Patient Safety Specialist - Texas Children's Hospital

We are looking for a for a Patient Safety Specialist, someone who's ready to be part of the best ranked children's hospital in Texas, and among the best in the nation. In this position, you will act as an organizational expert in patient safety concepts and tools and improvement and facilitation methods. Primary responsibilities include facilitating and advising on all types of Cause Analysis, event report management and data analysis and associated improvement work. This individual is a facilitative leader and engages others to do the right thing to keep patients safe, both in response to analysis of events and in applying the principles of high reliability organizations and in promoting safe behaviors. Actively teaches and develops educational programs about patient safety and mentors' others in work related to patient safety. Collaborates with other staff utilizing external resources as appropriate.

Qualifications

Required Master's Degree in a health-related discipline, public health, quality systems management, or business administration OR
Bachelor's Degree BSN currently enrolled in a DNP bridge program
Required RN - License by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact License
Required 3 years of clinical experience

Responsibilities

• Develops and promotes an institutional culture of safety.
• Promotes a culture of safety, by example, through words and actions.
• Assists the organization in conducting the Patient Safety Culture Survey at least every 18 months. Analyzes results, partners with department leadership and Chief Safety Officer in the dissemination of results. Assists in the development of action plans for improvement and supports improvement work.
• Facilitates psychologically safe debriefs requested by system leaders to learn and identify improvement opportunities related to policies, processes, knowledge, or systems.
• Participates in and supports Executive Culture Rounds as needed.
• Provides educational (formal and informal) offerings on safety principles and error prevention.
• Coordinates, plans, and promotes participation in activities to improve the culture of safety, including Daily Operational Briefing, Shamrock and Clover awards, Patient Safety Week activities, etc.
• Leads projects to promote patient safety including Safety Coach Program, Safety Differently Group, etc.
• Broadens individual expertise in patient safety theory and high reliability principles by facilitation of and participation in Journal and Book clubs.
• Role models and uses the language of safety and high reliability.
• Encourages and promotes system thinking.
• Participates in safety collaboratives like the Child Health Patient Safety Organization (PSO) and Texas AIM activities.
• Coordinates and supports all aspects of the event reporting process.
• Performs and leads safety event analysis.
• Works to eliminate preventable harm.
• Provides staff education to nurses, physicians, and committees regarding patient safety, nonpunitive reporting, and error prevention. Provides support for Microsystem Quality & Safety Programs.

Since 1954, Texas Children's has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S.News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city's Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children's comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Center for pediatric research; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children's care for communities north of Houston. We have also created the nation's first HMO for children, established the largest pediatric primary care network in the country and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children's Hospital is also academically affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. You can also learn more about our amazing culture at infinitepassion.org .

Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.