DescriptionThe Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai NYC Health Hospital Queens Hospital Center serving a culturally diverse communities in Queens NY seeks a physician to join our team at Queens as the Chief Patient Safety Officer. This individual will lead the vision strategy and implementation of Patient Safety activities across the facility ensuring patients receive the highest standard of care by identifying and addressing potential risks in care delivery models.
Responsibilities- Creation of a robust patient safety culture
- Participate in or lead root cause analysis discussions
- Track & trend data/improvements for National Patient Safety goals
- Support assist and participate in system wide initiatives related to patient safety
- Organize distribution of a culture of safety survey to help measure the hospitals safety initiatives
- Coordinate data collection and entry for the LeapFrog Group
- Support advise and assist in implementation of just culture to help create a foundation for balanced accountability and patient safety across the organization
- Educate staff on National Patient Safety Goals how to report safety events and the importance of reporting
- Mentor and sponsor patient safety projects
- Coordinate regular patient safety meetings. Collect track and coordinate action plans for shared patient safety concerns
- Support and assist hospital in preparing managing and completing CMS/TJC surveys related to patient safety
- Share patient safety improvements regularly with frontline staff
- Support leadership and participate in planning mitigation and response to emergencies to ensure patient safety is safe guarded
- Support assist and participate in system wide initiatives related to patient safety
Qualifications- Medical Degree required
- A valid New York State License
- Plus Masters degree (MPH MS MBA MHA) preferred
- Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience and administrative experience
- Residency trained and Board Certified in respective specialty
- Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) certification preferred
- Computer skills: Use of database and report writing software. Experience with MS Office products.
- Knowledgeable in patient safety performance improvement risk management regulatory & accreditation healthcare administration data & reporting policy and procedures leadership education
- Superior organizational planning and project management skills
- Strong leadership and change management skills
- Desire and ability to work with multiple stakeholders including business clinical and IT leadership and staff
- Excellent customer service and people skills
- Willing to travel to NYC Health Hospitals patient care sites within the 5 boroughs
- Ability to remain positive and supportive under high stress situations
Compensation range from 222K to 300K (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)
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Mount Sinai Health System provides a salary range to comply with the New York City law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors including experience specialties historical productivity historical collections and hospital/community need. As such an actual salary may fall closer to one or the other end of the range and in certain circumstances may wind up being outside of the listed salary range. The salary range listed is for fulltime employment and does not include bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits.
Please specify Job Title of interest and send CV with Cover Letter to:
Alex Cano
Executive Director Physician Recruitment
Mount Sinai Health System
Required Experience:
Chief