Patient Safety Consultant

Who We Are

Imagine Pediatrics is a tech enabled, pediatrician led medical group reimagining care for children with special health care needs. We deliver 24/7 virtual first and in home medical, behavioral, and social care, working alongside families, providers, and health plans to break down barriers to quality care. We do not replace existing care teams; we enhance them, providing an extra layer of support with compassion, creativity, and an unwavering commitment to children with medical complexity.

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 patient safety investigations, collaborate with clinical teams to address system vulnerabilities, and drive proactive risk‑reduction strategies. You will use science‑based safety methods, human‑centered 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 action‑planning for events of harm, precursor events, and near misses.

Conduct Apparent Cause Analyses (SWARM), contribute to and support Root Cause Analyses, and participate in Plan‑Do‑Study‑Act (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 system‑level 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 data‑driven action planning with leaders based on survey insights.

Promote harm reporting through a non‑punitive approach and provide feedback acknowledging value in reporting. Help foster a just, restorative culture by supporting fair accountability and system‑focused 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 human‑centered 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 safety‑related 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.