This position is incentive eligible.
Job Summary and QualificationsThe Risk Director/Patient Safety Officer is responsible for the facility's risk management activities, which includes coordinating insurance coverage and risk financing, managing claims against the facility, interfacing with defense legal counsel, administering the risk management program on a day-to-day basis, managing and analyzing risk management data, and conducting risk management educational programs, and complying with the Joint Commission's risk management standards, all with the objective of controlling and minimizing loss to protect the assets of the facility. This position, through role modeling, teaching, consultation and research, assists nursing and ancillary health to achieve their fullest potentials promoting quality care and cost-effective outcomes. Analyzes and evaluates clinical and operational systems data related to outcome management. Assists with the implementation of clinical guidelines/pathways and gathering of data. Serves as Patient Safety Officer and provides consultation and education to hospital and medical staff regarding patient safety issues.
What qualifications you will need:- (CPPS) Certified Professional in Patient Safety must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date
- Bachelors Degree in Healthcare field required
- Graduate from an accredited school of Nursing preferred
- Masters Degree preferred
- Five (5) years of recent Patent Safety/Risk experience required.
As a
full-service, 420+ bed acute care hospital, HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood has provided the northeast Houston community with high-quality, cost-effective healthcare for over 25 years. We are dedicated to providing comprehensive, quality care, close to home. Our Women's Center offers high-risk OB care, a
Level III NICU, and pediatric services. We have an advanced Brain & Spine Center, which includes a DNV Comprehensive Stroke Center and the Sleep Center of Excellence. Our Orthopedic Center offers total joint replacement surgery using advanced technology. Other services include innovative and customized cardiovascular services, including open heart and vascular surgery and state-of-the-art imaging and endoscopy services for more accurate diagnosis and treatment plans. We are also a
Certified Level I Stroke Center and an Accredited Chest Pain Center. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
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