Perinatal Safety Specialist RN

At CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy our focus is patient-centered care. Our level I trauma center and academic medical center campus is designed to heal the body mind and spirit of every person in a more comfortable less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services includes trauma services heart and vascular care emergency services surgery maternity cancer care and diagnostic imaging.

Reporting to the Director of Perinatal Services, the Perinatal Safety Specialist is responsible for the implementation, promotion, support and oversight of perinatal patient safety and quality of care initiatives and programs. This specialized nursing role combines clinical expertise with a focus on patient safety to provide high-quality care and support to pregnant women and their families, adhering to departmental, institutional, regional and Federal clinical and ethical standards. The perinatal safety nurse will participate in quality improvement initiatives to enhance perinatal care processes and outcomes, contributing to a culture of safety within the healthcare facility. 

The primary responsibility of the perinatal patient safety nurse is to promote safe care for mothers and babies by keeping patient safety as a focus of all unit operations and clinical practices.

• Ensures all care providers on Maternal Child Health adhere to national clinical standards and principles and practice of safety.

• Serves as a patient safety advocate and clinical role model in perinatal nursing obstetrics:

• Keeps staff up to date on Perinatal Safety Initiatives, including education, training, implementation, policies.
• Keeps abreast of changing national standards of clinical practice and the CommonSpirit Health Perinatal Safety Initiatives.
• Disseminates pertinent safety and specialty related information.
• Participates in patient safety or administrative rounding.
• Presents patient and staff safety concerns to appropriate clinical forums
• Participates in and contributes to departmental performance review activities by identifying issues and assisting with gathering and evaluating data, including corporate data entry.
• Assists and supports the healthcare team when an adverse event or untoward outcome occurs.
• Develops and supports the implementation of education/action plans to address events that are reported in the event reporting system.

• Implements and supports patient safety and quality of care initiatives:

• Collaborates with clinical and administrative leadership to deliver survey results to participants. Works with

  clinical and administrative leadership to address themes and issues identified by the survey

  • Promotes, assists and supports competency based education. Performs periodic follow-up to confirm that clinicians have completed their education
  • Implements and supports Perinatal Safety initiatives as identified by Clinical Leadership

  • Monitors clinical outcomes

  • Abstracts, records, analyses and reports Perinatal Safety data per CommonSpirit Health guidelines
  • Assesses the documentation of charts reviewed and provides feedback to clinicians.
  • Encourages staff to identify and report adverse events and near-misses
  • Performs collaborative reviews of adverse occurrences and near-misses. Incorporates findings into educational efforts.
  • Participates in Event Investigation Analysis (EIA)
  • Coordinates and evaluates briefing, debriefing and analysis of selected charts with healthcare team members.
  • Contributes to Fetal Monitor (EFM) strip reviews and provide staff with feedback on findings

  • Facilitates interdisciplinary communication and education:

  • Provides regular patient safety educational programs for staff.
  • Facilitates clinical drills for high-risk situations; tracks and reports attendance
  • Promotes the adoption of briefing and debriefing skills across disciplines
  • Fosters and promotes participation by all clinicians in educational programs and clinical drills.
  • Facilitates and supports teamwork-training programs for all department members.
  • Attends and actively contributes to Perinatal Safety network workgroups, conference calls, regional meetings and annual summit
  • Partners with hospital informatics department to ensure the EHR aligns with current perinatal safety initiatives
  • Partners with the IT department to ensure smooth integrations.
  • Ensures data/information is current with regulatory agency standards as well as best practice standards for service areas.

Required Bachelor's Nursing.  Master's or higher preferred. 

• A minimum of 5 years as a clinician in Women’s Services
• A minimum of 2 years of project experience in Women and Infants Perinatal Safety
• Experience with quality improvement/process improvement techniques, project/program management experience, required

• Current RN License in applicable State
• Certification in one of the following: CCRN-NEO, C-EFM, RN-BC MCN, RN-BC-PERI, RNC [OB, GYN, NEONATAL], RNC-LRN, RNC-MNN, RNC-NIC, RNC-OB
• BLS
• NRP within 90 days