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Description

This position is incentive eligible.

Introduction

Are you ready to manage in a new era as a Director Patient Safety where building a healthier tomorrow is more than a job? Our Corpus Christi Medical Center team is committed to partnership, innovation, legacy and improving more lives in more ways. Share your resume today.

Benefits

Corpus Christi Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

+ Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

+ Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

+ Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

+ 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

+ Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

+ Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

+ Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

+ Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

+ Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

+ Colleague recognition program

+ Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

+ Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._

Our teams are dedicated to improving human life. Each year about five percent of all U.S. hospital services happen at an HCA Healthcare facility. Be an impact as a(an) Director Patient Safety where your passion for leading and creativity are valued? We want your knowledge and expertise!

Job Summary and Qualifications

Advances a patient safety program that promotes a culture of safety and the elimination of avoidable harm. This includes: systems thinking and reliable design; identification and mitigation of patient safety risk; safety culture advancement; patient safety education; partnership with executive and clinical leaders; patient and family engagement; measurable reduction in avoidable harm; and risk management/claims activities.

What you will do in the role:

+ Completes position responsibilities by following established guidelines & protocols within the appropriate time frame.

+ Continuously improves service outcomes that impact patients and customers by awareness of the process design, measurement, assessment and commitment to improvement that is consistent with the hospital mission, vision and scope of service statements, with a commitment to excellence.

+ Performs duties in a safe, functional and effective manner that reduces hazards and risks, prevents accidents and injuries and maintains safe conditions by adhering to established safety standards for body mechanics, electrical biohazard, utilities and emergency preparedness plan.

+ Demonstrates skill in all forms of communication. Works well with others in a spirit of teamwork, cooperation, and collaboration. Demonstrates an understanding of the Code of Conduct.

What qualifications you will need:

+ (CPPS) Certified Professional in Patient Safety must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date

+ Masters Degree, or Bachelors Degree required

+ 3 to 5 years of previous patient safety, risk or quality experience in a hospital setting

+ 3 to 5 years of leadership experience in hospital setting

Corpus Christi Medical Center (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/corpus-christi-medical-center) is a **630+ bed healthcare system of hospitals in Corpus Christi** and the surrounding Coastal Bend community. _Bay Area_ is our full-service acute care hospital and offers state-of-the-art cardiovascular services, bariatric, GYN and robotic surgery. _The Women’s Center at Bay Area_ , with its NICU Unit, is also the home of our graduate medical education program. _Doctors Regional_ is our acute care hospital, with a 24-hour emergency department, cardiac catheterization labs, orthopedic and surgical services, and inpatient rehabilitation. _The Heart Hospital_ offers complete diagnostics, treatment, surgery and rehabilitation for cardiac patients. _Northwest Regional/Northwest Behavior Health Center_ provides emergency medical services, laboratory, imaging services and outpatient behavioral health services. _Bayview Behavioral Hospital_ provides inpatient and outpatient short-term treatment for psychiatric patients ages 12 years and older, as well as substance abuse treatment. _Northshore Emergency Center_ is a full-service 24-7 emergency department in Portland that offers outpatient laboratory, imaging and occupational services. _Radiation Oncology_ offers advanced technology for treating cancer with the latest and most specific radiation therapies available. Our programs focus on the needs of individual patients, while employing the **latest techniques and research of 21st-century medicine.**

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

If this is the kind of dynamic growth opportunity that compels you, apply for the Director Patient Safety role. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.