hospital, regional and national levels.
• Support Joint Commission NPSS goals through education, monitoring, and policy compliance.
• Coordinate patient safety climate surveys and contribute to process improvement projects.
• Foster safety coaching and spread best practices for system-wide learning.
• Collaborate with enterprise quality and patient safety to improve outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Effective communication

Event analysis

High reliability

Healthcare education

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Memorial Hermann Health System is seeking a Patient Safety Specialist to coordinate hospital patient safety programs and collaborate with enterprise, regional, and hospital teams. You will identify methods to reduce medical errors, facilitate safety assessments, and drive improvement projects with clinicians and leadership.

The role promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, analyzes data for cost containment and performance improvement, and champions safe, compassionate care across the campus.