Patient Safety Program Manager

Where You’ll Work

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services is a full-service, 712-bed acute care provider in Colorado Springs comprising Penrose Hospital, St. Francis Hospital and St Francis Hospital - Interquest. St. Francis Hospital opened in 2008 to keep pace with the growing needs of the Colorado Springs' community on the north side of the city. St. Francis Hospital features 340-beds and offers a modern Birth Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Cancer Center, Emergency Department, Level III Trauma Center, Imaging Services, Acute Inpatient Rehab, Surgical Services and Critical Care Unit. It also serves as southern Colorado's home base for the Flight For Life Colorado air medical transport service. It's an incredible time to join us as we celebrate recognition with Magnet Hospital designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for superior quality in nursing care. With more than 300 days of annual sunshine, mild winters and easy-to-access recreational areas including Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods and some of Colorado's top destination resorts, you will enjoy an incredible lifestyle while having the career you've always wanted.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

You have a purpose, unique talents and now is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.

Responsible for entity specific Patient Safety and HRO program through the development of standard programming and the facilitation of entity specific process improvements that support the reduction of patient care errors and other factors that contribute to unintended adverse patient outcomes. Facilitate the development, analysis, categorization, and reporting of entity specific adverse events data to help guide improvement efforts.

Job Requirements

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

Education Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree required
  • Nursing or other clinical discipline preferred.
• Masters Degree preferred

Minimum Experience Requirements:

• Five (5) years of experience in a clinical healthcare environment.
• Previous experience with safety/risk/quality management and education.
• Meeting and project improvement facilitation preferred.
• Ability to create and present quality data using tools such as Microsoft Office.
• Knowledge of Joint Commission hospital standards and CMS regulations and occurrence reporting requirements.
• Experience in clinical operations and/or experience working in performance improvement or quality management areas, preferred.