RN Patient Safety Analyst — Lead Risk & Quality

sanford; Thief River Falls (MN); On-site; USD 43,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is seeking a dedicated patient safety professional to oversee day-to-day patient safety programs at the Thief River Falls campus. You will identify risks, lead safety events, and advise leadership during analysis, deliberation, and action planning of safe events and daily patient safety concerns.

This role is a shared responsibility with TRF nursing administration and involves participation in committees such as Safety, P&T,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare related field.
• Five years clinical experience required. Knowledge of regulatory, licensure and accreditation regulations related to patient safety or risk management is desired.
• Must currently hold an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing. For Long term care they must maintain a certification/licensure as required by profession state(s) of practice and/or possess multi-state licensure privileges as required by position

Responsibilities

• Manages the day-to-day operation of patient safety programs and provides guidance to providers, clinical and leadership staff.
• Develops and maintains systems to detect, monitor, prevent, organize, measure, investigate, report, and manage patient safety events and other indicators of potential patient harm.
• Aims to increase patient safety and reduce errors in healthcare processes.
• Conducts cause analysis of harm events and those with potential to cause harm.
• Collaborates with peers in Quality, Infection Prevention and Control, Compliance, Accreditation, Legal and others to identify and facilitate improvement initiatives based upon findings of cause analyses.
• Compiles and analyzes patient safety data for dissemination to operations and leadership.

Education

Bachelor's degree in healthcare related field

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred

Job description

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is seeking a dedicated patient safety professional to oversee day-to-day patient safety programs at the Thief River Falls campus. You will identify risks, lead safety events, and advise leadership during analysis, deliberation, and action planning of safe events and daily patient safety concerns.

This role is a shared responsibility with TRF nursing administration and involves participation in committees such as Safety, P&T,