Director of Patient Safety - HCA Healthcare

Description

Introduction

Managers thrive with us! HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, comprising of over 180 hospitals and about 2,000 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom. We are looking for a Director of Patient Safety for our Medical City Fort Worth team where excellence creates excellence.

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.

HCA Healthcare has expanded our influence across the healthcare industry by investing $3.5 billion in capital improvements in recent years. Do you want to be an influencer in healthcare? Apply for our Director of Patient Safety role today!

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 REQUIRED:

• 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 REQUIRED:

• 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.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you're looking for a leadership opportunity that provides both personal satisfaction and professional growth, apply to join HCA Healthcare as a Director of Patient Safety. Unlock your leadership potential with HCA Healthcare.

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