What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Patient Safety Officer - Physician - NYC Health + Hospitals - Queens Hospital Center - Queens, NY position at Mount Sinai Hospital?
Job Description
The 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 hospital's 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 front-line 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
Compensation range from 222K to 300K (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)
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Please specify Job Title of interest and send CV with Cover Letter to :
Alex Cano
Executive Director Physician Recruitment
Mount Sinai Health System
Alex.cano@mountsinai.org
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