Patient Safety Risk Officer

Overview

Required skills & experience 1. Baccalaureate degree required 2. Master's or Juris Doctor (JD) degree preferred 3. State of Ohio Licensed Registered Nurse required; 4. Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management CPHRM required within two years of hire 5. 2-4 years of experience in the field of Patient Safety/Risk Management or at minimum 5 years of recent progressive management and clinical leadership experience with knowledge of complex healthcare environments required 6. Knowledge of Federal, State, and Local regulations related to health care and of accrediting/certifying agencies such as The Joint Commission and CMS desired What you need to know: • Develops, coordinates, and facilitates implementation of effective systems for risk identification, investigation, and mitigation of both potential and actual patient safety concerns and risks. • Promotes and facilitates the transition from retrospective and reactive model of risk management to a prospective and proactive approach for patient safety models consistent with the concepts expected of a high reliability organization. • Facilitates cross-functional/site process improvement endeavors to support elimination of errors and other factors that contribute to potential or actual adverse patient outcomes • Develops and provides education/communication for leadership, physicians, colleagues and other stakeholders on patient safety needs, initiatives, activities, and for shared learning across the health system.

Benefits

Company

This health system, comprised of over 10,000 employees, 2,000 physicians and 900 volunteers, serves more than a million patients in Central Ohio each year. As one of the largest integrated health systems in the community, they provide people-centered care at four hospitals – an inpatient rehabilitation hospital, free-standing emergency centers, outpatient facilities, surgery centers, urgent care centers, primary care and specialty care physician offices, community outreach sites and homes across the region. They are committed to safe, high-quality care and continues to win national recognition for clinical performance and patient experience. They're also dedicated to education, with offerings that include ongoing continuing medical education opportunities, six physician residency programs, and one of Ohio's largest undergraduate, graduate and doctor of nursing programs. As a health ministry with a charitable mission, they provide considerable uncompensated benefit to the community each year, and the system and its employees are actively involved in vital business, civic and social service organizations.