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VA PATIENT SAFETY FELLOWSHIP

Employer
VA National Center for Patient Safety
Location
Michigan
Posted Date
Sep 1, 2017

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Specialty
Graduate Training / Residency
Position Type
Permanent

Job Details

The VA National Center for Patient Safety, in cooperation with the VA Office of Academic Affiliations is pleased to offer a fellowship opportunity in Patient Safety beginning July 2018.

The fellowship is open to any healthcare professional with a Master's degree or higher (such as physicians, nurses, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers, health care administrators, public health professionals, and engineers).

The one-year fellowship is designed to develop the next generation of leaders in patient safety. Fellows receive intensive training in clinical aspects of patient safety, health services research methodology, and leadership.

Start or rejuvenate your career. Join the VA for a year of mentoring and professional development. Additional information and fellowship requirements can be found at: http://www.patientsafety.va.gov/about/jobs.asp.

To apply, send a cover letter and CV to the Program Director(s) at the sites of interest.

Ann Arbor, Michigan 

Company

The VHA National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) develops, leads, and oversees activities and programs concerned with improving patient safety throughout the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), which covers 143 Medical Centers and over 1,234 VA Outpatient Sites.  NCPS is a national program office which reports to the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Quality, Safety, and Value (10E2/QSV).  The NCPS mission is to prevent inadvertent harm to Veteran patients.  NCPS employs a systems approach that emphasizes prevention as the preferred method to accomplish this goal.  NCPS develops, recommends, and implements VHA policy in the area of patient safety, conducts ad hoc analyses, and provides professional guidance on patient safety concerns, including nationwide education and training and tool/toolkit development.  NCPS improves the safety and quality of care provided to VA beneficiaries by working with VA Central Office Program Offices, Networks, and facilities to reduce medical adverse events and minimize untoward outcomes consequent to medical care.  NCPS also assumes a lead role in planning, implementing, and managing VHA initiatives and programs concerned with patient safety. 

Company info
Website
Telephone
734-930-5793
Location
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive
Suite M2100
Ann Arbor
MI
48106
US

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