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Patient Safety Specialist - West Valley (On-Site)
Direct Jobs, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
Overview
As the Patient Safety Specialist, you will be responsible for helping us achieve our goal of becoming a transformative, high-reliability organization with an uncompromising focus on patient safety and outcomes. You will do this by facilitating patient safety and quality improvement initiatives and coordinating the implementation of practices designed to reduce error and improve patient outcomes. This will involve fostering a non-punitive culture of continuous learning and improvement by reviewing safety events, identifying trends in near-miss and actual events, and using Lean methodologies to identify relevant trends.
Salary Range:
$86,400 - $184,800/annually
Responsibilities
Review daily incident reports
Encourage reporting of actual and near miss events
Serve as an educational resource for all departments on issues of patient safety and conduct trainings
Conduct root cause analyses and monitor actions through completion
Facilitate Failure Mode Effects Analysis Teams
Support patient safety recognitions programs
Review, analyze, and interpret data
Prepare complex reports and presentations
Qualifications
Related Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience
Master’s degree or MSN, preferred
3 or more years of direct patient care experience and/or more than 1 year quality/patient safety experience
CPHQ or CPPS, preferred
Lean Academy completion, a plus
Strong, confident, and reassuring leadership qualities
Ability to facilitate and lead change to drive improvement
Excellent communication, interpersonal, planning, and decision-making skills
Exercises resourcefulness, critical thinking, and sound judgment when meeting the service needs of others
UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles. We are also home to the David Geffen School of Medicine, an internationally-respected center of advanced medical education and research. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become the trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care for the many communities we serve. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, UCan at UCLA Health.
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Salary Range:
$86,400 - $184,800/annually
Responsibilities
Review daily incident reports
Encourage reporting of actual and near miss events
Serve as an educational resource for all departments on issues of patient safety and conduct trainings
Conduct root cause analyses and monitor actions through completion
Facilitate Failure Mode Effects Analysis Teams
Support patient safety recognitions programs
Review, analyze, and interpret data
Prepare complex reports and presentations
Qualifications
Related Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience
Master’s degree or MSN, preferred
3 or more years of direct patient care experience and/or more than 1 year quality/patient safety experience
CPHQ or CPPS, preferred
Lean Academy completion, a plus
Strong, confident, and reassuring leadership qualities
Ability to facilitate and lead change to drive improvement
Excellent communication, interpersonal, planning, and decision-making skills
Exercises resourcefulness, critical thinking, and sound judgment when meeting the service needs of others
UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles. We are also home to the David Geffen School of Medicine, an internationally-respected center of advanced medical education and research. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become the trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care for the many communities we serve. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, UCan at UCLA Health.
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