Registered Nurse (RN) Coordinator Patient Safety - Surgical Services

Tucson Medical Center; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TMC HealthCare is seeking a RN Coordinator Patient Safety - Surgical Services to lead safety programs and reduce patient risk across the surgical services area. You will guide incident reviews, root cause analyses, and FMEA efforts with cross-functional teams.

Ideal candidate has 5–10 years of hospital nursing experience, AZ RN licensure with BLS/PALS/ACLS, and strong skills in data analysis, reporting, and education to staff and management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited institution.
• 5–10 years nursing experience in a hospital setting.
• Current RN licensure permitting work in the State of Arizona. BLS, PALS, and ACLS certifications required.
• Knowledge of patient safety best practices and performance improvement methods.

Responsibilities

• Reviews patient incident reports and follows up with unit management.
• Collaborates with Legal/Risk Management and Professional Staff Services to review incidents.
• Reports adverse events and device/malfunction data to FDA and manufacturers.
• Conducts event reviews and root cause analyses with leadership.
• Leads Failure Modes Effects Analyses (FMEA) on high-risk processes.
• Prepares and presents adverse event data for Quality Council.
• Stays current on patient safety best practices and benchmarks.

Skills

Patient safety

Performance improvement

Risk reduction

FMEA

Investigation

Communication

Data analysis

Presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Master's degree preferred

Job description

TMC HealthCare

TMC HealthCare is Southern Arizona's regional nonprofit hospital system with Tucson Medical Center at its core. Each day staff comes to work to use their skills and expertise to improve the health of the entire community, from birth to the end of life.

Registered Nurse (RN) Coordinator Patient Safety - Surgical Services Job Category Nursing Schedule Full time Shift 1 - Day Shift

The Patient Safety Coordinator role serves as an advocate for patient safety by developing and leading programs that reduce patient risk. The role functions as an organizational leader in promoting systems that foster the development of a culture of proactive patient safety.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reviews patient incident reports, ensures follow-up by unit management and determines if the event requires more in depth investigation.

Routinely collaborates with Legal/Risk Management and Professional Staff Services to review incidents, including those with severity "greater than temporary" harm to patient.

Reports timely and complete information on medical device/ product malfunctions to the FDA and manufacturers to help ensure the safety and effectiveness of medical products involved in patient care.

Responds to all sentinel/serious adverse events and conducts a thorough case review and chronology. In conjunction with leadership team, determines whether an event review/root cause analysis session should be called.

Conducts event review and root cause analysis sessions. Conducts corrective action planning sessions and tracks all sentinel/serious adverse event correction plans to facilitate their completion.

Leads and participates in a systematic chart review process to detect adverse events with harm. Analyzes data from these reviews and makes recommendations for improvement to leadership.

In conjunction with appropriate management and staff participants, selects and conducts Failure Modes Effects Analyses (FMEA) on high risk processes. Works with process owners to develop and implement risk reduction plans.

Sets agenda, organizes and facilitates Bi-weekly Events Review meeting in collaboration with operations.

Prepares and presents information regarding adverse events, data and metrics gathered from the Adverse Event Tracking System for Quality Council and members of management staff.

Stays current on best practices for patient safety and utilizes industry benchmarks as much as possible to guide approach to safety enhancement.

Guides and supports the development of enhanced policies and procedures affecting organizational safety.

Develops and provides training and educational programs for staff and management on pertinent patient safety topics.

Leads sentinel event investigation including event reviews, root cause analysis and failure mode analysis. Coordinates and provides interdisciplinary evidenced based educational programs.

Adheres to and supports team members in exhibiting TMCH values of integrity, community, compassion, and dedication.

Adheres to TMCH organizational and department-specific safety and confidentiality policies and standards.

Performs related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited institution, Master's

Degree preferred. An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for these educational requirements.

EXPERIENCE: Five (5) to Ten (10) years nursing experience in a hospital setting

LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION: Current RN licensure permitting work in the State of Arizona. In addition, the perinatal department also requires a BLS, PALS, and an ACLS certification.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of patient safety best practices


• Knowledge of performance improvement methods


• Knowledge of risk reduction, human factors and other fields of knowledge related to improving safety


• Skill in written and oral communications.


• Skill in investigative processes used to gather information, analysis techniques such as FMEA, and ability to provide reports and make recommendations for reducing risk.


• Skill in use of computer applications such as flow charting software, spreadsheet applications, and presentation software.


• Ability to analyze, interpret, and prepare and present reports to management in both written and oral formats.


• Ability to make presentations, design and provide training/education to staff and management.