Patient Safety Manager at Penn Medicine

Patient Safety Manager

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines. Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

The Patient Safety Manager reports to the Director of Patient Safety and assumes accountability for operationalizing the hospital-wide patient safety program and provides leadership to improve patient safety outcomes throughout the hospital. Specifically, he / she :

• Directs a systematic process for timely review and follow up of safety events in collaboration with patient safety officers, risk managers, frontline clinical team members, and quality & safety team members.
• Promotes timely reporting of safety events via the event management system.
• Analyzes data to identify safety-related trends and systems defects that create risk for safety events.
• Leads efforts to design and implement solutions that eliminate medical errors and mitigate risk for safety events.

A strong Patient Safety Manager must be able to :

Responsibilities :

Accountable for the following UPHS BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES :

Credentials :

Education or Equivalent Experience :

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives. Live Your Life's Work We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

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