RN, Patient Safety Coordinator

RN, Patient Safety Coordinator - Baroness Hospital - full-time Erlanger Baroness Hospital Chattanooga, TN

Patient Safety Coordinator

Regular - Exempt - Full-time - Standard Hours 37.5

Description

Job Summary:
The Patient Safety Coordinator investigates significant safety and sentinel events and represents a key position in safety improvement and risk mitigation. Being a self-starter, having attention to detail, and having a passion for process improvement through causal analysis are key characteristics for this position. The Patient Safety Coordinator is responsible for supporting the hospital's Patient Safety program through focused reviews/investigations relative to patient/staff safety; facilitation of root cause analysis; presentation of reviews/investigations/root causes and associated data review and analysis.

The Patient Safety Coordinator:
Monitors enterprise-wide patient safety event reporting system (eSafe);

Facilitates Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)-related sentinel event investigations;

Facilitates apparent and root cause analyses of safety events, including interviews, HPI standard RCA meeting coordination, and document coordination;

Aids in initial and ongoing risk and patient harm reduction processes;

Facilities education of staff on ACA and RCA processes and development of corrective action plans;

Communicates outcomes from ACA/RCAs to organization, as appropriate;

Monitors action items from ACA/RCAs for completion;

Helps coordinate data submission to relevant Patient Safety Organizations (Press Ganey PSO and Child's Health PSO); and,

Additional responsibilities may include projects to identify and manage improvement opportunities for key operational and clinical initiatives.

Education:
Required:

Associate Degree in Nursing or other health-related field.

Preferred:

Registered Nurse (RN)

Experience:
Required:

Three to five years of recent healthcare experience in an acute care or critical access facility.

Proficient in computer and internet skills, specifically MS Office Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.

Preferred:

Previous experience with MS Visio, pivot tables, other information and data analysis tools;
Experience with use of improvement science tools (e.g. PDCA/PDSA cycles, Key Driver Diagrams, Process Maps) desired, however department will train;
Experience with facilitation in process improvement (PI) projects;
Understanding of accreditation and regulatory requirements;
Familiarity with ISO 9001: 2015 criteria;
Experience with Electronic Medical Record chart review.

Position Requirement(s): License/Certification/Registration:
Required:

License to practice nursing in the State of Tennessee.

Department Position Summary:

Monitors enterprise-wide patient safety event reporting system (eSafe);

Facilitates Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)-related sentinel event investigations;
Facilitates apparent and root cause analyses of safety events, including interviews, HPI standard RCA meeting coordination, and document coordination;
Aids in initial and ongoing risk and patient harm reduction processes;

Facilities education of staff on ACA and RCA processes and development of corrective action plans;

Communicates outcomes from ACA/RCAs to organization, as appropriate;
Monitors action items from ACA/RCAs for completion;
Helps coordinate data submission to relevant Patient Safety Organizations (Press Ganey PSO and Child's Health PSO); and,

Additional responsibilities may include projects to identify and manage improvement opportunities for key operational and clinical initiatives.