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Norton Healthcare
Patient Safety Director, Norton Brownsboro Hospital
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A Director of Patient Safety is responsible for determining and maintaining the strategic direction of their organization's patient safety program and developing a workplace culture where safety is the utmost priority.
$123,452 / year median in Kentucky
+8% projected growth
Job Description
Responsibilities The Patient Safety Director will serve as the patient safety officer in the area(s) of assigned responsibility which includes developing collaborative relationships to lead and provide direction to the Reaching for Zero patient safety strategy. The Patient Safety Director will develop a comprehensive patient safety plan which will include continuous improvement efforts and ongoing risk assessment; build a culture of safety, including support for the implementation of systems to decrease patient harm and participate in formal process improvement activities; support and encourage safety event reporting and help leaders use safety event data for organizational learning; conduct safety event classification and cause analysis on safety events in collaboration with risk management and facility leadership; collaborate with the accreditation team to provide organizational response to regulatory standards related to patient safety; and develop patient safety education programs.