Description
Reporting to the Director of Perinatal Services, the Perinatal Safety Specialist is responsible for the implementation, promotion, support and oversight of perinatal patient safety and quality of care initiatives and programs. This specialized nursing role combines clinical expertise with a focus on patient safety to provide high-quality care and support to pregnant women and their families, adhering to departmental, institutional, regional and Federal clinical and ethical standards. The perinatal safety nurse will participate in quality improvement initiatives to enhance perinatal care processes and outcomes, contributing to a culture of safety within the healthcare facility.
The primary responsibility of the perinatal patient safety nurse is to promote safe care for mothers and babies by keeping patient safety as a focus of all unit operations and clinical practices.
Responsibilities
- Serves as a patient safety advocate and clinical role model in perinatal nursing obstetrics:
- ○ Keeps staff up to date on Perinatal Safety Initiatives, including education, training, implementation, policies.
- ○ Keeps abreast of changing national standards of clinical practice and the CommonSpirit Health Perinatal Safety Initiatives.
- ○ Disseminates pertinent safety and specialty related information.
- ○ Participates in patient safety or administrative rounding.
- ○ Presents patient and staff safety concerns to appropriate clinical forums
- ○ Participates in and contributes to departmental performance review activities by identifying issues and assisting with gathering and evaluating data, including corporate data entry.
- ○ Assists and supports the healthcare team when an adverse event or untoward outcome occurs.
Experience Requirements
5 years
- • A minimum of 5 years as a clinician in Women’s Services • A minimum of 2 years of project experience in Women and Infants Perinatal Safety • Experience with quality improvement/process improvement techniques, project/program management experience, required
Qualifications
- • Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing required
- • Master’s degree or higher preferred
- • Current RN License in applicable State
- Certification in one of the following:
- • CCRN-NEO, or C-EFM, or RN-BC MCN, or RN-BC-PERI, or RNC, or RNC-LRN, or RNC-MNN, or RNC-NIC, or RNC-OB
- • BLS-CPR
- • NRP within 90 days
Education Requirements
bachelor degreeBenefits
- Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible employees may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit https://www.commonspirit.careers/benefits.
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