Manager-Patient Safety

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Manager Patient Safety Primary Responsibilities

• - Develop, manage and implement programs and mechanisms that foster a culture of safety
• (e.g. unit based leadership, leadership safety rounds)
• - Facilitate Patient Safety Plan
• - Assures the organization is improving patient safety in accordance with the National
• Patient Safety Goals (Joint Commission)
• - Leads Patient Safety Committee and other reporting safety committees (Med Safety,
• Radiation Safety, EOC, Med equipment etc)
• o schedules presentations, draft the agenda, report to board Quality committee
• - Coordinates and runs Root Cause Analysis and tracks corrective actions
• o Facilitate implementation, monitoring, and reporting of corrective actions related
• to serious and sentinel events
• - Coordinate and track projects and initiatives related to patient safety, including failure
• mode effects analysis.
• - Project management to insure timely completion of reports, identifying data sources and
• collecting data for established patient safety quality measures, assisting with data
• analysis, documenting and tracking data specifications
• - Administers Culture of Safety Survey, coordinates action planning
• - Assist in the development of data collection tools (e.g., surveys, chart abstraction forms)
• and manage data collection related to these tools for patient safety projects as well as
• designing data reports and displays (tabular, graphic, and other formats)
• - Gather data from internal and external (local, state, national) data sources to establish
• benchmarks and gather information on lessons learned from patient safety initiatives
• throughout the country
• - Develop patient safety education and conduct training to leadership, staff and others
• related to Patient Safety.
• - Develop contents and collaborate with Marketing/Legal/Compliance to produce Patient
• Safety Newsletter
• - Overseeing the Patient Safety Fair planning and implementation annually, as well as the
• Good Catch Program and the Daily Safety Check in and Leadership Rounding.

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Education/Training/Experience:
Master's Degree in a healthcare related field desired.
Baccalaureate degree or higher plus 5 to 10 years of clinical experience in health care is required.

- Experience in collecting, managing, and analyzing health care related data. Experience in
utilizing data for continuous quality improvement. Excellent computer literacy with significant
experience in word processing, spreadsheet, database and graphics programs. (Word, Excel,
Access.) Experience with statistical software (SPSS, SAS, Minitab) a plus.
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Licenses/Certifications:
Valid Driver's License required.
Clinical experience required, RN preferred.
Patient Safety Certification or CPPS required. Candidates without certification must be willing to
obtain within one year.
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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

At Jefferson, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support the health and well-being of our colleagues and their families. It includes a wide range of benefits including competitive pay, health and retirement benefits, life and disability insurance, paid time off, educational benefits, financial and mental health resources and much more. Our diverse benefits offerings ensure you have the coverage and access to services you need to thrive both personally and professionally.