Patient Safety Coordinator - Largo, United States - University of Maryland Medical System

University of Maryland Medical System

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Largo, United States

2 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Company Description

Located in Largo in the heart of Prince George's County, our new state-of-the-art regional medical center (UM Capital Region Medical Center) will provide improved access to primary and ambulatory care services, and serves as a tertiary care center for critically ill patients.

In addition, our new space will allow us to expand our offerings as a community partner to help improve the health status of Prince George's County residents

Job Description **The Patient Safety Coordinator supports the organization by promoting a data-driven approach to systematic quality improvement and promoting a culture of safety. Supports the Patient Safety Manager in all activities and functions related to the Patient Safety Plan. This role leads multidisciplinary teams in process improvement activities that support the reduction of clinical errors and other factors that contribute to unintended adverse patient outcomes. The coordinator provides leadership for safety assessments, coordinates the activities for root cause analysis investigations, and educates others within the organization on system based causes of medical error by communicating lessons learned from RCA work and sharing evidence-based literature regarding effective safety and performance improvement strategies.

Principal Duties:

a.

Plans, organizes, and directs patient safety activities and improvements related to quality of care and medical error reduction in the related clinical department.

Assures the monitoring of action plans in order to sustain safety improvements.

b. Collaborates with all staff, clinical professionals and administrative leadership to foster a culture of safety.

c. Harmonizes improvement efforts with the Unit Based Safety Program utilizing knowledge of quality improvement, innovation and the organization. Participates in patient safety or administrative standard safety rounds. Works with Leaders and Physicians to organize and incorporate safety into standing meetings and huddles

d.

Advises department and corporate leadership regarding potential issues related to the delivery of safe care or obstacles to organizational learning and leads the development of solutions.

Communicates lessons learned and measures of effective resolution of near miss event reviews to appropriate quality/patient safety committees and/or service line clinical leadership

e.

Reviews event reports that identify unsafe or hazardous conditions, including near miss events, which lead to patient safety action plan improvements.

Facilitates action plan development and identifies methods of quality monitoring for clinical effectiveness

f.

Conducts clinical audits/assessments and chart reviews to identify unsafe or hazardous conditions in the clinical setting which may lead to potential or actual patient harm.

g. Utilizes data from a variety of sources to identify opportunities to improve the systems in the delivery of care to improve quality and promote patient safety;
h. Identifies clinical safety trends to help clinical departments improve Safety Dashboard measures; identifies process and outcomes measures; develops means for nursing units to track appropriate clinical and safety measures; develops targets and improvement plans when necessary; develops and provides timely, actionable feedback and reports to clinical, administrative, and support staff on safety
improvement initiatives; collects, trends, interprets and reports safety data at specified intervals with accuracy and completeness

i. Develops and leads innovative new programs to increase involvement of front-line staff and all care team members in patient safety initiatives; develops organizational means of engaging and developing front line staff in the work of patient safety initiatives and continuous improvement on measures of patient safety and clinical quality; builds strong working relationships with all clinical staff and management to help achieve functional unit level safety initiatives

j.

Identifies needs for educational programs around patient safety issues, including teamwork training utilizing knowledge of patient safety risks, clinical outcomes, practices and policies; develops and delivers multidisciplinary educational sessions, or facilitates and coordinates obtaining training sessions.

Participates in the education of medical staff, employees, and leadership and Board on safety indicators and practices.

k. Fosters and promotes participation by all clinicians in safety and clinical improvement programs.

l. Participates in safety improvement collaboratives with external organizations when opportunities arise.

m.

Demonstrates in depth knowledge of the National Quality Forum Safe practices, NPSG's, Institute of Healthcare Improvement recommendations, AHRQ, all patient safety standards of the Joint Commission and stays abreast of emerging patient safety trends individually and as directed.

Maintains current knowledge of RCA, FMEA, and PI strategies (p