Nurse Patient Safety Specialist

At CHI Mercy Health, you'll discover a place where your professional growth is deeply valued within a truly supportive and rewarding environment. For over a century, our commitment to Compassion, Inclusion, Integrity, Excellence, and Collaboration has guided every interaction, shaping how we care for our patients and uplift one another. Today, as CHI Mercy Health, we remain deeply committed to healing the whole person – body, mind, and spirit – in the communities we serve. This commitment is strengthened by the diverse expertise and shared values brought together through our growth. We are proud of our state-of-the- art care and numerous awards and accreditations that reflect our dedication to excellence. When you join CHI Mercy Health, you become part of a team that delivers top-quality, professional healthcare and contributes to a legacy of service built on collaboration and shared purpose.

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As our Patient Safety Specialist, RN Acute, you will support the patient safety program by reducing harm, fostering a culture of safety, and driving High Reliability Organization initiatives, specifically leading the response to serious clinical and high-risk events.

Every day you will serve as a safety subject matter expert by analyzing events, interpreting data for decision-making, managing complex workstreams, coaching staff on disclosure, leading program projects, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

To be successful in your role, you will need strong clinical nursing expertise to assess the Standard of Care, independent judgment to prioritize safety events, and the professional diplomacy required to collaborate on sensitive, confidential matters with executive and cross-functional teams.

• Conducts and/or facilitates the investigation, analysis, classification and corrective action planning for serious safety events, major unanticipated clinical events and high-risk near-miss events.
• Participates in regulatory and performance improvement.
• Participates in audit, tracer, rounding and gap analysis processes.
• Prepares and delivers educational content to staff, providers and managers.
• Provides formal written and verbal reports regarding safety events.

Student loan repayment program as well as relocation assistance offered!

Required

• Oregon RN license
• BSN
• Three (3) years related work experience that demonstrates attainment of the requisite job knowledge/abilities

Preferred

• Certified Professional in Patient Safety