Patient Safety & Risk Manager FT Days Job Listing at Englewood Health in Englewood, NJ (Job ID 61879)

Description

The Patient Safety & Risk Manager is responsible for supervising Coordinator Risk Management. And overseeing and facilitating clinical improvement initiatives and guiding the development, ongoing review and implementation of evidence-based improvement initiatives. Oversees, facilitate and support multi-disciplinary teams to achieve clinical performance improvement goals and objectives. Responsible for assisting with the coordination of the facility's patient safety, legal and risk management activities.

Department: Patient Safety & Risk Management
Location: 916 Slyvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Status: Full Time
Shift: 8:00am-4:00pm (flexible)

Job Essentials: The ideal candidate will meet the following requirements and competencies.

• Professional Nurse License, Bachelor of Science in nursing required, Master's Degree preferred.
• Previous proven experience and expertise in risk management position commensurate with the demands of the position (3 - 5 years preferred).
• CPHQ certification or willing to complete within 1 year of employment.
• Working knowledge of Patient Safety, Performance Improvement (PDSA, Rapid Cycle Change, RCA, and FMEA), Joint Commission Standards, NJDOH Regulations, Legal Affairs and Risk Management.

Englewood Health, one of New Jersey's leading hospitals and healthcare networks, delivers nationally recognized inpatient and outpatient care through its hospital and network of physician practices, urgent care centers, and imaging centers. Englewood Hospital, founded in 1890, consistently earns high marks for clinical excellence and patient safety. It is recognized as a 2022-23 Best Regional Hospital by US News & World Report, holds the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade ‘A' (spring 2023), and was named a Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospital (2022). Englewood Hospital is nationally recognized for nursing excellence, earning a fifth consecutive designation by the Magnet Recognition Program in 2021. The Englewood Health Physician Network—a coordinated network of more than 600 office-based and hospital-based providers—offers primary care, specialty care, and urgent care at more than 140 locations in five counties across northern New Jersey. Areas of clinical excellence offered by the health system include cardiac surgery and cardiac care, cancer care, orthopedic surgery, primary care, spine surgery, vascular surgery, and women's health, as well as bloodless medicine and surgery and minimally invasive robotic surgery. Englewood Health's focus on health equity and population health encompasses outreach to underserved communities to enhance individual and public health, prevent disease, support lifelong wellness, reduce the burden of mental health challenges and substance use disorders, and meet the cultural, social, and holistic needs of specific populations. With its high-quality, culturally sensitive inpatient care, outpatient services, and community health and wellness programs, Englewood Health delivers a healthcare experience that puts patients at the center.