Patient Safety Operations Intern

 

Patient Safety Operations Intern

 

What you will be doing:

The Patient Safety Intern works collaboratively within a team of highly qualified professionals to leverage technology and standardized approaches to enable Premier Patient Safety Organization (PSO) members to continually improve patient safety at their organizations. This position will be responsible for curating available resources for patient safety best practices. Additionally, the Summer Patient Safety Intern will work collaboratively and independently on internal growth projects. The role of the Summer Patient Safety Intern is to actively participate within the Premier PSO team to determine our member’s needs, perform gap analysis, evaluate potential solutions, develop presentation materials, and assist in the implementation of recommended improvements, while balancing internal project needs.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsibility #1– 50%

• Search and review literature related to patient safety best practices and develop educational content for inclusion in the Premier PSO website.
• Search and review available on-line resources for patient safety and make recommendations for inclusion in Premier PSO resources.
• Participate in identifying business and technical problems and work with team to create innovative solutions. 
• Use expertise in Microsoft Word, Excel (Pivot Tables and Vlookups), PowerPoint, Access, project management software (e.g., MS Project) and flowcharting software (e.g., Visio) to create deliverables accurately, with attention to detail, and on time. 

Responsibility #2 – 40%

• Lead internal growth initiative and/ or project 

Responsibility #3 – 10%

• Complete all required training requirements. 

​Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Years of Applicable Experience - 0 or more years

Education:

High School Diploma or GED (Required)

 

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Experience in healthcare, business, finance, other related medical fields 

• Demonstrated interest in healthcare performance improvement and/ or patient safety

• Demonstrated capability for literature search and review

• Demonstrated capability to lead and show value from their efforts 

• Excel, PowerPoint,

• Familiarity with web design a plus

• Excellent organizational and time management skills

Education:

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree

 

Additional Job Requirements:

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time 

• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines 

• Attention to detail 

• Operate computer programs and software 

• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.   

• Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public) 

• Making independent decisions 

• Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions 

 

Working Conditions: Remote

 

Travel Requirements: Travel 1-20% within the US

 

Physical Demands: Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if movement is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

 

Premier’s compensation philosophy is to ensure that compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive in order to attract and retain talented and highly skilled employees. Premier’s internal salary range for this role is $52,000 - $78,000. Final salary is dependent upon several market factors including, but not limited to, departmental budgets, internal equity, education, unique skills/experience, and geographic location. Premier utilizes a wide-range salary structure to allow base salary flexibility within our ranges.

Employees also receive access to the following benefits:

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