Description
This position is incentive eligible.
Salary Estimate: 92601.60 - 138923.20 / year
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Introduction
Last year alone, HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours impacting our communities. As a Director of Patient Safety with Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center, you can be a manager in an organization that is devoted to giving!
Benefits
Southern Hills Hospital and 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.
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Come join our team as a Director of Patient Safety. We care for our communities and employees! HCA Hope Fund in fourteen years reached a historic milestone: 50 million in help to our colleagues in need. Last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated 13.8 million dollars to charitable organizations. Apply Today!
Job Summary and Qualifications
- You will advance a patient safety program that promotes a culture of safety and the elimination of avoidable harm
- You will prevent future harm by initiating and overseeing proactive evaluation and redesign of systems to improve care processes (e.g. forcing functions, checklists, error causation thinking, human factors, applied informatics, culture)
- You will effectively report, investigate, and analyze patient safety incidents, medical errors and potential risks in the facility
- You will support improved outcomes by emphasizing both appropriate behaviors and robust systems that include concise accountability measures and follow-up
- You will perform Patient Safety Rounds that identify patient safety risks. Empower staff to identify and participate in resolution of patient safety concerns
What qualifications you will need:
- Certification in Patient Safety (CPPS) required; if not already CPPS, must obtain certification within 12 months of hire
- Other licenses/certifications required by State
- TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer certified; if not already a Master Trainer, must obtain with 12 months of hire
- Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare related field required. Master’s Degree preferred
- Clinical background required. Minimum of three years healthcare experience in patient safety, risk, and/or quality preferred
- Healthcare experience should be recent and within a clinical setting such as Hospital, Ambulatory Surgery Center, etc.
- Required Skills: Knowledge of and experience with patient safety analysis techniques (methods). Proven team building skills in dealing with intra-professional clinical and operations teams including medical staff in diverse settings Advanced computer skills with word processing and database competency. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to deliver educational and informational presentations on clinical and/or patient safety topics. Information management skills including flowcharting, data analysis and report preparation. Knowledge of rapid cycle improvement theory
Southern Hills Hospital is a 260+ bed acute care hospital. We provide emergency and pediatric emergency services. Our facility also offers a behavioral health unit serving teens and adults, an accredited Chest Pain Center, a Certified Primary Stroke Center and a dedicated orthopedic and spine unit. In addition, Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center provides women with top level care with our OB-GYN, Level III NICU, diagnostic imaging and surgical services. We are also certified by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of healthcare organizations in America, in disease-specific areas.
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.
"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patients family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
Become a manager with an organization that invests in your career while giving to the community. We are seeking distinguished applicants for our Director of Patient Safety opening. Help HCA Healthcare create healthier tomorrows for patients and communities.
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.
