Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Specialist - Full-Time -Day

Job Description:PURPOSE OF JOB: The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Specialist is responsible for facilitation and oversight of safety and quality performance improvement initiatives throughout Doylestown Hospital. This individual will be tasked to improve quality of patient care through process reengineering, safety strategy optimization, utilization of quality improvement tools and comprehensive data management and analysis.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:Manages and responds to events by conducting thorough event investigations, completion of Root Cause or Apparent Cause Analyses as appropriate, partnering with internal experts to identify and implement system improvements, as well as maintains event tracking for trend evaluation. (50%)Collaborates and guides multidisciplinary teams through disciplined improvement approach for achievement of desired results. (20%)Serves as a professional resource and organizational support for Joint Commission accreditation, Pennsylvania Department of Health regulations and Center for Medicare and Medicaid conditions of participation as applicable to the hospital environment. (20%)Strategically develops, evaluates, and executes the organizational quality, patient safety and performance improvement program in partnership with the Director of Quality Initiatives (10%)Job Qualifications:QUALIFICATIONS:Education:Bachelor's degree in a health care related field is required, Master's degree preferredCertification in patient safety or CPHQ preferredLicensure: RN preferredExperience: 5 years experience in leading performance improvement and patient safety preferredOther Skills:Initiative, judgment, creativity and leadership abilitiesPerformance improvement experienceCompetence in application of methodologies such as FMEA, RCA, PRA, process mapping preferredData management and analytics, experience in development of process and outcome metrics preferredFacilitation of multi-disciplinary teams, strong interpersonal skillsProficient in oral and written communicationStrong analytical and organizational skillsProficient in Microsoft Office