Senior Patient Safety Improvement Consultant

Job Overview

Fairview is looking for a Senior Patient Safety Improvement Consultant to join our team.

Bring Your Possibilities to Fairview

At Fairview, we believe in the power of possibility — within ourselves, our teams, and the

communities we serve. We believe that leadership isn’t just a title — it’s a mindset we all

share. Whether you’re providing hands-on care, innovating behind the scenes, or

supporting those who do, your work matters.

Job Summary:

The Senior Patient Safety Improvement Consultant examines complex organizational issues in order to identify, develop, and execute on projects that will impact the strategic priorities for patient safety and quality improvement. This individual is primarily responsible for: • Partnering with operational leaders and their teams to drive breakthrough clinical improvement aligned with strategic priorities by developing process/performance improvement (PPI) plans by scoping projects and establishing charters, directing/managing implementation teams, and bringing projects to completion • Driving a continuous improvement mindset and educating leaders and teams on various improvement methodologies • Using patient safety and quality improvement methodologies to mitigate risk and improve patient safety • Day to day management of Patient Safety Events causing high harm This role oversees and executes cross-departmental, cross-functional, complex projects requiring strong collaboration with dyad clinical and operational leaders, central business operations, and other stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be sophisticated in project management and performance improvement methodologies (six sigma, lean, IHI, CPPS etc.), and will provide coaching to less experienced consultants. The Senior Patient Safety Consultant provides expert guidance in the development of patent safety strategies, with advance knowledge of regulations and best practices. This role will also calculate return on investments in quality projects and support tracking and reduction of costs for patients and the organization.

Position Details:

1.0 FTE (80 hours per pay period)

day shift: may need to flex to accommodate workload needs

no weekends: periodic weekends may be required to accommodate workload needs

Mobile position: Onsite work required as needed.

Responsibilities

Lead investigations of complex quality and safety issues in order to prevent recurrence, maximizing learning, reduce costs, and improve patient outcomes

Facilitate multifaceted quality, safety and performance improvement projects, working with local teams to develop robust and sustainable improvements, implement changes, and monitor outcomes

Use industry tools and methods to identify and initiate analysis of systems to prevent future errors; collaborate with facility leaders and system experts to implement corrective actions

Apply principles of reliable design to ensure delivery of evidence-based care and reduction in preventable harm

Apply performance and process improvement (PPI) methods to achieve successful outcomes

Investigate/explore complex patient safety, quality, and organizational issues in order to identify and develop strategic priorities for improvement

Identify and Initiate evaluation and redesign of systems to improve quality measures; identifying necessary resources to fully implement quality and performance improvement; partnering with leaders to act on any resource barriers; focusing on reliability and applying the principles of reliable design to improve the consistent delivery of quality clinical care

Assists leaders and teams in establishing performance standards and metrics as well as identifying goals while ensuring that partnerships exist with other areas of the business to develop, implement, or refine workflows or data collection and management methods to ensure accurate measurement and tracking of process and improvement results

Provide project coordination through a variety of PM tools and methods

Strong working knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting the development of implementation strategies (e.g., CMS, JCAHO, HIPPA, etc.)

Partners to ensure improvement plans are implemented as a result of quality or safety reviews including but not limited to: mortality reviews, Root Cause Analysis (RCAs), and Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEAs)

Provide coaching to less experienced consultants as well as be involved with department training efforts as assigned

Anticipate and identify barriers to change and develop countermeasures in conjunction with leadership to overcome barriers

Promote and utilize health equity principles when reviewing data and developing improvement opportunities using a holistic approach

Establish governance structures and processes to ensure accountability for adherence to workflows and policies

Investigate industry best practices to recommend innovations to continually advance performance improvement

Required Qualifications

B.S./B.A.

7-9 years of Quality and Performance Improvement or

7-9 years in Patient Safety or

7-9 years in Human Factors or

4-6 years in Healthcare AND 3-4 years in Quality and Performance Improvement, Patient Safety OR Human Factors Engineering

Strong technical skills in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, SharePoint, OneNote), data presentation software (R, PowerBI, Tableau) and data source platforms (EPIC, Strata, etc.)

Lean Certification Silver or Gold level

Six Sigma Black Belt

Associate Level Certification of Human Factors (ACH)

Preferred Qualifications

M.A./M.S.

Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)

Certification Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS)

Certified Human Factors Professional (CHP)

Benefit Overview

Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link for additional information:

Compensation Disclaimer

The posted pay range is for a 40-hour workweek (1.0 FTE). The actual rate of pay offered within this range may depend on several factors, such as FTE, skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Additionally, our organization values pay equity and considers the internal equity of our team when making any offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.

EEO Statement

EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status