Patient Safety Specialist
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Job Location:
La Crosse, WI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
18 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Love medicine is who we are its what we do its why people want to work here. If youre looking for a job to love apply today.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Patient Safety Specialist
Location: La Crosse WI
FTE: 1.0 (40 hours/week)
Shift: Business hours typically 8am-4:30pm
Pay: Starting pay of $78083.20/year with more based on experience
Weekend/Holidays: No weekends or holidays!
Emplify Health by Gundersen is seeking a Patient Safety Specialist to join our Quality and Patient Safety department.
As a Patient Safety Specialist at Emplify Health by Gundersen youll play a key role in advancing our mission of delivering safe highquality care rooted in LOVE MEDICINE. This position offers the opportunity to influence systemwide improvement partner with strong clinical and operational leaders and drive meaningful change that enhances the safety and experience of every patient we serve. If youre passionate about quality reliability and making healthcare safer for all this role provides both purpose and professional growth in a respected missiondriven organization.
What You Will Do
Support and facilitate ongoing patient safety and safetyculture performance improvement activities
Partner closely with clinical and operational leaders to promote high reliability clinical excellence and zero preventable patient harm
Review analyze and trend safety events to identify opportunities for improvement
Lead and support root cause analyses and other investigative processes
Codesign safety initiatives to enhance systemlevel patient safety performance
Promote a nonpunitive culture of continuous learning and improvement
Support patient safety recognition programs and communication initiatives
Serve as a resource and educator for departments on patient safety principles and best practices
What You Will Get
Competitive compensation and Gundersens comprehensive benefits package
A top rated retirement plan
Professional development and continuing education opportunities
Access to Emplify Health by Gundersens Career Development Center
The ability to make a direct impact on patient safety and system quality
What You Need
Bachelors degree in Nursing or allied health field
Minimum of 5 years of healthcare experience
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
About Emplify Health
Emplify Health brings together Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System forming a mission driven not for profit healthcare network. With headquarters in Green Bay and La Crosse we serve communities across Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota and Michigans Upper Peninsula through 11 hospitals 100 clinics and more than 4500 nurses and providers.
We deliver primary specialty and emergency care along with innovative medical education programs all designed to improve the health and well being of the communities we serve.
If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position please contact or call .
We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values belonging respect excellence accountability teamwork and humility our pillars set our foundation and our future.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Computer Skills
- Construction Experience
- Food Safety Experience
- Root cause Analysis
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- OSHA
- Child Protective Services
- EPA
- Unity
- EHS
- Manufacturing
About Company
Gundersen Health System Hospitals & Clinics delivers world-class primary and specialized healthcare in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.
