Specialist, Patient Safety

Job Summary

The job holder shall be responsible to identify and formulate the national patient safety programs for the healthcare facilities across the State of Qatar.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Assist the senior staff with the projects and strategic initiatives related to patient safety.
• Coordinate the implementation of policies and procedures on patient safety in consultation with other stakeholders within the MOPH and across healthcare providers / facilities.
• Involve in developing patient safety education and training programs and trainings across the State of Qatar to build capacity in the sector.
• Assist in defining the goals and objectives for the patient safety unit and involve in day-to-day operations.
• Research and evaluate on the healthcare facilities patient safety programs and provide recommendations on how to identify and improve quality related to patient safety.
• Assists program and service teams within the MOPH and across the healthcare sector in defining and achieving specific patient safety goals and objectives.
• Gather MOPH responses into reports or request for information from other MOPH departments or any external agencies, such as World Health Organization, International Health Relations, etc.
• Participate in delivering educational programs, initiatives and materials related to patient safety.
• Involve in investigation and provide recommendations to reported events resulting in actual or potential injury to patients and / or visitors, including root cause analyses as needed.
• Analyse the outcomes of national patient safety plan and provide recommendations for future prevention.
• Help to spread “lessons learned” from adverse events, as well as successful initiatives, to all national healthcare organizations, emphasizing on barriers to the implementation of patient safety programs.
• Generate regular patient safety reports to be submitted to the Lead / Head patient safety for review.
• Perform other duties as requested to meet the ongoing organizational needs.

Essential Education

Bachelor’s degree in medicine or allied health / health-related field.

Required Certification / Licensure

CPHQ and / or equivalent certification preferred.

Essential Experience

Minimum 6 years’ experience in health-related field.

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