Key Responsibilities
Lead and oversee programs that promote patient safety and employee safety, including identification, assessment, and mitigation of clinical, environmental, and workplace risks
Develop, implement, and maintain the organization’s emergency management and disaster preparedness program to ensure readiness for internal and external emergencies
Coordinate emergency response activities, including drills, tabletop exercises, and real-time incident command as applicable
Monitor, investigate, and trend patient and staff safety events, injuries, near misses, and hazards; lead root cause analyses and corrective action plans
Ensure compliance with regulatory, accreditation, and safety standards (CMS, Joint Commission/AAAHC, OSHA, state and local requirements)
Collaborate with leadership, nursing, medical staff, and department teams to integrate safety practices into daily operations
Develop and deliver education and training related to patient safety, staff safety, emergency preparedness, workplace violence prevention, and safe work practices
Maintain safety-related policies, procedures, and documentation, including emergency operations plans and risk assessments
Serve as liaison with external agencies such as emergency services, public health, and regulatory bodies
Qualifications
Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing required; BSN preferred
Minimum of 3–5 years of clinical nursing experience; experience in risk management, quality, safety, or emergency preparedness preferred
Knowledge of emergency management principles and incident command systems (ICS/NIMS)
Strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills
Safety Culture & Collaboration
Champions a just culture and encourages open reporting without fear of retaliation
Acts as a visible advocate for safe practices that protect patients, staff, and visitors
Works collaboratively across departments to strengthen safety awareness and emergency readiness
Benefits:
Equal Employment Opportunity & Work Force Diversity
Our organization is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, parental status, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic testing results or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. This practice relates to all personnel matters such as compensation, benefits, training, promotions, transfers, layoffs, etc. Furthermore, our organization is committed to going beyond the legal requirements of equal employment opportunity to take positive actions which ensure diversity in the workplace and result in a multi-cultural organization.

Surgery Partners is a leading operator of surgical facilities and ancillary services with more than 180 locations nationwide. We provide exceptional integrated healthcare experiences between our providers and patients.
Our diverse company operates multiple types of healthcare services dedicated to improving the quality of care in a convenient and cost-effective manner.
Our integrated approach to advancing markets allows for flexibility to provide care on an individualized, local market basis. Whether entering into a new market with surgical facilities, ancillary services or joint ventures with health systems, or furthering an existing market’s growth potential by focusing on base business, in-market development and new service lines, our experience has shown us that no two markets are alike. We see value in individuality.
At Surgery Partners, our mission is to enhance patient quality of life through partnership. Surgery Partners is an organization deeply committed to providing quality, compassionate and personalized care, to meet the needs of our diverse patients, employees and physician partners in the communities in which we serve. Our colleagues are critical in achieving that mission. As it truly brings out the best in all of us, Surgery Partners is committed to diversity and inclusion.
Our Surgery Partners team is comprised of more than 15,000 employees and 4,600 affiliated physicians, serving more than 600,000 patients annually. Want to work with us? Check out our website for current employment opportunities.