RN - Registered Nurse (Hybrid) - Patient Safety Specialist
Job Description
Job Description:
Seeking a Registered Nurse to serve as a Patient Safety Specialist. This is a hybrid position that will work from home and from Essentia. You must reside within driving distance of Essentia Health's facilities in Fargo, North Dakota, Brainerd, Minnesota, or Duluth, Minnesota. This RN works 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. No weekend, holiday, or on-call rotations are required.Education Qualifications:
- BSN or ADN degree from an accredited school or college of nursing.
About Essentia Health:
We are a top-rated employer offering work-life balance, long term career stability, opportunities for growth, and work you can be passionate about! Our mission guides us every day: We are called to make a healthy difference in people’s lives. This calling resonates deeply for our caregivers and our colleagues working behind the scenes, who all bring high-quality, compassionate care to the patients we are privileged to serve. We are like nowhere else: https://vimeo.com/284233541
What You'll Do:
Gathers, analyzes, and evaluates information on a variety of patient, family, and provider clinical care and safety issues, including information contained within policies, procedures, regulatory and legal obligations to conduct a thorough analysis and investigation. Communicates the position of the organization internally and to patients / families. Actively participates in performance improvement teams as assigned. Provides consultative, educational and resource services to the organization. Key responsibilities include:
- Reviews details of risk/patient safety events, grievances, and other feedback events and helps facilitate necessary steps for resolution, education, and/or future process improvements
- Conducts adverse event analysis, investigation, and reporting
- Conducts Workplace Violence Investigations
- Conducts Drug Diversion Audits and Investigations
- Investigates and responds to Attorney General and 3rd Party Payor Insurance Complaints
- Assists with Licensed Provider Board Complaints (MD, PA, NP)
- Assists with Litigation Discovery, Subpoenas, Search Warrants, and Deposition Scheduling
- Other duties as assigned
Employees scheduled 24+ hours weekly enjoy these benefits:
- Health Insurance and HSA or FSA accounts
- Dental and Vision insurances
- Supplemental insurances- critical illness, accident, & hospital indemnity
- Paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and basic life insurance
- Supplemental Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- PTO accrual and 7 paid holidays per year
- Paid parental leave after one year
- Adoption assistance after one year
- Bereavement & Jury Duty (all regularly scheduled employees)
All employees, including casual, enjoy these benefits:
- Take Charge (employee wellness program)
- Guidance Resources (free confidential counseling)
- Employee discount program
- 401(k) retirement account (traditional & Roth)
- 401(k) matching & discretionary contributions (subject to service requirements)
Licensure/Certification Qualifications:
- 3 years Registered Nurse experience preferably in an ambulatory or acute care setting
- Registered Nurse license in the state of employment upon hire.
- High level of interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills
- High level of customer service skills to establish and enhance positive relationships with patients, co-workers, and others
- Experience using electronic medical documentation systems or database systems is preferred.