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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 Oviedo Medical Center team is committed to partnership, innovation, legacy and improving more lives in more ways. Share your resume today.

Benefits

Oviedo 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

+ **Prevent future harm byinitiatingand overseeing proactive evaluation and redesign of systems to improve care processes (e.g.forcing functions, checklists, error causation thinking, human factors, applied informatics, culture).**

+ **Supportimproved outcomes by emphasizing bothappropriate behaviorsand robust systems that include conciseaccountability 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 exploreidentifiedvariations whenappropriate.**

+ **Utilize alerts and best practices (e.g.Sentinel Event Alerts) to perform gap assessments and implement strong actions that will alleviateidentifiedgaps.**

+ **Effectively report, investigate, and analyze patient safety incidents,medicalerrorsand potential risks in the facility.**

+ **Facilitate thorough and credible serious event analysis thatresultin strong sustainable improvement strategies.**

+ **Facilitate thorough and credible failure mode effect analysis toidentifyand mitigate unintended adverse patient outcomes and evaluate effectiveness of process changes.**

+ **PerformPatient Safety Rounds thatidentifypatient safety risks. Empowerstaff toidentifyandparticipatein resolution of patient safety concerns.**

+ **Coordinatedisclosure of serious events to patients and/or familiesin accordance withorganizational policy and regulations.**

+ **Assuretimelyreporting of Patient Safety Work Product (PSWP) to the Patient Safety Organization.**

+ **ActivelyparticipateinPSOlearningcollaboratives. Ensure implementation of best practices, alerts, and updates to drive patient safety improvement.**

+ **Champion completion of Culture of Safety Survey.**

+ **Facilitateanalysis of culture of safety survey results such that data-driven action plans lead to targeted outcomes.**

+ **Support and encourage harm reporting throughout the organization through anonpunitivejustevent reporting system.**

+ **Provide feedback that acknowledges both the value of event reporting and review of reported events.**

+ **Facilitatethoroughand 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,cliniciansandstaffonthe science of safety (high reliability, effective communication, sustaining awareness/alertness) and patient safety initiatives.**

+ **Work with facility leaders and managers to ensure thorough,credibleandtimelyevent management.**

+ **Join with facility leaders toidentifyand hardwire behavioral norms (e.g.use of briefs, debriefs, NPSGs) that promote a culture of safety.**

+ **Partner with facility leadership toestablishactivities that enable and sustain an open and fair environmentpromotinglearning, safe systems, and appropriately managing behavioral choices related to patient safety (e.g.Patient Safety Rounds, Event Response,Disclosure).**

+ **Engagepatients/familieswhen appropriateinthe patient safety program.**

+ **Seek input from patients/families involved in harm orclose callevents asappropriate.**

+ **Oversee the management and use of event information to benchmark and track progress to zero avoidable harm.**

+ **Provide analysis andidentifyingtrends from reports (e.g.PSIP data, SHARP report, Service Line Dashboards) to track progress of improvement strategies. Spread and sustain improvement.**

+ **Present informative and actionable patient safety reports toappropriate committeesto include high level presentations to Leadership, Medical Executive Committee and Board of Trustees. Include the patient’s story of harm.**

What qualifications you will need:

+ (CPPS) Certified Professional in Patient Safety must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date

+ CPHRM required; If not already CPHRM ,must obtain certification within first 18 months of hire

+ Bachelors Degree

+ (APRN) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, or (RN) Registered Nurse

Oviedo Medical Center is a 64-bed acute care hospital. We serve east Seminole County and surrounding communities. We offer a full range of healthcare services. Our services include surgical inpatient units and intensive care. We deliver 24/7 emergency care. Our hospital offers medical cardiology and telemetry. We provide inpatient and outpatient surgery, and women’s services including labor and delivery. Our hospital offers comprehensive diagnostic imaging. We also offer cardiopulmonary services and cardiac catheterization. We are committed to providing patient-centered care.

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.