System Director, Patient Safety

Adventist Health; Roseville (CA); Presencial; USD 146 000 - 219 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Adventist Health Roseville seeks an enterprise-wide Patient Safety leader to guide safety programs and collaborate with nursing, pharmacy, radiology, and medical staff to improve patient care outcomes.

The role oversees CMS safety measures, high reliability platforms, culture of safety initiatives, and adverse event management, while driving data-informed improvements and caregiver wellbeing.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing, pharmacy, medicine, quality engineering or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Required
• Master's degree: Preferred
• Seven years' related experience: Preferred
• Five years' leadership experience: Preferred
• Certified Professional in Patient Safety: Required
• Just Culture Certification: Preferred
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification: Preferred
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality: Preferred

Responsabilidades

• Oversees the optimization of the high reliability platform workflows across patient safety and related modules.
• Implements and mentors a patient safety curriculum and competency programs focusing on high reliability practices.
• Leads culture of safety surveys and action plans to assess and improve AH safety culture.
• Coordinates CMS safety structure measures, Leapfrog safety, and regulatory reporting programs.
• Develops metrics and dashboards to drive improvement and health disparities reduction.

Conhecimentos

Leadership experience

Patient safety program

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Formação académica

Bachelor's Degree in nursing, pharmacy, medicine, or quality engineering

Master's degree

Seven years related experience

Five years leadership experience

Certified Professional in Patient Safety

Just Culture Certification

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Description

Located in the metropolitan area of Sacramento, the Adventist Health corporate headquarters have been based in Roseville, California, for more than 40 years. In 2019, we unveiled our WELL-certified campus - a rejuvenating place for associates systemwide to collaborate, innovate and connect.

Adventist Health Roseville and shared service teams have access to enjoy a welcoming space designed to promote well-being and inspire your best work.

Job Description

Located in the metropolitan area of Sacramento, the Adventist Health corporate headquarters have been based in Roseville, California, for more than 40 years. In 2019, we unveiled our WELL-certified campus - a rejuvenating place for associates systemwide to collaborate, innovate and connect.

Adventist Health Roseville and shared service teams have access to enjoy a welcoming space designed to promote well-being and inspire your best work.

Job Summary

Leads the Adventist Health (AH) enterprise-wide patient safety program. Oversees the five domains of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) patient safety structural measure, the high reliability platform (event reporting, learning and improvement), proactive patient safety initiatives, culture of safety survey and action plans, adverse event management including the cause analysis and action program and Just Culture, care for the caregiver program. Collaborates with nursing, pharmacy, radiology, medical staff, regulatory, legal, and other disciplines to prevent and mitigate harm, resulting in improved patient care outcomes and patient experience. Develops patient harm metrics and reducing patient harm outcomes.

Job Requirements

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing, pharmacy, medicine, quality engineering or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Required
• Master's degree: Preferred
• Seven years' related experience: Preferred
• Five years' leadership experience: Preferred

Licenses/Certifications

• Certified Professional in Patient Safety: Required
• Just Culture Certification: Preferred
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification: Preferred
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality: Preferred

Essential Functions

• Oversees the optimization of the high reliability platform workflows (event reporting, review, analysis, and learning systems) for all modules including patient safety, workforce safety, patient experience, physician peer review, compliance, privacy, employee relations, security, property, facilities, and claims. Oversees the optimization of the Lessons Learned and Improvement modules to spread and adopt improvement actions across AH. Partners with medical staff leaders to engage providers in reporting, learning and improvement initiatives.
• Supports the AH commitment to becoming a high reliability organization through the implementation of programs, training, and initiatives including but not limited to cause analysis and action program, Just and accountable Culture training, and the care for the caregiver program. Develops and deploys a patient safety curriculum and competency programs that focus on high reliability practices and include reliability skills, team training, safety rounding, tiered and escalating huddles, and performance improvement methodologies for all clinical and non-clinical areas including C-Suite and Board. Fosters transparency, open communication, and psychological safety and incorporates reliability science into all programs and initiatives.
• Collaborates with relevant leaders to conduct culture of safety survey and other appropriate surveys to assess perceptions of the AH safety culture and supports action plan development. Provides oversight of the cause analysis and action program, safety event classification, and periodic common cause analysis. Coordinates and manages system-wide patient safety performance improvement initiatives including but not limited to: safe technology, care processes, patient and family engagement, teamwork and communications, systematic flow of information.
• Coordinates initiatives to meet the CMS patient safety structural measure requirements, Leapfrog patient safety, and other relevant healthcare ratings and regulatory programs. Supports compliance with regulatory reporting requirements related to patient and worker safety (state reporting, CMS, OSHA, TJC, FDA). Collaborates with relevant leaders to create and monitor the 'communication and resolution for adverse events' program (disclosure and financial reconciliation).
• Ovesees the measurement system for the AH patient safety program and collaborates with leadership to set goals and targets, achieve data integrity, meaningful and actionable reports, and dissemination of dashboards that drive impactful action plans. Develops processes, measures, and plans to identify and address health care disparities related to patient safety.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Organizational Requirements

Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Adventist Health participates in E-Verify. Visit https://adventisthealth.org/careers/everify/ for more information about E-Verify. By choosing to apply, you acknowledge that you have accessed and read the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work notices and understand the contents therein.

About Us

Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 100 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with over 440 sites of care, including 27 acute care facilities. Founded on Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in hospitals, clinics, home care, and hospice agencies in both rural and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of more than 38,000 includes employees, physicians, Medical Staff, and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope.

JOB INFO

• Job Identification : 72570
• Job Category : Director
• Posting Date : 2026-09-16T03:40:44+00:00
• Locations : Roseville, CA, United States
• Assignment Category : Full-time regular
• Pay Range : The estimated base pay for this position is $145,954 to $218,931. Additional individual compensation may be available for this role through differentials, extra shift incentives, bonuses, etc. Base pay is only a portion of the total rewards package, and a comprehensive benefits program is available for qualifying positions. Please contact our Talent Acquisition team for more information.
• Hiring Department : Severance
• Shift Length : 8 Hours