Registered Nurse (RN) - Manager - $34+ per hour

Tenet Memphis; Bartlett (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenet Memphis is seeking a Patient Safety Manager to lead the facility-wide patient safety program. This role directs teams towards process improvements to reduce medical errors and adverse outcomes, and provides leadership for safety assessments, education, and system-based analyses.

The incumbent will coordinate the patient safety function, facilitate root cause analyses, monitor trends, and ensure timely corrective actions while maintaining audits and event workflows across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a patient care related field.
• 5+ years of combined experience in clinical practice and progressive healthcare leadership experience.
• CPPS certification or eligible to take the exam within one year of employment.

Responsibilities

• Investigates patient safety issues within the organization
• Leads or facilitates Root Cause Analysis, Focused Reviews, and Intense Analyss
• Ensures timely identification of trends and implementation of corrective and preventative actions.
• Maintain compliance with audits and monitoring as defined in action pans
• Reviews and closes all Safety Events reported in the event reporting system
• Verifies all Safety Events are routed to the appropriate department leaders for review
• Notifies Risk Management of potential risk issues

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a patient care related field

Job description

Job Description & Requirements

Specialty: Manager

Discipline: RN

Duration: Ongoing

Employment Type: Staff

The Patient Safety Manager will have primary oversight of the facility-wide patient program. This leadership role will direct others withing the facility towards process improvements to support the reduction of medical/health care errors and other factors that contribute to unintended adverse patient outcomes. This practitioner provides leadership for safety assessments, coordinates the activities for the patient safety function or committee, educates other practitioners on the system-based cause for medical errors, consults with management and staff, and communicates literature-based ideas regarding effective patient safety strategies to others within the organization.

• Investigates patient safety issues within the organization
• Leads or facilitates Root Cause Analysis, Focused Reviews, and Intense Analyss
• Ensures timely identification of trends and implementation of corrective and preventative actions.
• Maintain compliance with audits and monitoring as defined in action pans
• Reviews and closes all Safety Events reported in the event reporting system
• Verifies all Safety Events are routed to the appropriate department leaders for review
• Notifies Risk Management of potential risk issues

Required:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a patient care related field
• Experience: 5+ years of combined experience in clinical practice and progressive healthcare leadership experience
• Licensure/Certification: CPPS certification or eligible to take the exam within one year of employment

Preferred:

• Experience: 2 years of experience in Patient Safety, Quality, Risk Management, or healthcare operations

Tenet Memphis Job ID #2603019055. Posted job title: Patient Safety Manager