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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 Menorah Medical Center team is committed to partnership, innovation, legacy and improving more lives in more ways. Share your resume today.

Benefits

Menorah Medical Center, 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.

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

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(an) Director of Patient Safety where your passion for leading and creativity are valued? We want your knowledge and expertise!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Director of Patient Safety oversees Performance Improvement throughout the facility.

Systems Thinking and Reliable Design Expectations:

• 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.

• Improve consistent delivery of evidence-based care and reduction in preventable harm by focusing on reliability and applying the principles of reliable design.

• Reduce variation in care delivery. Partner with the Patient Safety Organization to explore identified variations when appropriate.

• Utilize alerts and best practices (e.g. Sentinel Event Alerts) to perform gap assessments and implement strong actions that will alleviate identified gaps.

Identification and Mitigation of Patient Safety Risk Expectations:

• 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.

• Facilitate thorough and credible failure mode effect analysis to identify and mitigate unintended adverse patient outcomes and evaluate effectiveness of process changes.

• Perform Patient Safety Rounds that identify patient safety risks. Empower staff to identify and participate in resolution of patient safety concerns.

• Coordinate disclosure of serious events to patients and/or families in accordance with organizational policy and regulations.

• Assure timely reporting of Patient Safety Work Product (PSWP) to the Patient Safety Organization.

• Actively participate in PSO learning collaboratives. Ensure implementation of best practices, alerts, and updates to drive patient safety improvement.

Safety Culture Advancement Expectations:

• 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.

• Support and encourage harm reporting throughout the organization through a nonpunitive just event reporting system.

• Provide feedback that acknowledges both the value of event reporting and review of reported events.

• Facilitate thorough and credible review of events that address both system and individual accountability.

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree required additional course work in risk management, patient safety, law or healthcare preferred.

• Must hold a current RN license from the Kansas Board of Nursing or an active compact license preferred.

• Certification in Patient Safety (CPPS) required; If not already CPPS, must obtain certification within first year of hire. CPHRM preferred.

• At least 2 years of clinical experience in a hospital in risk management, Patient Safety, Quality, or medical malpracticelaw firm.

• Knowledge of and demonstrated expertise in all aspects of risk management functions. Systems thinking, data base design,

Menorah Medical Center (https://menorahmedicalcenter.com) is a full-service, 150+ bed acute care hospital and ER. We are located in Overland Park and Leawood, Kansas. Our hospital serves the community’s healthcare needs by providing compassionate care. We have world-class medical colleagues and more than 600 physicians. Our team offers exceptional experiences and extraordinary medicine for adults, newborns, teens, and children. We offer some of the most advanced treatment choices available in the Kansas City region. Our hospital network continues to be a pioneer in cancer care. We are home to a certified Breast Center of Excellence, the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute, and the region’s only Genitourinary Cancer clinic. We offer a Robotic Surgery Center of Excellence, Women’s Center, Bariatric Program, and an inpatient rehabilitation center.

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 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.