Overview
Join our team as a day shift, part-time, Quality & Patient Safety Quality Coordinator in Pocatello, ID. Fulfilling your purpose begins here: People First, Always. Here's how we take care of our people:
- Medical, vision, dental health insurance, health savings account / flexible spending, competitive pay, paid time off, 401k retirement plan with company match, employee assistance program and more
Your team is bigger than your department:
- Portneuf Medical Center is a nationally recognized healthcare leader with 205 beds, serving as the region's tertiary care and Level II Trauma Center, housing the Portneuf Heart and Vascular Institute, Portneuf Cancer Center, Portneuf Medical Group, and Portneuf Air Rescue.
- We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect.
Responsibilities
The Quality Coordinator - Patient Safety is responsible for supporting the patient safety/quality, Ethics/Compliance, and Privacy programs at Portneuf Medical Center.
- This includes a general knowledge of MissionZERO/high reliability strategies, error prevention techniques, coordinating the patient safety program as directed, managing and analyzing patient safety data, and conducting patient safety educational programs, ensuring the facility is compliant with patient safety related standards by accrediting and regulatory agencies as directed.
- Supports the Ethics/Compliance and Privacy Officer with ethics/compliance/privacy matters, conducting and cooperating with investigations/auditing procedures, tracks and trends ethics/compliance/privacy reports as directed.
- Assists/facilitates applicable improvement efforts for the facility in accordance with the organization's Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) process improvement methodology.
- Provides support to the Director of Patient Safety, Ethics/Compliance/Privacy Officer as assigned.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or successful completion of tertiary education with equivalent clinical or quality experience (applicants must have a minimum of 3 years of hospital clinical experience or 2 years experience with quality, patient safety, and/or performance improvement in addition to tertiary education). Patient safety related experience preferred.
- Minimum of 1 year experience working in a complex health system (hospitals/ambulatory clinics).
- Prior experience in change management and improvement science preferred (ie: LEAN, Six Sigma, & DMAIC)
- Certification in patient safety/process improvement obtained within 2 years upon hire.
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