Patient Safety Coordinator - FT - Days

Start the day excited to make a difference...end the day knowing you did. Come join our team.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Acts as a facilitator and advocate for a culture of patient safety, engaging staff at all levels to ensure a commitment to safety practices.
• Collects clinical data and conducts chart reviews, assists with identifying strategies to create and reinforce a culture of safety and continuous preparedness for National Performance Goals.
• Supports a culture of patient safety and high reliability. Partners with nursing, administration, and medical staff leadership to assist with ensuring organizational compliance related to patient safety.
• Drives patient safety improvements by identifying trends, using significant outcomes performance data, and recommends opportunities to enhance clinical outcomes.
• Communicates patient safety actions and recommendations to committees, organizational leadership, and Associates.
• Coordinates ongoing patient safety orientations, activities, and continuing education programs for the organization.
• Leads projects which impact patient safety and supports the strategic goals of the organization using a variety of process improvement concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Leads investigations for serious safety events using FMEA and/or Root Cause Analysis methodologies; develops action plans and ensures implementation of identified improvements.
• Prepares annual reports of actual error occurrences and actions taken to improve patient safety.
• Manages error/event reporting through a non-punitive error reporting system.
• Collaborates with leadership to observe practices, gather feedback, and provide actionable recommendations for improvement.
• Administers annual patient safety culture surveys to assess safety perceptions and trends, and shares findings with leadership to guide improvement initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program required; BSN preferred.
• Valid RN License from Virginia in good standing or hold a current multistate licensure privilege as an RN required.
• Minimum of three years of clinical experience required.

As an EOE/AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.

Physical Requirements: Constant (67-100% of workday) sitting and use of arms and hands; occasional (0-33% of workday) standing, walking, bending, squatting; ability to lift, push, and pull up to 10 lbs.; auditory and visual skills.

Mental Requirements: Possesses critical thinking and analytical skills. Ability to multi-task. Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team.

Environmental Requirements and Exposure Hazards: Potential risk of exposure to chemicals.

"It is the policy of Mary Washington Healthcare to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability who are applicants for employment or Associates."