Overview

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Chandler, Arizona,has a stable suburban population with an economy anchored by many large financial, and high tech companies. Located southeast of Phoenix, Chandler is a skillfully developed community of friendly, diverse neighborhoods with expansive parks, great schools, convenient shopping, and excellent career opportunities.

For more than 50 years, Dignity Health’s Chandler Regional Medical Center has focused on quality patient care and service to the community. As the longest established hospital in the southeast valley, Chandler Regional has provided care for the Chandler community since 1961. The hospital recently added a new five-story tower with 96 patient beds, increasing the acute-care bed count to 338. This expansion increased emergency and trauma services, as well as the surgical unit and intensive care offerings.

The word “dignity” perfectly defines what our organization stands for: showing respect for all people by providing excellent care. At Chandler Regional, our employees are the heart and soul of our organization. They are the reason we are able to live out our healing ministry within the communities we serve. Our doctors, nurses and allied health professionals are a regular self-contained support system for each other. This unique working culture is one of the reasons why a career with us is so rewarding. 

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Responsibilities

Job Summary:

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.

Essential Key Responsibilties:

Ensures all care providers on Maternal Child Health adhere to national clinical standards and principles and practice of safety.Serves as a patient safety advocate and clinical role model in perinatal nursing obstetrics:

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 forumsParticipates 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.Develops and supports the implementation of education/action plans to address events that are reported in the event reporting system.

Implements and supports patient safety and quality of care initiatives:

Collaborates with clinical and administrative leadership to deliver survey results to participants. Works with clinical and administrative leadership to address themes and issues identified by the surveyPromotes, assists and supports competency based education. Performs periodic follow-up to confirm that clinicians have completed their educationImplements and supports Perinatal Safety initiatives as identified by Clinical Leadership

Monitors clinical outcomes:

Abstracts, records, analyses and reports Perinatal Safety data per CommonSpirit Health guidelines○ Assesses the documentation of charts reviewed and provides feedback to clinicians.Encourages staff to identify and report adverse events and near-missesPerforms collaborative reviews of adverse occurrences and near-misses. Incorporates findings into educational efforts. Participates in Event Investigation Analysis (EIA) Coordinates and evaluates briefing, debriefing and analysis of selected charts with healthcare team members.

Contributes to Fetal Monitor (EFM) strip reviews and provide staff with feedback on findings

Facilitates interdisciplinary communication and education

Qualifications

Minimum:

Experience:

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

Education:

BSN

Master’s degree or higher preferred

Licensure:

AZ RN or compact state required.

Certification in one of the following: CCRN-NEO, C-EFM, RN-BC MCN, RN-BC-PERI, RNC [OB, GYN, NEONATAL], RNC-LRN, RNC-MNN, RNC-NIC, RNC-OB, C-EFM

BLS

NRP

Skill Sets:

Knowledge and experience working within a Patient Safety Organization
Strong ability to drive for results
Strong facilitator with demonstrated excellence in driving multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams to consensus
Ability to manage large, complex projects

Ability to summarize complex information succinctly

 Strong critical thinking
Skilled at facilitating geographically dispersed teams