Patient Safety Consultant

Location:  TriHealth Corporate office at 625 Eden Park, Cincinnati OH

Work hours:  Full-time, 80 hours bi-weekly, day shift (No weekend or holiday commitment)

Make an Impact Where Safety Matters Most

Are you passionate about advancing patient safety and driving high-reliability healthcare practices? TriHealth is seeking a dedicated Clinical Safety Consultant to join our Patient Safety team. Reporting to the Director of Patient Safety, this critical role blends clinical expertise with strategic facilitation and project leadership to promote a culture of safety across our organization. As a trusted advisor to physicians, leaders, and frontline staff, you'll help shape initiatives that protect patients and improve outcomes—through meaningful consultation, process design, and change management. 

If you're ready to lead system-wide efforts that make a real difference, we invite you to bring your skills and voice to our mission.

Job Overview:
Under the direction of the Director of Patient Safety, this position provides facilitation, consultation, and project management to support the accomplishment of the organization's safety goals and initiatives. This includes providing clinical process input and analysis on events; consultation to all levels of leadership, physicians and team members; and facilitation of projects requiring analysis, process design, improvement planning, implementation planning and measurement/monitoring.  This position also provides support towards TriHealth’s adoption of high-reliability and other safety practices.  Such duties might include project planning and design, implementation, and coordination of change management. 

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or health related field or health administration
• Advanced Certification in Patient Safety or Quality preferred
• 3-4 years' experience clinical 
• 2-3 years' experience internal or external project management 

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership in the facilitation of TriHealth’s adoption of high-reliability and other safety practices. Such duties might include project plan design, implementation, management, and coordination of change management. 
• Assists in leading system wide safety culture initiatives. This may include facilitating or leading process improvement teams, developing and delivering safety related presentations.  

Working Conditions:

• Climbing - Rarely
• Concentrating - Consistently
• Continuous Learning - Consistently
• Hearing: Conversation - Consistently
• Interpersonal Communication - Consistently
• Kneeling - Rarely
• Lifting <10 Lbs - Occasionally
• Lifting 50+ Lbs - Rarely
• Lifting 11-50 Lbs - Occasionally
• Pulling - Rarely
• Pushing - Rarely
• Reaching - Rarely
• Reading - Consistently
• Sitting - Frequently
• Standing - Rarely
• Stooping - Rarely
• Thinking/Reasoning - Consistently
• Use of Hands - Frequently
• Color Vision - Occasionally
• Walking - Frequently
   

TriHealth SERVE Standards and ALWAYS Behaviors
At TriHealth, we believe there is no responsibility more important than to SERVE our patients, our communities, and our fellow team members. To achieve our vision and mission, ALL TriHealth team members are expected to demonstrate and live the following: 

Serve: ALWAYS…
• Welcome everyone by making eye contact, greeting with a smile, and saying "hello"
• Acknowledge when patients/guests are lost and escort them to their destination or find someone who can assist
• Refrain from using cell phones for personal reasons in public spaces or patient care areas
Excel: ALWAYS…
• Recognize and take personal responsibility to address and recover from service breakdowns when a customer's expectations have not been met
• Offer patients and guests priority when waiting (lines, elevators)
• Work on improving quality, safety, and service 
Respect: ALWAYS…
• Respect cultural and spiritual differences and honor individual preferences.
• Respect everyone’s opinion and contribution, regardless of title/role.
• Speak positively about my team members and other departments in front of patients and guests.
Value: ALWAYS…
• Value the time of others by striving to be on time, prepared and actively participating.
• Pick up trash, ensuring the physical environment is clean and safe.
• Be a good steward of our resources, using supplies and equipment efficiently and effectively, and will look for ways to avoid waste.
Engage: ALWAYS…
• Acknowledge wins and frequently thank team members and others for contributions.
• Show courtesy and compassion with customers, team members and the community