Nebraska Medicine

Manager Patient Safety

Nebraska Medicine$85K — $110K *
Omaha, NE 68104In-Person
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in nursing, allied health, or healthcare operations
  • 2+ years in a leadership role
  • Bachelor's degree in a clinical or healthcare-related field
  • Strong background in quality improvement and outcomes monitoring
  • Proficiency in data collection, analysis, and interpretation
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills
  • Registered Nurse license in Nebraska or applicable allied health credential

Responsibilities

  • Lead and monitor patient safety improvement initiatives
  • Facilitate root cause analyses and safety event reviews
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance safety processes
  • Transform safety data into actionable insights for operational improvements
  • Achieve and benchmark safety goals in alignment with organizational strategy
  • Support the completion of action plans following safety event reviews
  • Develop processes for ongoing quality improvement in patient safety

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with on-campus requirements
  • Opportunity to shape healthcare safety culture
  • Engage in meaningful leadership impacting patient well-being
  • Work with a collaborative and passionate team
  • Professional development opportunities
Full Job Description

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Manager Patient Safety

Ready to champion a culture of safety and drive meaningful change where it matters most? We are seeking a visionary Patient Safety Manager to lead, inspire, and elevate our clinical quality initiatives. In this pivotal role, you won’t just monitor metrics—you will be the driving force behind our safety goals, transforming data into actionable improvement and leading critical event reviews like root cause analyses. If you are a seasoned healthcare leader with a sharp analytical mind, a collaborative spirit, and a passion for safeguarding patient well-being, we want you on our leadership team. Step into a role where your expertise directly shapes operational workflows and fosters a safer environment for our patients and staff every single day.

Details:  Manager Patient Safety

  • Candidate must live in Nebraska or Iowa
  • This is a hybrid position, must be able to work on campus
  • Preferred consideration will be given to applicants with prior experience with root cause analysis
  • Resume REQUIRED for consideration

The Manager of Patient Safety is responsible for the management, coordination, and monitoring of tasks and improvement efforts related to patient safety. Support the achievement of the organization's safety goals and utilize appropriate resources to benchmark safety achievements and set organizational direction. Lead the development of processes to ensure appropriate safety event reviews, including, but not limited to, debriefs and root cause analyses, and support follow-up action plan completion.

Required Qualifications: Manager Patient Safety

Minimum of five years nursing, allied health, healthcare operations, or other related healthcare experience required.  

• Minimum of two years leadership experience required.

• Bachelor's degree in a clinical or healthcare related field required.  

• Demonstrated knowledge and competency with quality improvement (QI), outcomes monitoring, and/or process development required.  

• Knowledge of operational healthcare/hospital/clinic workflows required.

• Demonstrated knowledge in data collection, analysis and interpretation required. 

• Demonstrated critical thinking/analytical skills as well as strong problem-solving skills required.  

• Demonstrated knowledge of team building, both as a participant of teams and in a leadership role required.  

• Demonstrated excellent organizational and communication skills (written and verbal), leadership and facilitation abilities required.  

• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills and capabilities, along with the ability to work cross-functionally with other leaders required.  

• Proficiency with office computer tools (PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Visio and Word) required. 

• Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Nebraska or current compact state license or appropriate allied health license or registration in the state of Nebraska only as required in accordance with appropriate health-related degree required.

Preferred Qualifications: Manager Patient Safety

• Master's degree preferred.  

• Prior management experience preferred.

• Prior experience with root cause analysis completion preferred.

• Experience building external network of healthcare peers to problem solve preferred. 

About Nebraska Medicine

Nebraska Medicine is a healthcare system that includes two hospitals, more than 40 specialty and primary care clinics, and a network of more than 1,000 physicians. The system is affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center and is the primary teaching hospital for the university's medical students. Nebraska Medicine provides a wide range of services, including cancer care, heart and vascular care, neurology, orthopedics, and transplant services. The system is committed to providing high-quality, patient-centered care and has been recognized for its clinical excellence by numerous organizations. Nebraska Medicine is also actively involved in research and has received funding from the National Institutes of Health for its research programs.
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