Safety Coordinator Behavioral Health
US-OH-Columbus
external
Req #: 52915
Type: Full Time
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Overview: Safety Coordinator Behavioral Health The Behavioral Health Safety Coordinator provides leadership support of the strategic safety plans and goals. Works collaboratively to innovate safety initiatives and performance analysis and reporting within the Behavioral Health Service Line. Assists in leading a culture and climate of safety, and plays a key role in driving organizational behavior changes. Schedule: Full-time, Benefits Eligible Location: Behavioral Health Pavilion 444 Butterfly Gardens Drive Columbus, Ohio 43215 Responsibilities: * Assists to assess, develop, and implement project plans, system processes that mitigate safety and workplace risks, and annual and long-range safety goals, objectives, and metrics consistent with the BHP strategic plan. * Develops and monitors the advancement of policies, programs, and operational models that promote safety. Develops comprehensive, strategic, and tactical plans to achieve system-level goal progress. * Serves as an authoritative resource on safety by maintaining knowledge of behavioral health and safety through continuous professional development. Serves on various committees, collaboratives, and safety huddles pertaining to employee and patient safety. * Evaluates information obtained from risk assessments and develops actions with BH management. * Reviews and analyses safety data, investigates patient incidents, and incidents of employee injury. * Maintains and facilitates compliance with all safety regulations and ensures that regulated industry standards with all applicable accrediting and regulatory bodies. Note: Regular, reliable, and consistent attendance is an essential job function. Employees are expected to perform work as scheduled. Please see the physical requirements for this position listed below. Qualifications: KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES Education Requirement: * Bachelor's Degree, required. * Master's Degree in Nursing, Social Work, Counselling, or other healthcare management or health care related discipline, preferred. Certifications: Certified Professional Healthcare Quality Professional or Certified Safety Professional, preferred. Skills: * Expertise in performance improvement frameworks and methods, such as IHI model for Improvement, Lean Six Sigma, and is able to apply successfully. * Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to effectively interact at all levels, describe hospital processes, policies, and procedures to outside surveyors, and explain complex data sets. * Ability to partner with leaders across all disciplines to promote a non-punitive, high reliability culture. * Supports a diverse multi-cultural workforce that reflects the community, promotes equal opportunity at all levels of public employment, and creates an inclusive work environment that enables all individuals to perform to their fullest potential free from discrimination. Knowledge and experience in patient safety, employee safety, , regulatory environment, external agencies, healthcare delivery, and public reporting in a leading academic medical center. Experience: * Five years of experience in a health care setting, required. Pediatric health care or behavioral health experience, required. * Five years of leadership experience, preferred. * Three years of work experience facilitating quality, process, operational and/or safety improvement efforts, required. * Experience in clinical quality and safety performance measurement, including measure definition, data sources, and benchmarks, preferred. The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individual so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet
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