PATIENT SAFETY SPECIALIST

Assumes responsibility for the planning, organization, facilitation and
implementation of Patient Safety activities. Coordinates the activities of the
Patient Safety section, as directed.

Essential Responsibilities and Duties

‎1.Develops patient safety and risk management plan in line with the Hospital's
mission, vision and provision of services. Facilitates implementation of
Patient Safety Plan.
‎2.Participates in the development of Quality Management (QM) Department
policies and procedures, curriculum for education and training in alignment
with the patient safety plan.
‎3.Promotes Hospital-wide awareness of patient safety concepts and encourages
participation and involvement of leadership.
‎4.Supports concerned departments in designing patient safety and risk
management programs within their department, as assigned.
‎5.Collaborates with QM departments and sections in identifying areas for
improvement that promotes patient safety and facilitates the efforts to
implement the improvement.
‎6.Collaborates with all relevant services within the Hospital to identify
educational needs in relation to patient safety.
‎7.Educates Hospital staff, including senior management and medical staff on
patient safety, as assigned.
‎8.Promotes Just Culture where errors and near-misses are openly discussed and
used as learning opportunities.
‎9.Oversees activities related to data collection, data review, analysis and
dissemination of patient safety information.
‎10.Prepares and presents quarterly reports on adverse events and identified
trended issues and risk areas to Director, QM.
‎11.Assess the safety culture of the organization and helps in designing action
plans for improvement. Participates in performance improvement activities as
related to patient safety.
‎12.Facilitates Hospital compliance with patient safety related standards of
national and international accreditations. Manages the Hospital-wide incident
reporting system and risk registry systems (Safety Reporting System).
‎13.Coordinates the investigation and conduction of Failure Mode and Effect
Analysis (FMEA) and root cause analysis of actual and potential Serious/
Sentinel events in the Hospital.
‎14.Supports maintaining the Hospital as a High Reliability Organization.
Participates in implementing quality management and quality improvement
programs.
‎15.Participates in Performance Improvement (PI) teams, committees and
taskforces as assigned.
‎16.Follows all Hospital policies and procedures.
‎17.Participates in self and other's education, training and development, as
applicable.
‎18.Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education

Master 's or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Quality or other healthcare related
discipline is required.

Experience Required

Six (‎6) years of related experience with Master 's, including two (‎2) years at
a managerial position or eight (‎8) years with Bachelor's Degree is required.

Other Requirements(Certificates)

• Certified Professional Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) or any related Healthcare Quality certificate is required.


• Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS)" or Certified Professional in Risk Management (CPHRM)" is required.


• Certifications in Lean, Six Sigma and/ or other PI methodologies are preferred.