Director, Patient Safety
Location: Franklin Tennessee
Description: CHS Corporate is presently looking of Director, Patient Safety right now, this job will be placed in Tennessee. For complete informations about this job opportunity kindly see the descriptions. -
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Description
Community Health
Systems Professional Services Corporation is one of the leading operators of
general acute care hospitals. The organization's affiliates own, operate, or
lease 135 hospitals in 29 states, with an aggregate of approximately 19,800
licensed beds. The consolidated organization owns and leases community
hospitals that offer quality, cost-effective healthcare including a range of
inpatient medical and surgical services, outpatient treatment and skilled
nursing care. In over 60 percent of the markets ser! ved, CHS-affiliated
hospitals are the sole provider of hea! lthcare services.
Community Health
Systems Professional Services Corporation seeks a
Director, Patient Safety
for its Franklin, TN, headquarters’
Quality and Clinical Transformation
team.
Summary:
Directs Patient Safety and Quality Activities
within the component patient safety organization with focus on CHS PSO, LLC
affiliated physician practices. Responsible to the Sr. Director, Patient Safety
Officer.
Essential Duties and
Responsibilities
include the
following.
Other duties may be
assigned.
Analyze internal and external data (e.g. Event Reporting System
(ERS), Comprehensive Risk Assessment, Athena, AllScripts, etc.) to
identify key opportunities to improve patient safety, clinical and quality
outcomes.
Researches and utilizes current, evidence-based practices to
improve patient safety, clinical and quality outcomes.
Onsite support of CHS PSO, LLC
affiliated providers in educating and implementing Leadership Methods and S.A.F.E.
Error Prevention Tools, including Safety Coach Programs
Educator for Physician Practice Operational leaders in the areas
of patient safety, clinical and quality outcomes via conference calls,
webinars and onsite.
Mentor peer Safety Coaches in physician practices.
Comply with established policies to preserve the confidentiality
of patient safety work product (PSWP) prohibiting disclosure or
duplication except to persons authorized to receive PSWP.
Review and sign a CHS PSO, LLC confidentiality agreement.
Mark and label all information received in the CHS PSO, LLC with
confidentiality disclaimer.
Treat all information received by the CHS PSO, LLC as confidential
including mail, e-mail, digital, video, fax, and text.
Certified educator and reviewer on standardized! Cause Analysis
methodology.
Demonstrates effective proble! m-solving, conflict resolution, and
negotiating skills.
Demonstrates time management, effective organizational and
delegation skills.
Demonstrates leadership and teamwork and facilitates positive relations
between staff and physicians.
Direct Comprehensive Risk Assessment for physician practices:
Concurrent review and revision of question sets to include known
root causes of adverse events, industry standards, and best practices
Collaborate with QCT, Risk Management Advisory Councils, and
Physician Practice Operations for annual review and approval of
assessment tool.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
To perform this job
successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty
satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the
knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals! with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.
Computer Skills:
To perform this job
successfully, an individual should have advanced knowledge and recent
experience using the complete suite of Microsoft Office tools with emphasis on
Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint and SharePoint.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands
described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform
the essential functions.
Travel requirement < 50%.
Certificates and
Licenses:
Licensed
as a Registered Nurses. Preferred certification or certification-eligible in American
Society of Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) and/or Certified Professional in
Patient Safety (CPPS).
Supervisory
Re! sponsibilities:
None
Education/Experience:
! Master’s degree in
healthcare related field and baccalaureate degree in nursing from an accredited
college or university required.
Minimum of 5 years recent
and relative management experience in an accredited healthcare organization.
Minimum of 3 years recent
experience in patient safety, risk management and quality.
Medical practice information
system experience preferred
Job
Quality Improvement
Primary Location
TN-Franklin (Nashville Region)
Organization
CHS Corporate
Working Location
Franklin TN
Shift
Day Shift
Forecasted paid hours per shift
8
Forecasted hours per pay week
40
Employee Status
Full-time
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