Safety Specialist
hace 1 día
New York
\n Job Title: Quality & Patient Safety Specialist \n Location: New York, NY 10065 (Onsite) \n Duration: 13 Weeks \n Start Date: December 14, 2026 \n Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM \n Hours: 40 hours/week \n \n Job Summary \n We are seeking an experienced Quality & Patient Safety Specialist to support healthcare quality improvement initiatives, patient safety programs, regulatory compliance, and clinical performance improvement. \n The ideal candidate will work closely with clinical department leaders, physicians, nursing leadership, pharmacy, and hospital administration to monitor quality performance, investigate adverse events, identify improvement opportunities, and implement best practices to enhance patient safety and clinical outcomes. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Partner with clinical department leaders to ensure compliance with healthcare quality standards and patient safety best practices.\n, • Develop and support departmental and organization-wide quality improvement goals.\n, • Monitor and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to clinical quality and patient safety.\n, • Conduct daily adverse event reviews to determine the need for escalation, investigation, and external reporting.\n, • Facilitate Root Cause Analysis (RCA), including event investigations, literature reviews, presentations, and regulatory documentation.\n, • Collaborate with clinical leadership to develop and implement corrective action plans.\n, • Support quality committees and participate in patient safety meetings.\n, • Work with data analytics teams to validate quality reports, benchmarking data, and clinical performance metrics.\n, • Analyze quality data to identify performance gaps and recommend improvement strategies.\n, • Lead quality improvement projects using Lean, PDCA, FMEA, and other process improvement methodologies.\n, • Establish project objectives, timelines, deliverables, and success metrics.\n, • Support regulatory readiness, external surveys, and validation tracers.\n, • Educate hospital staff on National Patient Safety Goals and applicable clinical standards.\n\n Required Qualifications \n\n • Experience in hospital quality management, patient safety, or clinical quality improvement.\n, • Strong knowledge of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and adverse event investigations.\n, • Experience with healthcare quality metrics, KPI monitoring, and data analysis.\n, • Knowledge of regulatory requirements and healthcare accreditation standards.\n, • Experience with continuous quality improvement methodologies such as Lean, PDCA, and FMEA.\n, • Strong communication, analytical, project management, and stakeholder management skills.\n, • Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Nursing, Health Information Management, or a related field preferred.\n\n Preferred Qualifications \n\n • Experience working in an acute care hospital environment.\n, • Knowledge of Joint Commission standards and National Patient Safety Goals.\n, • Experience with regulatory reporting and quality benchmarking.\n, • CPHQ, CPPS, or Lean Six Sigma certification preferred.\n, • Experience presenting quality improvement findings to senior hospital leadership.\n\n Ideal Candidate Job Titles \n\n • Quality & Patient Safety Specialist\n, • Patient Safety Specialist\n, • Clinical Quality Specialist\n, • Quality Improvement Specialist\n, • Quality Management Coordinator\n, • Patient Safety Officer\n, • Clinical Quality Analyst\n, • Quality Assurance Specialist\n\n To Apply: Interested candidates can share their updated resume and contact details for consideration. \n Pride Global and its affiliates offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors. \n Equal Employment Opportunity \n Pride Global and its affiliates are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. \n Fair Chance Employment \n Pride Global and its affiliates are a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances. \n Accommodations \n We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us. \n Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation \n