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Catholic Health Initiatives Perinatal Safety Specialist RN in Hot Springs, Arkansas
Overview
As a Perinatal Safety Specialist, you will be responsible for the implementation, promotion, support and oversight of perinatal patient safety and quality of care initiatives and programs. This specialized nursing role combines clinical expertise with a focus on patient safety to provide high-quality care and support to pregnant women and their families, adhering to departmental, institutional, regional and Federal clinical and ethical standards. The perinatal safety nurse will participate in quality improvement initiatives to enhance perinatal care processes and outcomes, contributing to a culture of safety within the healthcare facility.
The primary responsibility of the perinatal patient safety nurse is to promote safe care for mothers and babies by keeping patient safety as a focus of all unit operations and clinical practices.
To thrive in this role, you’ll need to appreciate that routine is never routine. We have some wonderful days in this department and get to be with people through huge milestones in their lives. We also have some hard days and are with people as they grieve. You must be sensitive and understanding to different circumstances. Above all else, you must remain calm in an emergency. A patient’s status can change quickly and it’s never good for the patient or family to see the nurse in a panic. You’re calm. You’re in control. You’re handling the situation.
Responsibilities
Ensures all care providers on Maternal Child Health adhere to national clinical standards and principles and practice of safety.
● Serves as a patient safety advocate and clinical role model in perinatal nursing obstetrics: ○ Keeps staff up to date on Perinatal Safety Initiatives, including education, training, implementation, policies. ○ Keeps abreast of changing national standards of clinical practice and the CommonSpirit Health Perinatal Safety Initiatives.
○ Disseminates pertinent safety and specialty related information.
○ Participates in patient safety or administrative rounding.
○ Presents patient and staff safety concerns to appropriate clinical forums
○ Participates in and contributes to departmental performance review activities by identifying issues and assisting with gathering and evaluating data, including corporate data entry.
○ Assists and supports the healthcare team when an adverse event or untoward outcome occurs. ○ Develops and supports the implementation of education/action plans to address events that are reported in the event reporting system.
● Implements and supports patient safety and quality of care initiatives:
○ Collaborates with clinical and administrative leadership to deliver survey results to participants. Works with clinical and administrative leadership to address themes and issues identified by the survey ○ Promotes, assists and supports competency based education. Performs periodic follow-up to confirm that clinicians have completed their education
○ Implements and supports Perinatal Safety initiatives as identified by Clinical Leadership
●Monitors clinical outcomes
Qualifications
Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing required
A minimum of 2 years as a clinician in Women’s Services
Experience with quality improvement/process improvement techniques, project/program management experience, required
Certification in one of the following: CCRN-NEO, C-EFM, RN-BC
MCN, RN-BC-PERI, RNC [OB, GYN, NEONATAL], RNC-LRN, RNC-MNN,RNC-NIC, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS within 1 year
BLS and ACLS Required
NRP within 90 days
Pay Range
$32.85 - $43.34 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.