About Us
McLaren Health Care is a fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care with locations in Michigan and Indiana. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 53 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.
Director Patient Safety Clinical Risk
The Director of Clinical Risk & Patient Safety reports to the Chief Medical Officer with a dotted line to the Corporate VP of Patient Safety, Risk & Insurance and provides administrative leadership, direction, and supervision in the integration of the overall Risk and Patient Safety program for the facility. Supervises and evaluates staff. Responsible for development of annual site specific Patient Safety Plan. Coordinates patient safety improvement programs that reduce the risk of injury and promote reporting of incidents. Develop and deliver education programs based on incident reporting data. Administers the Safety First Program for both sites including the performance of investigations and Root Cause Analysis. Develops and deploys consistent methodologies and tools for clinical change and methods to track the successful adoption of a variety of clinical and process standards and participates in measurement of the outcomes of such standards.
- Provides leadership and oversight for all patient safety endeavors at the site including:
- Prevention, Detection and Correction of Patient Safety events
- Staff education in error reduction
- Culture of Safety
- Just Culture
Required:
Bachelor’s Degree Required with Clinical Degree or other related field.
Minimum seven years of healthcare experience preferably in risk and patient safety management.
Preferred:
Master’s Degree in Clinical Field
Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) or other Patient Safety training/certification desired (CPPS, IHI Executive Development).
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
