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Position Description Title: Director of Patient Safety New Orleans, LA# of Positions: 1Schedule: Full time - No weekendsFacility Spotlight:https://engage.healthtrustjobs.com/facility-spotlights/tulane-medical-centerTulane Medical Center has provided the knowledge, expertise and specialized care vital to the healthcare needs of families, women and babies in Jefferson Parish for more than 50 years. Since opening in 1964, our hospital has delivered more than 1000,000 babies and treated well over 300,000 patients. Our initial commitment to treating women and their babies has grown by expanding services and offering a wider range of healthcare options for the entire family. We provide cutting-edge technology in many specialties including obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedics, inpatient rehabilitation, radiology and surgery.With 235+ beds, Tulane Medical Center is an acclaimed teaching, research and medical center serving the greater New Orleans area. Tulane Medical Center has been named a Worlds Best Hospital by Newsweek in its 2019 listing of the top medical facilities across the globe. Of the 1,000 hospitals listed in the report, Tulane Medical Center is one of just 250 Worlds Best Hospitals found in the United States and the only hospital in southern Louisiana on the list.Tulane Medical Center is part of Tulane Health System, an acclaimed teaching, research and medical system serving the greater New Orleans area. Tulane Health System includes Tulane Medical Center, Tulane Medical Center, Lakeview Regional Medical Center and more than 25 clinics throughout the community.Director of Infection Prevention
Responsibilities: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.Perform Patient Safety Rounds that identify patient safety risks. Empower staff to identify and participate in resolution of patient safety concerns.Actively participate in PSO learning collaboratives. Ensure implementation of best practices, alerts, and updates to drive patient safety improvement.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.Facilitate thorough and credible review of events that address both system and individual accountability.Include patient safety in new hire orientation presentation (e.g. PSO membership, reporting expectations, safety culture)Provide ongoing education to leaders, clinicians and staff on the science of safety (high reliability, effective communication, sustaining awareness/alertness) and patient safety initiatives.Work with facility leaders and managers to ensure thorough, credible and timely event management.Partner with facility leadership to establish activities that enable and sustain an open and fair environment promoting learning, safe systems, and appropriately managing behavioral choices related to patient safety (e.g. Patient Safety Rounds, Event Response, Disclosure).Partner with Quality to complete the NQF Safe Practices section of the Leapfrog Hospital Survey.Engage patients/families when appropriate in the patient safety program.Seek input from patients/families involved in harm or close call events as appropriate.Provide analysis and identifying trends from reports (e.g. PSIP data, SHARP report, Service Line Dashboards) to track progress of improvement strategies. Spread and sustain improvement.Work with defense legal counsel to coordinate the investigation, processing and defense of claims against the facility; records, collects, documents, maintains, and provides to defense attorneys any requested information and documents necessary manage facility claims while maintaining privilege of PSWP EducationBachelor's degree in healthcare related field Masters degree preferred.Does not have to be a RNExperience2-3 years healthcare experience in patient safety, risk, and/or quality preferred. Healthcare experience should be recent and within a clinical setting such as Hospital, Ambulatory Surgery Center, etc.MUST have leadership experienceMUST have Healthcare care experienceClinical background requiredLicenses/CertificationsLouisiana State RN license or compact license is accepted ( IF a RN)Certification in Patient Safety (CPPS) required; If not already CPPS, must obtain certification within 12 months of hire.Team STEPPS Master Trainer. If not already a Master Trainer, must obtain with 12 months of hireAdditional Information:3 hospitals in system. 1 at Lakeview with own Leadership team. They are divided between North Shore & South shore of Lake. The North shore does not work in lock step with the South. They have their own anesthesiologist group & surgeons. South shore (them) more Academic. Have downtown & Lakeside campusesFTE - 2Reports to Administrative Director of QualityVacancy expired!