Patient Safety Coordinator

Patient Safety Coordinator

The Patient Safety Coordinator plays a critical role in enhancing patient safety by supporting efforts to reduce patient harm across the healthcare system. The coordinator works to identify, analyze, and address patient safety issues. This position involves analyzing event reports and trends to assess potential patient harm and organizational risk. The coordinator works with various departments and committees and assists in the development of improvement strategies to ensure patient safety and regulatory compliance. The role includes leading root cause analysis, driving strong corrective actions, and leading proactive risk reduction activities. The Patient Safety Coordinator will serve as a consultant bringing the Patient Safety perspective to various committees and quality or patient safety projects. They provide education about quality, performance improvement and patient safety principles and processes.