Patient Safety Program Specialist

Telligen • Colorado Springs, CO

1d • $100,000 - $115,000 • Remote

About The Position

As the Patient Safety Program Specialist, you will be responsible for overseeing and ensuring the success of patient safety related quality improvement initiatives across a designated region in nursing homes.

This is a remote position and the ideal candidate lives in Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, or Wyoming. However, Telligen will consider internal candidates in other states.

What you'll do:
Support a team of Quality Improvement Advisors (QIAs) to ensure the delivery of effective technical assistance (TA), achievement of project goals, and compliance with deliverables.
Serve as a subject matter expert in topic areas such as medication safety, infection prevention and control, risk assessments, and safety events/policies, working with state and regional leadership teams to standardize processes, identify opportunities for improvement, address challenges, and ensure the alignment of interventions with organizational and project-wide goals.
You will also be responsible for state, regional, and national partner engagement across the region, including ongoing support of relationships and collaborative activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, public administration, public policy, public health, or a related field.
• Proven ability to design, implement, and support a regional technical assistance strategy tailored to providers' unique needs.
• Comprehensive knowledge of patient safety topic areas and hands-on experience in nursing homes.
• In-depth understanding of quality measures and QI methodologies in key focus areas, including evidence-based interventions that will improve outcomes and knowledge of barriers and drivers for improvement.
• Proven ability to design and deliver effective training programs, workshops, and learning collaboratives to build capacity in quality improvement practices among healthcare professionals.

Nice To Haves

• Clinical licensure (e.g., RN, LPN, MSW, PharmD)
• Master’s degree in public health, quality improvement science, health informatics, or related field.
• Patient safety-related certifications strongly preferred (CPSS, CIC, CPSP, etc.)
• Proven experience mentoring multidisciplinary teams, including Quality Improvement Advisors or equivalent roles
• Proven ability to manage project timelines, meet deadlines, and produce detailed written reports
• Experience in translating complex data into actionable insights and meaningful narratives for multidisciplinary teams, including clinical and non-clinical audiences
• Certified in Infection Control (CIC)

Responsibilities

• Support a team of Quality Improvement Advisors (QIAs) to ensure the delivery of effective technical assistance (TA), achievement of project goals, and compliance with deliverables.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in topic areas such as medication safety, infection prevention and control, risk assessments, and safety events/policies, working with state and regional leadership teams to standardize processes, identify opportunities for improvement, address challenges, and ensure the alignment of interventions with organizational and project-wide goals.
• Responsible for state, regional, and national partner engagement across the region, including ongoing support of relationships and collaborative activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level