Our Mission
To improve the health of the communities we serve through contemporary, innovative, quality healthcare solutions.
About Us- Risk Management
Schedule
Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
plus on-call rotation after hours, weekends and holidays.
What You'll Do
The Patient Safety Specialist oversees the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Patient Safety Program, ensuring alignment with organizational quality goals, regulatory requirements, and high‑reliability principles. The PSS is accountable for the protection, curation, and standardized reporting of patient safety data—particularly within the Patient Safety Evaluation System (PSES)—and manages all associated submissions to the organization’s contracted Patient Safety Organization (PSO).
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree required.
Experience in risk management, patient safety, quality assurance, or a closely related healthcare field required.
1–3 years of clinical experience required (e.g., nursing, allied health, or other licensed clinical role). Current Registered Nurse, LPN, Respiratory Care Practitioner, or Physical Therapy License. If RN/LPN and license is a compact status, it must be in the RN/LPN's state of residence.
Preferred Requirements
Degree/licensure in a clinical field, Risk Management, Healthcare Administration, or a related discipline is preferred.
National certification(s) such as: CPHRM (Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management), CPPS (Certified Professional in Patient Safety), or CPHQ (Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality).
Freeman Perks and Programs
For eligible full-time and part-time employees Freeman offers a wide variety of career opportunities, a great work culture and generous benefits, most starting day one!
Health, vision, dental insurance
Retirement with employer match
Wellness program with discounts to Health Insurance or Cash Bonus with Participation
Milestone payments with longevity of employment
Paid time off (PTO)
Extended Sick pay
Disability pay
Learning Center designated only for Freeman Family members
Payroll deduction at different locations such as The Daily Grind, Freeman Gift Shop, Cafeteria, etc.
Locally owned and nationally recognized, Freeman Health System includes Freeman Hospital West, Freeman Hospital East, Freeman Neosho Hospital and Ozark Center – the area’s largest provider of behavioral health services – as well as two urgent care clinics, dozens of physician clinics and a variety of specialty services. A not-for-profit health system, Freeman provides cancer care, heart and vascular care, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopaedics, children’s services, and women’s services and has more than 300 physicians on staff. Additionally, Freeman is the only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital in a 70-mile radius.
Freeman offers a wide variety of career opportunities, a great work culture, and generous benefits. We like to think of our health system as a small city—in addition to clinical staff such as nurses and doctors, we also have accountants, groundskeepers, chefs, baristas, receptionists, security guards, shuttle bus drivers, and more! We consider all our employees to be caregivers, no matter their position, because they all make a difference in our patients’ lives in one way or another.
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