Patient Safety Specialist

Job ID: 23461
Description

As the Patient Safety Specialist, you will be responsible for helping us achieve our goal of becoming a transformative, high-reliability organization with an uncompromising focus on patient safety and outcomes. You will do this by facilitating patient safety and quality improvement initiatives and coordinating the implementation of practices designed to reduce error and improve patient outcomes. This will involve fostering a non-punitive culture of continuous learning and improvement by reviewing safety events, identifying trends in near-miss and actual events, and using Lean methodologies to identify relevant trends. You will:

• Serve as an educational resource for all departments on issues of patient safety
• Encourage reporting of actual and near miss events
• Conduct root cause analyses
• Assure that corrective actions are implemented and monitored in a timely manner
• Facilitate Failure Mode Effects Analysis Teams
• Support the organization's good-catch recognition program

Salary Range: $83,800 - $179,400/annually Qualifications
We're seeking a compassionate, confident, optimistic leader with:

• Related Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience
• Master's degree or MSN, preferred
• 3 or more years of direct patient care or more than 1 year quality/patient safety experience
• CPHQ or CPPS, preferred
• Lean Academy completion, a plus
• Strong, confident, and reassuring leadership qualities
• Ability to facilitate and lead change to drive improvement
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, planning, and decision-making skills
• Exercises resourcefulness, critical thinking, and sound judgment when meeting the service needs of others

UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles. We are also home to the David Geffen School of Medicine, an internationally-respected center of advanced medical education and research. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become the trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care for the many communities we serve. If you're looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, UCan at UCLA Health.

A PASSION FOR ADVANCING NURSING EXCELLENCE

At UCLA Health and the David Geffen School of Nursing, you ll be inspired and empowered to reach your fullest potential in your nursing career. Through close collaboration with other outstanding clinicians in our inclusive and engaging working environment, you can play a critical role in the delivery of our world-class care. Our Center for Nursing Excellence, state-of-the-art technology, shared governance, recognition programs, and more, will equip you to go further in your nursing practice than you thought possible. It s no wonder we ve achieved Magnet status multiple times in multiple locations.

If you re ready to live out your passion and advance your nursing career, we invite you to explore opportunities throughout our award-winning system, including:

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica

Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA

UCLA Mattel Children s Hospital

More than 280 community-based clinics throughout Southern California

No matter where you serve with UCLA Health, the cultural, recreational, and lifestyle advantages of our Southern California locations will elevate your standard of living.