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HCA Healthcare Patient Safety Coordinator in Englewood, Colorado
Description
Salary Estimate: $61505.60 - $96449.60 / year
Learn more about the benefits offered ( https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards ) for this job.
The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.
Patient Safety Coordinator
Must have Clinical Hospital Acute Experience
(Examples of Clinical Experience: RN, LPN, Physical or Occupational Therapy)
Monday - Friday 8am - 4:30pm
Are you looking for a work environment where diversity and inclusion thrive? Submit your application for our Patient Safety Coordinator opening with Swedish Medical Center today and find out what it truly means to be a part of the HCA Healthcare team.
Benefits
Swedish Medical Center, 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 AirMed 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.
Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
We are seeking a(an) Patient Safety Coordinator for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply!
Job Summary and Qualifications
Under general supervision, and according to general policies and procedures, the patient safety coordinator supports the patient safety department in the maintenance of the grievance process, the patient safety event surveillance system to improve patients and visitor safety and overall quality of care and assisting in risk related activities.
What you will do in this role:
Assists the Patient Safety Department in supporting the facility in resolving patient complaints and promoting a positive experience for our patients and visitors.
Collects, analyzes and trends data on patient grievances utilizing the patient grievance and PSO tracking database. Monitors patient Grievance responses and investigates delayed responses as appropriate
Assists in monitoring the implementation of SEA action plans. Utilizes acquired knowledge from analyses, investigations and root cause analyses to recommend process improvements in patient grievance and patient safety initiatives
Ensures compliance with organizational wide Patient Grievance program to ensure compliance to statutory mandates, regulatory requirements and accreditation standards of professional organizations, i.e., TJC, CMS, CDPHE, etc.
Collaborates, shares pertinent information with members of the healthcare team regarding the Patient Grievance/Safety program to drive actions for improvement.
Assist in the development and participates in contingency plans of organizational patient safety initiatives
Follows established guidelines for reporting, responding to, and monitoring compliance with the patient care grievances which results in formal grievances which includes but not limited to reporting to the Board.
Promotes an environment of teamwork within the department and externally with other departments
Effectively utilizes teamwork to address patient safety concerns
Fosters a culture of safety and a “no blame” environment for the department that effectively identifies and resolves patient safety concerns
Has a working knowledge of and educates staff on the SEA and FMEA process when working with a patient safety concern
Supports department patient safety initiatives during the year, including CSIP
Incorporates risk reduction strategies into daily work activities
In coordination with Patient Safety Director, may assist in conducting SEAs as necessary
Actively supports improved compliance with external patient safety initiatives: HCA, TJC, Leapfrog, IHI and NQF
What qualifications you will need:
Bachelor's degree healthcare related fields, Required
1+ year(s) of experience in healthcare in hospital acute facility, Required
1+ year(s) of experience in quality and/or patient safety/risk management, Preferred
1+ year(s) of experience in managing software reporting program, Preferred
Swedish Medical Center (https://swedishhospital.com/) , part of HCA Healthcare’s HealthONE family of hospitals, is located in the south metro Denver area where it has been a proud member of the community for more than 110 years. An acute care hospital with 408 plus licensed beds, annually Swedish cares for more than 200,000 patients with a team of 2,000 dedicated employees, 500 volunteers and more than 1,400 physicians.
With stroke door to treatment times averaging just 20 minutes, faster than any other facility in the world, Swedish serves as the Rocky Mountain Region’s referral center for the most advanced stroke treatment. Swedish also serves as the region’s neurotrauma and orthopedic trauma provider and is the area’s only Level I trauma facility with a dedicated burn and reconstructive center.
Swedish Medical Center offers patients the highest quality care and the most advanced technologies and treatments in nearly every medical specialty including adult and pediatric emergency, heart care, neurology/neurosurgery, pregnancy and childbirth, orthopedics and joint replacement, cancer care, gastroenterology and liver care, gynecology and urology.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
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"Across HCA Healthcare’s more than 2,000 sites of care, our nurses and colleagues have a positive impact on patients, communities and healthcare.
Together, we uplift and elevate our purpose to give people a healthier tomorrow."- Jane Englebright, PhD, RN CENP, FAAN
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive
If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Patient Safety Coordinator opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.