UCLA Health Hiring for Patient Safety Manager (On-Site) at Los Angeles, California Full Time

Description

Take on a key role within an award-winning health system. Help improve patient experiences as part of a world-class healthcare team. Take your career in an exciting new direction. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health.

You will be responsible for the execution and management of strategies to achieve our goal of becoming a transformative, high-reliability organization with an uncompromising focus on patient safety and outcomes. This will involve facilitating patient safety and quality improvement initiatives and coordinating systematic implementation of practices designed to reduce error and improve patient outcomes. You will foster 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 trends of contributing factors in events. You will serve as a resource on patient safety as you educate teams and encourage reporting of actual and near-miss events. In collaboration with system leadership, you will oversee root cause analysis and work to ensure corrective actions are implemented and monitored. You will drive the completion of Failure Mode Effects Analysis as well as manage our good-catch recognition program. You will also supervise patient safety staff and department operations.

Salary Range: $105,200 – $250,600/annuallyQualifications

We’re seeking a self-motivated, results-driven strategic thinker with:

• Active California RN license

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or other healthcare profession

• Three or more years of experience in patient safety

• Two or more years of increasingly responsible leadership experience in patient safety or quality improvement

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, and presentation skills

• Sound judgment and strong decision-making abilities

• A passion for quality and safety

• Experience facilitating clinical quality improvement teams

• Background in consulting, coaching, and mentoring clinicians and management in quality management and performance improvement

• Expertise in data management, including statistical and medical data

• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office

• In-depth involvement with national and regional healthcare organizations

UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and more than 270 community clinics throughout Southern California. We’re also home to the world-class medical research and clinical education capabilities of the David Geffen School of Medicine. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become Los Angeles’ trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, you can at UCLA Health.

UCLA Health welcomes all individuals, without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or disabilities, and we proudly look to each person’s unique achievements and experiences to further set us apart.