Senior Director, Patient Safety & High Reliability Operations

Tucson Medical Center; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tucson Medical Center seeks a Director, Patient Safety & High Reliability to provide strategic and operational leadership for the enterprise patient safety program, advancing High Reliability Organization principles, Just Culture, learning systems, proactive risk reduction, and harm prevention strategies.

The Director partners with executive leadership, medical staff, nursing leaders, and operations to promote transparency, accountability, continuous learning, workforce engagement, and

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of progressive healthcare quality, patient safety, risk, or clinical leadership experience required.
• Three (3) years of leadership experience managing teams, programs, or departments required.
• Experience leading a hospital or health system patient safety program preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with High Reliability principles, event investigation, and enterprise change preferred.
• Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) required within twelve (12) months of hire.
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) required within twelve (12) months of hire.
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) preferred.
• Just Culture certification and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher preferred.

Education

Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Quality, Patient Safety, or a related healthcare field

Job description

Tucson Medical Center seeks a Director, Patient Safety & High Reliability to provide strategic and operational leadership for the enterprise patient safety program, advancing High Reliability Organization principles, Just Culture, learning systems, proactive risk reduction, and harm prevention strategies.

The Director partners with executive leadership, medical staff, nursing leaders, and operations to promote transparency, accountability, continuous learning, workforce engagement, and