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Description

This position is incentive eligible.

Introduction

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a Senior Director Patient Safety? At HCA Healthcare, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Benefits

HCA Healthcare 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._

You contribute to our success. Every role has an impact on our patients’ lives and you have the opportunity to make a difference. We are looking for a dedicated Senior Director Patient Safety like you to be a part of our team.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Senior Director, Patient Safety leads and collaborates in the dissemination and implementation of patient safety and high reliability concepts across HCA Healthcare, with the overall goal of eliminating preventable patient harm and improving performance.

Major Responsibilities:

Partners with leaders at corporate, division, and facility levels to develop action plans to embed high reliability concepts, and support specific implementation plans in response to identified safety priorities.

Responsible for assessing safety risks and for organizing and managing, as well as assisting with development and execution of, multi-disciplinary improvement initiatives with a focus on transformational, system-wide projects as well as local hospital-chartered projects.

Strategy

•Measures current organizational and process performance and safety risks using a variety of qualitative and quantitative techniques including: one-on-one user interviews, user workshops, surveys, observational studies, and statistical analysis.

•Act as a change agent to build a continuous improvement culture.

•Models an attitude of safety and process improvement.

Delivery and operations

•Manages process redesign initiatives.

•Utilizes process improvement and change management skills to assist with embedding principles of patient safety and high reliability across the organization.

•Actively monitor project risks to foresee/detect potential problems and proactively identify solutions to address in advance.

•Works with patient safety staff to create and execute safety strategies and to evaluate their impact.

•Serves as an organizational resource for patient safety, high reliability, just culture, human factors, and quality improvement concepts, tools and methods.

Perfomance accountability

•Provides updates and reports to leadership on progress of improvement activities and safety initiatives. Disseminates best practices and learnings throughout the enterprise.

•Participates in scoping of projects with key stakeholders.

•Leads cross-functional teams through a methodical process to assess, improve, and sustain results.

Education & Experience:

•Bachelor's degree and Master’s Degree Required

•5+ years of experience in patient safety leadership

•5+ years of experience in healthcare leadership

•5+ years of experience in supporting performance improvement initiatives including change management

•5+ years of experience in process engineering with a focus on designing and optimizing efficient, sustainable workflows and systems preferred

•Certified Professional in Patient Safety (or obtained within 12 months of hire)

•Lean Six Sigma Black / Green Belt (healthcare focus) preferred

**HCA Healthcare (Corporate)** , based in Nashville, Tennessee, supports a variety of corporate roles from business operations to administrative positions. Like our colleagues in any HCA Healthcare hospital, our corporate campus employees enjoy unparalleled **resources and opportunities** to reach their potential as healthcare leaders and innovators. From market rate compensation to continuing education and **career advancement opportunities** , every person has a solid foundation for success. Nashville is also home to our **Executive Development Program** , where exceptional employees are groomed to take on CNO- and COO-level roles in our hospitals. This selective program focuses on ethics, leadership and the financial and clinical knowledge required of professionals at this level of the industry.

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.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Senior Director Patient Safety opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. **Submit your resume today to join our community of caring!**

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.