Quality & Safety Specialist

Job Summary
Under the general direction of the Director, Quality & Safety, the Quality & Safety Specialist will originate, facilitate, & expedite improvement efforts and/or education targeted at quality, safety, high reliability (HRO) initiatives and process improvement activities consistent with departmental/organizational goals and objectives.
Essential Functions

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson
• Utilizes and Supports the implementation of the OnPoint Safety Management System project management standards, processes, policies, methodologies and tools to: (40% of time)
• Conduct divisional reactive safety work (aca, dca, cRCA) and proactive risk assessments (ie FMECA, Hazop analysis) with support from senior Quality and Safety Specialists.
  • Facilitates processes and applies safety science principles to identify, review, investigate and analyze, and manage safety events and near misses/great catches with support from senior Quality and Safety Specialists.
  • Oversee SMS related project communication strategies, including verbal and written materials.
  • Develop and track SMS and related process improvement quality assurance, performance, and usage metrics and prepares printed and electronic reports for communication of the data as part of the project status reporting
  • Supports (Lead/Support/provides consultation on) identified initiatives/projects critical to patient safety and quality improvement organizational goals to embed safety principles into clinical operations, facilitated by teams/work groups, assigning performance indicators, reviewing metrics and developing action plans using departmental tools to meet safety/quality system/process redesign and pay for performance goals. (18% of time)
• Participate in hospital-wide committees (i.e. Patient Safety Clinical Excellence Council, Scorecard Temporary Action Groups, Quality assurance Performance Improvement, etc.) to provide valuable contributions on behalf of the Quality and Safety. (12% of time)
• Utilizes the hospital and/or department software systems and applications to input/retrieve/analyze data appropriate to the overall functioning of the organization. Regularly presents to share insights developed from data and information analysis. (10% of time)
• Performs other related duties as assigned. (5% of time)
• Demonstrate basic level understanding of system safety principles
• Able to Conduct SSE Evaluation (ACA, DCA, cRCA) with assistance
• Able to conduct a PRA (FBD, FMEA) with assistance

¿Quality KSA

• Leads house wide Scorecard QI initiative with assistance
• Basic Lean Six Sigma knowledge & skills
• Assist in workout facilitation
• Basic data analytics
• Basic PM skills

Leadership KSA

• Ability to lead teams through a project life cycle
• Basic Presentation skills

Qualifications

• BA degree required
• 2 years experience clinical experience
• Improvement experience preferred
• Yellow belt within 12 months' time
• CPPS within 12 months' time
• Experience presenting work at internal conferences or other public forums

Conditions of Employment
Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson's clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.
Closing Statement
Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.
Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.
Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.
Jefferson's mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.
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