ERM & PATIENT SAFETY SPECIALIST

About the Role

Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH) is seeking an ERM & Patient Safety Specialist to join their team in Dhahran. This full-time role involves collaborating in the management of the occurrence reporting process within the healthcare organization, ensuring all reported events are thoroughly reviewed, investigated, and actioned. The specialist will support departments in case review audits and promote a just culture within the organization.

Role Purpose and Context

The ERM & Patient Safety Specialist plays a key role in maintaining and enhancing patient safety standards and risk management practices. This position involves developing and implementing risk management training programs, participating in departmental projects and committees, and overseeing the hospital-wide incident reporting and risk registry systems to ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Promote a just culture where errors and near misses are openly discussed and utilized as learning opportunities.
• Develop and implement risk management training programs tailored to all staff and specific audience needs.
• Perform duties necessary to support and achieve risk management and patient safety needs and standards.
• Ensure the facility complies with all government and local laws, as well as accreditation standards.
• Adhere to all hospital policies and procedures and execute assigned tasks.
• Participate in relevant committees and task forces.
• Manage the hospital-wide incident reporting system and risk registry systems occurrence variance reporting system.
• Document, monitor, and analyze patient safety events, developing action plans to prevent reoccurrence.
• Manage the event reporting process as designed within the hospital.
• Ensure all reported events are analyzed, reviewed, corrected, and actioned.
• Complete Case Review audits as part of ongoing investigations and in accordance with hospital policy.

Experience and Qualifications

Candidates for this role should possess 9 years of relevant experience in risk management and patient safety within a healthcare setting. Specific educational qualifications were not provided but are typically required for such a specialist role.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Dhahran. The role involves working within a healthcare organization, collaborating with various departments and participating in committees to uphold patient safety and risk management standards.

Application Process

Further details regarding the application process and salary for this position are not disclosed in the provided information.