Works in conjunction with the Vice President Quality and Safety to implement the system clinical risk management program including development, management and analysis of patient safety information; management of patient safety occurrences and clinical event investigations; identification and prioritization of patient safety concerns; development and management of system strategies to mitigate patient safety concerns; oversight and consultation of facility specific plans to address/implement corrective action plans.
Assist in identification and evaluation of activities or events occurring within the system and facilities, which may affect patient safety resulting in either patient injury and/ or offer a potential opportunity to improve care delivery and patient safety
Facilitate implementation and management of a system clinical adverse event investigation process and provide consultation to facility and system staff
Provide leadership for conducting patient safety/ clinical risk assessments and adverse event investigations including root cause analyses and implementation of effective corrective action plans
Demonstrate a high degree of professionalism when working with staff involved in adverse events, promoting a culture of no-blame and collaboration
Facilitate, track, and maintain appropriate records and metrics regarding adverse events and potential for patient and staff safety issues
Facilitate system efforts to analyze data including metrics, surveys, occurrence reports, adverse event investigations, FMEAs and other information to identify and prioritize clinical risk management/ loss prevention, and patient and staff safety concerns
Support and contribute in system efforts to carry out FMEAs regarding clinical risk management/ loss prevention, and patient and staff safety concerns
Carry out other duties as assigned from the Vice President Quality and Safety.
Strive to increase and share current knowledge in the areas of clinical risk management and patient and staff safety
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in a healthcare related field required
Masters degree preferred.
Three to five years healthcare experience in areas such as patient safety, quality, risk management, nursing, high reliability, and/or performance improvement.
Registered nurse in the state of Texas.
Certifications in healthcare quality or healthcare safety, preferred.
CHRISTUS HEALTH is an international Catholic, faith-based, not-for-profit health system comprised of almost more than 600 services and facilities, including more than 60 hospitals and long-term care facilities, 350 clinics and outpatient centers, and dozens of other health ministries and ventures. CHRISTUS operates in 6 U.S. states, Colombia, Chile and 6 states in Mexico. To support our health care ministry, CHRISTUS Health employs approximately 45,000 Associates and has more than 15,000 physicians on medical staffs who provide care and support for patients. CHRISTUS Health is listed among the top ten largest Catholic health systems in the United States.
