As the Patient Safety Specialist, you will be responsible for helping us achieve our goal of becoming a transformative, high-reliability organization with an uncompromising focus on patient safety and outcomes. You will do this by facilitating patient safety and quality improvement initiatives and coordinating the implementation of practices designed to reduce error and improve patient outcomes. This will involve fostering a non-punitive culture of continuous learning and improvement by reviewing safety events, identifying trends in near-miss and actual events, and using Lean methodologies to identify relevant trends. You will:
Serve as an educational resource for all departments on issues of patient safety
Encourage reporting of actual and near miss events
Conduct root cause analyses
Assure that corrective actions are implemented and monitored in a timely manner
Facilitate Failure Mode Effects Analysis Teams
Support the organization’s good-catch recognition program
Salary Range: $83,800 - $179,400/annually
Qualifications
We’re seeking a compassionate, confident, optimistic leader with:
Related Bachelor’s degree, required
Master’s degree or MSN, preferred
Three or more years of direct patient care or 2 or more years quality/patient safety experience
CPHQ, CPPS, or Just Culture Certification, preferred
Lean Academy completion, a plus
Strong, confident, and reassuring leadership qualities
Ability to facilitate and lead change to drive improvement
Excellent communication, interpersonal, planning, and decision-making skills
UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles. We are also home to the David Geffen School of Medicine, an internationally-respected center of advanced medical education and research. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become the trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care for the many communities we serve. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, UCan at UCLA Health.
At UCLA Health, you can help heal humankind, one patient at a time by improving health, alleviating suffering and delivering acts of kindness. As you do, you’ll achieve great things in your life and your career. We’re a world-class health organization with four hospitals consistently recognized among the nation’s very best as well as an internationally-renowned medical school, primary and specialty care clinics and much more. Within our dynamic, innovative and growing organization, you’ll find exceptional opportunities to make the most of your abilities in a supportive, empowering and inclusive environment. If you embrace our values of Integrity, Compassion, Respect, Teamwork, Excellence and Discovery we invite you to see all you can accomplish at UCLA Health.