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Imagine Pediatrics

Patient Safety Consultant

OR · On-site +1

$90K - $120K/yr

What You'll Do As a Patient Safety Consultant , you play a central role in creating a highly reliable, learningoriented safety culture for medically complex children. You will lead and support ...

Imagine Pediatrics

Patient Safety Consultant

What You'll Do As a Patient Safety Consultant , you play a central role in creating a highly reliable, learning-oriented safety culture for medically complex children. You will lead and support ...

Cincinnati Children's

Safety Consultant

Burnet, TX · On-site

$91K - $116K/yr

JOB SUMMARY The Safety Consultant role plays a key role in supporting patient safety across the organization including: * Hospital Acquired Condition (HAC) reduction initiatives * Safety event ...

Cincinnati Children's

Safety Consultant

Cincinnati, OH · On-site

$91K - $116K/yr

JOB SUMMARY The Safety Consultant role plays a key role in supporting patient safety across the organization including: * Hospital Acquired Condition (HAC) reduction initiatives * Safety event ...

Pro Resources

Safety Consultant

Detroit Lakes, MN · On-site

$70K/yr

The safety consultant will advise on broad safety practices which is often a mix of remote ... is wrong." Patient Educator: * Many clients aren't safety experts - they may be learning from ...

Pro Resources

Safety Consultant

Detroit Lakes, MN

$70K/yr

The safety consultant will advise on broad safety practices which is often a mix of remote ... Patient Educator: * Many clients aren't safety experts -- they may be learning from scratch. You ...

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Director, Patient Safety

Portland, OR · On-site

$180 - $240/hr

... provides safety consultation to management and staff, disseminates best practices and safety ... Lead the Patient Safety team, directing the work and providing supervision. * Provide patient ...

Socket.dev

Director, Patient Safety

Portland, OR · On-site

$120 - $180/hr

... provides safety consultation to management and staff, disseminates best practices and safety ... Lead the Patient Safety team, directing the work and providing supervision. * Provide patient ...

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As of Aug 19, 2026, the average yearly pay for patient safety consultant in the United States is $72,356.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $47,500.00 and $87,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a patient safety consultant?

A Patient Safety Consultant is a healthcare professional who assesses, develops, and implements strategies to improve patient safety and reduce medical errors. They analyze data, review policies, and collaborate with medical staff to enhance care quality and compliance with safety regulations. Their role often involves identifying risks, developing training programs, and ensuring adherence to best practices. By promoting a culture of safety, they help healthcare organizations minimize patient harm and improve overall healthcare outcomes.

What does a patient safety consultant do?

A typical day for a Patient Safety Consultant involves reviewing patient safety data, analyzing incident reports, conducting root cause analyses, and meeting with clinical and administrative teams to discuss findings and recommendations. You’ll often facilitate training sessions, lead safety improvement projects, and ensure that policies and procedures meet regulatory requirements. Collaboration with a variety of healthcare professionals is common, and your insights contribute directly to shaping safer care environments. The role is dynamic, often balancing proactive risk assessments with addressing immediate safety concerns.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a patient safety consultant?

To thrive as a Patient Safety Consultant, you need a background in healthcare, risk management, and quality improvement, often supported by a clinical degree or certification such as CPHQ (Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality) or CPPS (Certified Professional in Patient Safety). Familiarity with incident reporting systems, root cause analysis tools, and healthcare regulatory standards is typically required. Exceptional analytical skills, attention to detail, effective communication, and the ability to influence and educate multidisciplinary teams set outstanding consultants apart. These competencies are crucial to identifying potential safety issues, implementing solutions, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement within healthcare organizations.

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Patient Safety Consultant

Imagine Pediatrics

OR • On-site, Remote

$90K - $120K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 16 days ago

Job description

What You'll Do

As a Patient Safety Consultant, you play a central role in creating a highly reliable, learningoriented safety culture for medically complex children. You will lead and support patient safety investigations, collaborate with clinical teams to address system vulnerabilities, and drive proactive riskreduction strategies. You will use sciencebased safety methods, humancentered resilience engineering approaches, and strong analytical skills to reduce preventable harm across the organization.

This role is integral to delivering safer care, fostering shared accountability, and supporting a just and restorative culture. 

Patient Safety Event Management

  • Evaluate patient safety reports using standardized systems of classification.
  • Facilitate investigation and actionplanning for events of harm, precursor events, and near misses.
  • Conduct Apparent Cause Analyses (SWARM), contribute to and support Root Cause Analyses, and participate in PlanDoStudyAct (PDSA) cycles.
  • Perform structured event interviews and medical record reviews, ensuring psychological safety for participants during investigations.
  • Provide timely, clear summaries and recommendations based on findings.

Proactive Risk Assessment & System Reliability

  • Lead or support Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (FMEA) to identify and mitigate risks before harm occurs.
  • Conduct gap assessments and design strong, sustainable systemlevel actions to address identified vulnerabilities.
  • Apply reliable design principles, human factors, checklists, forcing functions, and other safety science practices to improve care processes.
  • Partner with clinical stakeholders to implement and monitor process changes.

Culture of Safety & Learning

  • Support completion, rollout, and analysis of the Culture of Safety Survey.
  • Facilitate datadriven action planning with leaders based on survey insights.
  • Promote harm reporting through a nonpunitive approach and provide feedback acknowledging value in reporting.
  • Help foster a just, restorative culture by supporting fair accountability and systemfocused solutions.

Data Analysis & Reporting

  • Analyze event data to identify patterns, trends, and emerging risks.
  • Generate insights and recommendations for leaders in assigned Centers of Excellence or regions.
  • Assist with or perform basic data analysis to monitor safety performance and system outcomes.
  • Communicate findings clearly and concisely to internal stakeholders.

Education & Consultation

  • Provide education to clinicians, leaders, and staff on:
    • high reliability principles
    • humancentered resilience engineering
    • effective communication
    • sustaining situational awareness
    • core patient safety concepts
  • Deliver routine safety training and support organizational Quality & Safety initiatives.
  • Serve as a consultant for safetyrelated questions, workflows, and improvement projects.

Collaboration & Improvement

  • Collaborate across clinical, operational, and leadership teams to strengthen safe, effective care delivery and workflows.
  • Help design, implement, and evaluate improvement projects aimed at reducing preventable harm.
  • Participate in the Quality & Safety Committee and other workgroups as appropriate.

What You Bring & How You Qualify 

First and foremost, you're passionate and committed to reimagining pediatric health care and creating a world where every child with special health care needs gets the care and support they deserve. You want an active role in building a diverse and values-driven culture. Things change quickly in a startup environment; you accept that and are willing to pivot quickly on priorities. 

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a clinical or health sciences field (e.g., nursing, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, etc.).
  • 3+ years of clinical healthcare experience.
  • 1+ year experience in healthcare quality, patient safety, and/or performance improvement.
  • Experience with data use, trending, and reporting.
  • Experience supporting or leading change initiatives.
  • Experience facilitating or participating in patient safety investigations (ACAs/SWARMs, RCAs, case reviews, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's degree in clinical or health sciences related field (including but not limited to nursing, pharmacy, etc).
  • Quality and Safety experience related to HEDIS, NCQA, CMS, patient experience, Patient Safety, etc.
  • CPHQ Certification (Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality), and/or Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS)
  • Experience working with a pediatric population or value-based care.

What We Offer (Benefits + Perks) 
The role offers a base salary range of $90,000 - $120,000 in addition to annual bonus incentive, competitive company benefits package and eligibility to participate in an employee equity purchase program (as applicable). When determining compensation, we analyze and carefully consider several factors including job-related knowledge, skills and experience. These considerations may cause your compensation to vary. 
We provide these additional benefits and perks:

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance 
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA; Company-funded HSA
  • 401(k) with 4% match, vested 100% from day one
  • Employer-paid short and long-term disability 
  • Life insurance at 1x annual salary 
  • 20 days PTO + 10 Company Holidays & 2 Floating Holidays 
  • Paid new parent leave
  • Additional benefits to be detailed in offer 

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