Harm Prevention Coordinator

Nemours Children’s Health is seeking an efficient, passionate Harm Prevention Coordinator to join our team and maximize our impact as an organization. The program coordinator will be responsible for developing effective Harm prevention initiatives, overseeing activities and details, and measuring overall success of the Harm Prevention program. Their duties will consist of managing various administrative tasks, tracking, and monitoring data, and ensuring that the program meets hospital goals.

The Harm Prevention Coordinator is a team player who has a knowledge of current pediatric healthcare delivery systems and an understanding of best practices to prevent hospital acquired conditions. This role inspires leaders within the clinical area to fully engage in improvements that achieve high outcomes, works to ensure there are zero events of preventable harm, and acquires, validates, interprets, and transforms data into actionable information.

The HPC is an advocate for patient safety efforts and quality improvement within the organization. They should be contributing to and cultivating a psychologically safe patient safety culture.

Position Responsibilities

• Oversees daily administrative, operational, and logistical activities of the Harm prevention program
• Assists with the implementation, evaluation, and sustainment of the Harm Prevention Program: responsible for planning, scheduling, and managing projects
• Supports auditing and rounding on clinical units: In collaboration with nursing and medical leadership, develops and communicates safety/quality goals and metrics relevant to process compliance
• Applies a mixture of analytical skills, problem-solving skills and communication skills to identify data patterns
• Develops and maintains appropriate and current documentation on projects and work products
• With little supervision, develops and prepares email communications, slide decks, educational materials, and other associated written materials
• Collaborates with the Harm Prevention Program Manager, Quality team, Safety team, Infection Prevention & Control team, Nursing Professional Development team, Regulatory Readiness Manager and other subject matter experts across the organization to support the Harm Prevention Program and goal of zero harm
• Additional miscellaneous duties and responsibilities may be assigned from time to time by management

Position Requirements

• Associate nursing degree required; Bachelor's degree preferred
• FL RN license (RN) or Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) required
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in health care setting performing as a Registered Nurse or Respiratory Technologist; 5+ years preferred
• One (1) year of professional quality or safety related experience preferred
• Pediatric experience preferred

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.