Quality and Patient Safety Advisor - Transfusion Safety (Local)

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• →Supports the Vanderbilt Health Transfusion Safety program under direction of department hospital leaders to align with overall quality and safety plan
• →Collaborates with hospital leaders to establish, monitor, and maintain safety protocols and procedures to promote safe patient care and in compliance with clinical policies and regulatory requirements
• →Establishes and maintains effective communication and coordination with operational and clinical staff to support safe and evidence-based transfusion practices
• →Manages and communicates data and information relevant to hospital goals and initiatives related to transfusion practices
• →Participates in clinical review of workflows and analysis of non-conforming events
• →Participates in the development and delivery of educational programs for clinical team members
  

• Regulatory Compliance (Novice): Demonstrates knowledge of the appropriate rules and regulations and apply them in difficult, stressful and complex situations. Able to interpret and explain rules and regulations that are ambiguous or unclear. Directs others in interpreting rules and regulations on the job and trains others in them.
• Judgement and Decision-Making (Novice): Able to make decisions effectively and accurately in an environment which may be fast-paced or changing. Considers a wide range of alternatives, including those which may fall outside of the scope of the task at hand, before making a decision.
• Front of Room Facilitation (Intermediate): Helping people manage The information they already possess or can access to achieve a necessary result in a timely and collaborative manner. Guide The process and structures activities using a particular facilitation methodology without content knowledge or subject matter expertise.
• Healthcare Organizational Dynamics (Intermediate): Demonstrate knowledge and impact of quality, value, and patient-centered care in the current and future healthcare landscape and continuum of care
• Prioritization/ Targeted Focus (Intermediate): Distill down needed work to focus teams with limited resources on critical path, while keeping the larger picture in mind. Effectively message and focus teams on critical path in light of larger efforts.
• Data Transformation into Information (Intermediate): Create and Interpret data findings through appropriate methods of data visualization. Identify opportunities for improvement, translate into improvement plans, and develop requirements to support improvement initiatives
• Relationship Building (Intermediate): Develops cooperative internal and external relationships.
• Improvement Methodology (Intermediate): Lead teams in quality and performance improvement methodology, including facilitating opportunity analysis, key driver diagrams, performance measure requirements, and PDSA improvement cycles (EA, FMEA, CTQ)
• Identification/Evaluation for Harm Risks (Intermediate): Develop a process that identifies and reports patient safety risks, near misses, and adverse events. Integrate best practices and evidence-based mitigation strategies. Interpret and communicate findings.
• Strategic Planning (Novice): The ability to define a strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources.
• Data Analysis (Intermediate): The ability to analyze data in an accurate manner.
• Project Management (Intermediate): Planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
• Time Management (Intermediate): Planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities.
• Communication (Intermediate): Clearly, effectively and respectfully communicates to employees or customers.
• Change Management (Intermediate): Establishes a structured methodology for responding to changes in the environment or establishing coping mechanisms for responding to changes in the workplace. Makes sound recommendations in problem resolutions. Assists in testing and quality assuring solutions.

About the Department:

The Department of Quality, Safety, and Risk Prevention (QSRP) equips and empowers Vanderbilt Health faculty and staff at our Main Campus, Regional Hospitals and Ambulatory Divisions to offer care that is safe, timely, effective, efficient and patient-centered. We are focused on providing high-quality care through doing the right thing for our patients to reach desired health outcomes, while also preventing errors or adverse events and reducing risks 

The various teams within QSRP foster knowledge sharing to extend best practice use, reduce variability and facilitate improvements in outcomes throughout our health system and strengthening Vanderbilt Health’s mission of personalizing the patient experience through our caring spirit and distinctive capabilities through our QSRP Strategic Plan.

Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more.

At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.

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This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Vanderbilt Health, supported by a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity.  EOE/Vets/Disabled.