Director of Patient Safety

Description

This position is incentive eligible.

Are you ready to manage in a new era as a Director of Patient Safety where building a healthier tomorrow is more than a job? Our Medical City Fort Worth team is committed to partnership, innovation, legacy and improving more lives in more ways. Share your resume today.

Medical City Fort Worth, 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 Air Med 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.

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 Director of Patient Safety where your passion for leading and creativity are valued? We want your knowledge and expertise!

• 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).

• Support improved outcomes by emphasizing both appropriate behaviors and robust systems that include concise accountability measures and follow-up.

• Effectively report, investigate, and analyze patient safety incidents, medical errors and potential risks in the facility.

• Facilitate thorough and credible serious event analysis that result in strong sustainable improvement strategies.

• Champion completion of Culture of Safety Survey.

• Facilitate analysis of culture of safety survey results such that data-driven action plans lead to targeted outcomes.

• Include patient safety in new hire orientation presentation (e.g. PSO membership, reporting expectations, safety culture).

• Provide ongoing education to leaders, clinicians and staff on the science of safety (high reliability, effective communication, sustaining awareness/alertness) and patient safety initiatives.

• Work with facility leaders and managers to ensure thorough, credible and timely event management.

• Join with facility leaders to identify and hardwire behavioral norms that promote a culture of safety.

• Engage patients/families when appropriate in the patient safety program.

• Seek input from patients/families involved in harm or close call events as appropriate.

• Oversee the management and use of event…