Job Summary

This role plays a critical part in coordinating and advancing patient safety initiatives that support the University of Maryland Medical Center’s organizational and local strategic priorities, with a steadfast commitment to achieving zero harm. The position maintains the operational infrastructure within patient safety, ensuring timely execution of deliverables, effective cross-departmental collaboration, proactive risk identification, and full compliance with regulatory requirements—all to drive measurable improvements in patient safety and quality outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job responsibilities performed.
•    Collects, validates, and analyzes patient safety event data—including reportable and non-reportable adverse events—to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for system improvement.
•    Prepares, submits, and tracks regulatory reporting to agencies such as the Maryland Office of Health Care Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and The Joint Commission, ensuring all submissions are accurate, complete, and submitted within required timelines.
•    Maintains and enhances key patient safety databases used to track adverse events, near misses, and contributing factors to support real-time monitoring and longitudinal analysis.
•    Develops and disseminates standardized and custom reports that inform leadership decision-making, support compliance needs, and advance a culture of safety.
•    Monitors evolving state and national regulatory requirements related to patient safety and incorporates updates into organizational processes and reporting workflows.
•    Collaborates closely with the Senior Director of Patient Safety to align stakeholders, facilitate issue review, promote transparency, and drive consensus on recommended improvement actions.   
•    Coordinates, monitors, and drives closure of action plans related to safety events and process improvements, ensuring accountability, follow-through, and documented loop closure.    
 

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