Morristown, New Jersey
Panorama City, California
Braselton, Georgia
Sumter County, Georgia
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Springfield, Missouri
Posted: 18-Sep-25
Location: West Hills, California
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Internal Number: 149088351
As the Patient Safety Specialist, you will be responsible for helping us achieve our goal of becoming a transformative, high-reliability organization with an uncompromising focus on patient safety and outcomes. You will do this by facilitating patient safety and quality improvement initiatives and coordinating the implementation of practices designed to reduce error and improve patient outcomes. This will involve fostering a non-punitive culture of continuous learning and improvement by reviewing safety events, identifying trends in near-miss and actual events, and using Lean methodologies to identify relevant trends. You will:
- Review daily incident reports
- Encourage reporting of actual and near miss events
- Serve as an educational resource for all departments on issues of patient safety and conduct trainings
- Conduct root cause analyses and monitor actions through completion
- Facilitate Failure Mode Effects Analysis Teams
- Support patient safety recognitions programs
- Review, analyze, and interpret data
- Prepare complex reports and presentations
We’re seeking a compassionate, confident, optimistic leader with:
- Related Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience
- Master’s degree or MSN, preferred
- 3 or more years of direct patient care experience and/or more than 1 year quality/patient safety experience
- CPHQ or CPPS, preferred
- Lean Academy completion, a plus
- Strong, confident, and reassuring leadership qualities
- Ability to facilitate and lead change to drive improvement
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, planning, and decision-making skills
- Exercises resourcefulness, critical thinking, and sound judgment when meeting the service needs of others
UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles. We are also home to the David Geffen School of Medicine, an internationally-respected center of advanced medical education and research. Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become the trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care for the many communities we serve. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, UCan at UCLA Health.
