Patient Safety Specialist - RN

About the job

Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene, ID, is hiring a full-time patient safety specialist, a registered nurse (RN) role, for its Quality - Risk Management department. The specialist reports to the Patient Safety Risk Manager and supports daily patient safety and clinical risk management work, including identifying, classifying and investigating incident reports, tracking trends and building improvement plans.

What you'll do

• Screen and monitor all reported safety events promptly, and escalate concerns, trends, high-harm events and serious near misses to leadership
• Help respond to interrogatory requests tied to claims and litigation
• Help with risk management education and orientation for employees and providers, and with building and maintaining patient safety education programs
• Do risk assessments and help with corrective action plans for patient safety concerns
• Take part in Root Cause Analysis work as assigned and follow up on the action plans
• Coordinate product recalls and provider peer review

What you need

• A BSN from a nationally accredited nursing program
• An Idaho RN license, licensure pending with a temporary license, or a current RN license from a state in the multistate compact with Idaho
• 3 years of health care experience
• Strong clinical skills
• Able to lift and move up to 10 lbs and to sit for long periods, with repetitive movements

Preferred

• A patient safety or risk management certification

Schedule

• Day shift, full-time
• 80 hours per two-week pay period