Director of Patient Safety

Description

This position is incentive eligible.

Introduction

Are you ready to manage in a new era as a Director of Patient Safety where building a healthier tomorrow is more than a job? Our Medical City Fort Worth team is committed to partnership, innovation, legacy and improving more lives in more ways. Share your resume today.

Benefits

Medical City Fort Worth, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
  
  

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Our teams are dedicated to improving human life. Each year about five percent of all U.S. hospital services happen at an HCA Healthcare facility. Be an impact as a Director of Patient Safety where your passion for leading and creativity are valued? We want your knowledge and expertise!

Job Summary And Qualifications

Systems Thinking and Reliable Design:

• Prevent future harm by initiating and overseeing proactive evaluation and redesign of systems to improve care processes (e.g. forcing functions, checklists, error causation thinking, human factors, applied informatics, culture).
• Support improved outcomes by emphasizing both appropriate behaviors and robust systems that include concise accountability measures and follow-up.
  
  

Identification and Mitigation of Patient Safety Risk:

• Effectively report, investigate, and analyze patient safety incidents, medical errors and potential risks in the facility.
• Facilitate thorough and credible serious event analysis that result in strong sustainable improvement strategies.
  
  

Safety Culture Advancement:

• Champion completion of Culture of Safety Survey.
• Facilitate analysis of culture of safety survey results such that data-driven action plans lead to targeted outcomes.
  
  

Patient Safety Education:

• Include patient safety in new hire orientation presentation (e.g. PSO membership, reporting expectations, safety culture).
• Provide ongoing education to leaders, clinicians and staff on the science of safety (high reliability, effective communication, sustaining awareness/alertness) and patient safety initiatives.
  
  

Partnership with Executive and Clinical Leaders:

• Work with facility leaders and managers to ensure thorough, credible and timely event management.
• Join with facility leaders to identify and hardwire behavioral norms that promote a culture of safety.
  
  

Patient and Family Engagement:

• Engage patients/families when appropriate in the patient safety program.
• Seek input from patients/families involved in harm or close call events as appropriate.
  
  

Measurable Reduction in Avoidable Harm:

• Oversee the management and use of event information to benchmark and track progress to zero avoidable harm.
• Provide analysis and identifying trends from reports (e.g. event reports, SHARP report, Service Line Dashboards) to track progress of improvement strategies. Spread and sustain improvement.
  
  

Risk Management/Claims Activities:

• Work with defense legal counsel to coordinate the investigation, processing and defense of claims against the facility; records, collects, documents, maintains, and provides to defense attorneys any requested information and documents necessary manage facility claims while maintaining privilege of PSWP.
• Notify HCI of all actual and potential claims.
  
  

What qualifications you will need:

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare related field or equivalent healthcare experience required. Master’s Degree preferred.
• Clinical background preferred.
• Three to five years healthcare experience in patient safety, risk, and/or quality preferred. Healthcare experience should be recent and within a clinical setting such as Hospital, Ambulatory Surgery Center, etc.
  
  

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:

• Certification in Patient Safety (CPPS) required. If not already CPPS, must obtain certification within 12 months of hire.
• Other licenses/certifications required by State.
  
  

Medical City Fort Worth is a 350 bed full-service Magnet Designated hospital. It is located in the heart of the medical district. Medical City Fort Worth serves as a tertiary referral center for Tarrant County and many counties within a 90 mile radius. We offer comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services. Our specialties include cardiac care, neurosciences and oncology. We have surgical services, orthopedics, kidney transplants and emergency care. We offer three ER locations, including two off campus ER located in Burleson and White Settlement. Medical City Fort Worth is a designated comprehensive stroke center. We are a Joint Commission chest pain center. We are a part of the Medical City network of hospitals. Patients are ensured access to medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations across the network.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

If this is the kind of dynamic growth opportunity that compels you, apply for the Director of Patient Safety role. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.