Senior Patient Safety Improvement Consultant

Ebenezer; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 112,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a Senior Patient Safety Improvement Consultant to drive quality improvement initiatives. This role involves leading complex projects, collaborating with clinical teams, and implementing effective strategies to enhance patient safety. Candidates should have extensive experience in project management and a strong background in healthcare quality improvement methodologies.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement plan

Qualifications

• 7-9 years in Quality and Performance Improvement or Patient Safety.
• Strong technical skills in data presentation software required.
• Lean Certification Silver or Gold level and Six Sigma Black Belt preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigations to maximize learning and improve patient outcomes.
• Facilitate quality and safety projects with local teams.
• Apply performance improvement methods for successful outcomes.

Skills

Project Management

Quality Improvement

Patient Safety

Data Analysis

Leadership

Education

B.S./B.A.

M.A./M.S.

Tools

MS Office Suite

R

PowerBI

Tableau

EPIC

Job description

Job Overview

Fairview is looking for a Senior Patient Safety Improvement Consultant to join our team.

Bring Your Possibilities to Fairview At Fairview, we believe in the power of possibility — within ourselves, our teams, and the communities we serve. We believe that leadership isn’t just a title — it’s a mindset we all share. Whether you’re providing hands-on care, innovating behind the scenes, or supporting those who do, your work matters.

Job Summary:

The Senior Patient Safety Improvement Consultant examines complex organizational issues in order to identify, develop, and execute on projects that will impact the strategic priorities for patient safety and quality improvement. This individual is primarily responsible for: • Partnering with operational leaders and their teams to drive breakthrough clinical improvement aligned with strategic priorities by developing process/performance improvement (PPI) plans by scoping projects and establishing charters, directing/managing implementation teams, and bringing projects to completion • Driving a continuous improvement mindset and educating leaders and teams on various improvement methodologies • Using patient safety and quality improvement methodologies to mitigate risk and improve patient safety • Day to day management of Patient Safety Events causing high harm This role oversees and executes cross-departmental, cross-functional, complex projects requiring strong collaboration with dyad clinical and operational leaders, central business operations, and other stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be sophisticated in project management and performance improvement methodologies (six sigma, lean, IHI, CPPS etc.), and will provide coaching to less experienced consultants. The Senior Patient Safety Consultant provides expert guidance in the development of patent safety strategies, with advance knowledge of regulations and best practices. This role will also calculate return on investments in quality projects and support tracking and reduction of costs for patients and the organization.

Position Details:

• 1.0 FTE (80 hours per pay period)
• day shift: may need to flex to accommodate workload needs
• no weekends: periodic weekends may be required to accommodate workload needs
• Mobile position: Onsite work required as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigations of complex quality and safety issues in order to prevent recurrence, maximizing learning, reduce costs, and improve patient outcomes
• Facilitate multifaceted quality, safety and performance improvement projects, working with local teams to develop robust and sustainable improvements, implement changes, and monitor outcomes
• Use industry tools and methods to identify and initiate analysis of systems to prevent future errors; collaborate with facility leaders and system experts to implement corrective actions
• Apply principles of reliable design to ensure delivery of evidence-based care and reduction in preventable harm
• Apply performance and process improvement (PPI) methods to achieve successful outcomes
• Investigate/explore complex patient safety, quality, and organizational issues in order to identify and develop strategic priorities for improvement
• Identify and Initiate evaluation and redesign of systems to improve quality measures; identifying necessary resources to fully implement quality and performance improvement; partnering with leaders to act on any resource barriers; focusing on reliability and applying the principles of reliable design to improve the consistent delivery of quality clinical care
• Assists leaders and teams in establishing performance standards and metrics as well as identifying goals while ensuring that partnerships exist with other areas of the business to develop, implement, or refine workflows or data collection and management methods to ensure accurate measurement and tracking of process and improvement results
• Provide project coordination through a variety of PM tools and methods
• Strong working knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting the development of implementation strategies (e.g., CMS, JCAHO, HIPPA, etc.)
• Partners to ensure improvement plans are implemented as a result of quality or safety reviews including but not limited to: mortality reviews, Root Cause Analysis (RCAs), and Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEAs)
• Provide coaching to less experienced consultants as well as be involved with department training efforts as assigned
• Anticipate and identify barriers to change and develop countermeasures in conjunction with leadership to overcome barriers
• Promote and utilize health equity principles when reviewing data and developing improvement opportunities using a holistic approach
• Establish governance structures and processes to ensure accountability for adherence to workflows and policies
• Investigate industry best practices to recommend innovations to continually advance performance improvement

Required Qualifications

• B.S./B.A.
• 7-9 years of Quality and Performance Improvement or
• 7-9 years in Patient Safety or
• 7-9 years in Human Factors or
• 4-6 years in Healthcare AND 3-4 years in Quality and Performance Improvement, Patient Safety OR Human Factors Engineering
• Strong technical skills in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, SharePoint, OneNote), data presentation software (R, PowerBI, Tableau) and data source platforms (EPIC, Strata, etc.)
• Lean Certification Silver or Gold level
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• Associate Level Certification of Human Factors (ACH)

Preferred Qualifications

• M.A./M.S.
• Six Sigma Master Black Belt
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
• Certification Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS)
• Certified Human Factors Professional (CHP)

Benefit Overview

Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www..fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract

Compensation Disclaimer

The posted pay range is for a 40-hour workweek (1.0 FTE). The actual rate of pay offered within this range may depend on several factors, such as FTE, skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Additionally, our organization values pay equity and considers the internal equity of our team when making any offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.

EEO Statement

EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status

$112632.00-$158995.20 Annual

Fairview is looking for a Senior Patient Safety Improvement Consultant to join our team.

Bring Your Possibilities to Fairview At Fairview, we believe in the power of possibility — within ourselves, our teams, and the communities we serve. We believe that leadership isn’t just a title — it’s a mindset we all share. Whether you’re providing hands-on care, innovating behind the scenes, or supporting those who do, your work matters.

Job Summary:

The Senior Patient Safety Improvement Consultant examines complex organizational issues in order to identify, develop, and execute on projects that will impact the strategic priorities for patient safety and quality improvement. This individual is primarily responsible for: • Partnering with operational leaders and their teams to drive breakthrough clinical improvement aligned with strategic priorities by developing process/performance improvement (PPI) plans by scoping projects and establishing charters, directing/managing implementation teams, and bringing projects to completion • Driving a continuous improvement mindset and educating leaders and teams on various improvement methodologies • Using patient safety and quality improvement methodologies to mitigate risk and improve patient safety • Day to day management of Patient Safety Events causing high harm This role oversees and executes cross-departmental, cross-functional, complex projects requiring strong collaboration with dyad clinical and operational leaders, central business operations, and other stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be sophisticated in project management and performance improvement methodologies (six sigma, lean, IHI, CPPS etc.), and will provide coaching to less experienced consultants. The Senior Patient Safety Consultant provides expert guidance in the development of patent safety strategies, with advance knowledge of regulations and best practices. This role will also calculate return on investments in quality projects and support tracking and reduction of costs for patients and the organization.

Position Details:

• 1.0 FTE (80 hours per pay period)
• day shift: may need to flex to accommodate workload needs
• no weekends: periodic weekends may be required to accommodate workload needs
• Mobile position: Onsite work required as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigations of complex quality and safety issues in order to prevent recurrence, maximizing learning, reduce costs, and improve patient outcomes
• Facilitate multifaceted quality, safety and performance improvement projects, working with local teams to develop robust and sustainable improvements, implement changes, and monitor outcomes
• Use industry tools and methods to identify and initiate analysis of systems to prevent future errors; collaborate with facility leaders and system experts to implement corrective actions
• Apply principles of reliable design to ensure delivery of evidence-based care and reduction in preventable harm
• Apply performance and process improvement (PPI) methods to achieve successful outcomes
• Investigate/explore complex patient safety, quality, and organizational issues in order to identify and develop strategic priorities for improvement
• Identify and Initiate evaluation and redesign of systems to improve quality measures; identifying necessary resources to fully implement quality and performance improvement; partnering with leaders to act on any resource barriers; focusing on reliability and applying the principles of reliable design to improve the consistent delivery of quality clinical care
• Assists leaders and teams in establishing performance standards and metrics as well as identifying goals while ensuring that partnerships exist with other areas of the business to develop, implement, or refine workflows or data collection and management methods to ensure accurate measurement and tracking of process and improvement results
• Provide project coordination through a variety of PM tools and methods
• Strong working knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting the development of implementation strategies (e.g., CMS, JCAHO, HIPPA, etc.)
• Partners to ensure improvement plans are implemented as a result of quality or safety reviews including but not limited to: mortality reviews, Root Cause Analysis (RCAs), and Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEAs)
• Provide coaching to less experienced consultants as well as be involved with department training efforts as assigned
• Anticipate and identify barriers to change and develop countermeasures in conjunction with leadership to overcome barriers
• Promote and utilize health equity principles when reviewing data and developing improvement opportunities using a holistic approach
• Establish governance structures and processes to ensure accountability for adherence to workflows and policies
• Investigate industry best practices to recommend innovations to continually advance performance improvement

Required Qualifications

• B.S./B.A.
• 7-9 years of Quality and Performance Improvement or
• 7-9 years in Patient Safety or
• 7-9 years in Human Factors or
• 4-6 years in Healthcare AND 3-4 years in Quality and Performance Improvement, Patient Safety OR Human Factors Engineering
• Strong technical skills in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, SharePoint, OneNote), data presentation software (R, PowerBI, Tableau) and data source platforms (EPIC, Strata, etc.)
• Lean Certification Silver or Gold level
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• Associate Level Certification of Human Factors (ACH)

Preferred Qualifications

• M.A./M.S.
• Six Sigma Master Black Belt
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
• Certification Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS)
• Certified Human Factors Professional (CHP)