Job Description

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Responsibilities

Eager to contribute your expertise and talents in a career that really makes a difference? As a leading provider of hospital and healthcare services nationwide, UHS improves the lives of people through delivering high-quality healthcare in communities across the country. UHS Corporate Office functions directly support our network of subsidiaries that, as we continue to expand and grow, are providing more care to more patients.

The UHS Corporate Process & Performance Improvement Department is hiring a Acute Assistant Division Director - Patient Safety & Regulatory Compliance to develop, implement and sustain Corporate-directed patient safety and high reliability systems that meet national safety, regulatory and accreditation standards throughout the UHS Acute Care Division. This role will also serve as the patient safety and regulatory compliance leader, working collaboratively with Hospital Leadership and multiple disciplines including nursing, quality, risk, regulatory, accreditation and physicians to develop a culture of safety and compliance, focused on the elimination of preventable patient harm.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Lead the planning, assessment, development, education, monitoring, and sustainment for the UHS Patient Safety Program
• Work collaboratively with Corporate and Hospital regulatory leaders to achieve continuous compliance with accrediting and regulatory requirements
• Assess the educational needs and develops training for hospital leaders and clinical staff to promote and maintain patient safety initiatives and compliance improvement processes based on current evidence based high reliability practices and principles
• Evaluate key performance indicators for patient safety and compliance to determine trending in causal factors and identify system improvements to develop high reliability performance improvement
• Lead the development and creation of Evidence-Based high reliability systems to improve patient safety and compliance
• Coordinate and conduct collaborative patient safety and compliance activities with Quality, Risk, Facilities and other departments as needed to perform assessments, educate and implement \xe2\x80\x9ccontinuous readiness\xe2\x80\x9d strategies related to safety and regulatory requirements
• Manage the Corporate Patient Safety Council and UHS PSO Governing Council, including collaboration with facility and corporate leaders in developing programming and initiatives, development of the monthly agenda, and completion of minutes
• Provide post survey recommendations for sustainable safety initiatives (assists the facilities in formulating plans of corrections when required)

Qualifications

Bachelor\'s degree with 8-10 years\' experience in patient safety, risk management, quality management, or similar experience in acute care hospitals or multi-provider healthcare systems.

• Knowledge of and competency in patient safety and high reliability systems
• Knowledgeable in regulatory standards and accreditation standards and subject matter expertise in applying patient safety and high reliability principles to acute care hospital operations
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data, develop metrics for data evaluation, and recommend patient safety initiatives in response to data trends
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary health care team; physicians, nursing, department heads, quality, risk and members of executive leadership required
• Highly developed organizational, interpersonal, management, team building, and communication skills
• Strong Project Management skills
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and/or Certified Protection Professional (CPP) preferred
• Up to 20% travel

This opportunity provides a rewarding career, challenging and rewarding work environment as well as growth and development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries, including competitive compensation, excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan, and 401k with company match.

One of the nation\xe2\x80\x99s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 89,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 335 behavioral health facilities, 40 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points in 39 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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