Patient Safety Risk Manager

Job description

Contracted medical staff will be working alongside uniformed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agents/Officers in secured federal facilities along the southwest border of the United States. These secured federal facilities are staffed and monitored by CBP personnel and/or contracted security staff 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assure a safe working environment to include the co-located medical unit. Contracted medical staff work together with CBP personnel to provide health care services for persons of all ages, to include infants, children, adults, and pregnant females.

 

 

Mission

CBPs Office of the Chief Medical Office (OCMO) employs a family medicine model to provide frontline medical care for persons in CBP custody. This model provides a team of medical professionals comprised of physicians, advanced practice providers (e.g., physicians assistants, nurse practitioners), clinical support staff (e.g., Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses, Paramedics, EMTs, Certified Medical/Nursing Assistants), and other support staff (Patient Safety Risk Managers and Electronic Health Records Specialists). These contracted medical teams provide basic assessment and medical treatment for persons in CBP custody to include emergency care as needed. OCMO is committed to ensuring a system of care that is ethical, responsible, and accountable through surveillance and monitoring activities that are in place. DHS/CBP Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and/or Contracting Officer, as applicable

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

Licensure/Certification:
1.    Candidates must be currently licensed to practice as Registered Nurse in a State or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia. Licensure must be maintained current, and any required education, trainings, continued learning to maintain licensure must be completed within the required timeline for completion by the licensing authority. A temporary license will not be accepted.
2.    Candidate must not have had any professional licensure or certification withheld, suspended, revoked, or denied, and the candidate must not have surrendered or allowed a professional license or certification to have expired or lapsed because of an investigation or disciplinary action.
3.    Candidate must not have been convicted of, pled guilty to, pled nolo contender to, or received probation before judgement for any crime other than a minor traffic violation, the record of which has not been expunged.
4.    Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification must be from one of the following approved
organizations:
 
a.    American Heart Association (AHA) BLS for health care providers
b.    American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), if applicable
c.    American Red Cross CPR/BLS for the professional rescuer
d.    American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) CPR and AED for healthcare providers and professional responders
i.    Course components must include Adult, Pediatric, and Infant CPR, Foreign Body Airway Obstruction, and Automatic Defibrillator (AED) proficiency
ii.    Applicant/ Employee must be certified upon hire and may also be a
certified instructor
iii.    BLS must be renewed prior to expiration date, and always kept in an active status
5.    Bilingual in English and Spanish encouraged, but not required.
 

Education/Experience:

1.    Graduate from an accredited baccalaureate Registered Nurse Program located in a State, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory. The degree issuing institution and/or program must be accredited by an entity recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
2.    Must have a minimum of five years of clinical experience in direct patient care as a registered nurse and at least three years of experience in risk management, patient safety, and quality management.
3.    Experience in detention/correctional healthcare, ambulatory care, or a pediatric care setting encouraged, but not required.
4.    Supervisory experience preferred, but not required.

Duties and Responsibilities:
1.    Under the direction of the Patient Safety Quality Management Director (NPSQMD), designs and implements the overall risk management process for assigned medical units.
2.    Serves as the on-site risk management lead, performing duties at an assigned medical unit
for an assigned region/sector/area.
3.    Performs annual risk assessments, analyzing current risks and identifying potential risks
that affect the assigned medical units.
4.    Oversee and performs all risk reporting activities for assigned medical units, managing a local risk management database to track and monitor all occurrences, incidents, reports, and medical sentinel events. Creates a monthly risk report to submit to the NPSQMD in support of/as a part of the national medical