Patient Safety Specialist

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Patient Safety Specialist acts in conjunction with the HMH Patient Safety Officer and local Directors/Managers of Patient Safety & Quality to provide guidance for safety initiatives, including data analysis, identification of issues and recommendation. The Specialist collaborates with local safety leaders and HMH safety council members to achieve transformational and sustainable safety strategies using project/program management, process and system mapping, reliability science, data analysis, evidence based best practices and improvement strategies.

These components and a partnership with frontline clinical operations will provide structure and oversight to improve patient and team member safety. The identification, planning and execution of safety projects is necessary to deliver successful sustainable results and build a strong and sustainable culture of safety for patients and team members.

Prior clinical/healthcare experience is strongly preferred for this position.