At CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy our focus is patient-centered care. Our level I trauma center and academic medical center campus is designed to heal the body mind and spirit of every person in a more comfortable less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services includes trauma services heart and vascular care emergency services surgery maternity cancer care and diagnostic imaging.
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
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: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 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 survey
Promotes, 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 LeadershipMonitors clinical outcomesAbstracts, records, analyses and reports Perinatal Safety data per CommonSpirit Health guidelinesAssesses 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 findingsFacilitates interdisciplinary communication and education:Provides regular patient safety educational programs for staff.Facilitates clinical drills for high-risk situations; tracks and reports attendancePromotes the adoption of briefing and debriefing skills across disciplinesFosters and promotes participation by all clinicians in educational programs and clinical drills.Facilitates and supports teamwork-training programs for all department members.Attends and actively contributes to Perinatal Safety network workgroups, conference calls, regional meetings and annual summitPartners with hospital informatics department to ensure the EHR aligns with current perinatal safety initiativesPartners with the IT department to ensure smooth integrations.Ensures data/information is current with regulatory agency standards as well as best practice standards for service areas.Qualifications
Required Bachelor's Nursing. Master's or higher preferred.
A minimum of 5 years as a clinician in Women’s ServicesA minimum of 2 years of project experience in Women and Infants Perinatal SafetyExperience with quality improvement/process improvement techniques, project/program management experience, requiredCurrent RN License in applicable StateCertification 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-OBBLSNRP within 90 days