Patient Safety Specialist

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Patient Safety Specialist
Location: La Crosse, WI
FTE: 1.0 (40 hours/week)
Shift: Business hours, typically 8am-4:30pm
Pay: Starting pay of $79,830.40/year, with more based on experience
Weekend/Holidays: No weekends or holidays!

Emplify Health by Gundersen is seeking a Patient Safety Specialist to join our Quality and Patient Safety department.

As a Patient Safety Specialist at Emplify Health by Gundersen, you’ll play a key role in advancing our mission of delivering safe, high‑quality care rooted in LOVE + MEDICINE. This position offers the opportunity to influence system‑wide improvement, partner with strong clinical and operational leaders, and drive meaningful change that enhances the safety and experience of every patient we serve. If you're passionate about quality, reliability, and making healthcare safer for all, this role provides both purpose and professional growth in a respected, mission‑driven organization.

What You Will Do

• Support and facilitate ongoing patient safety and safety‑culture performance improvement activities
• Partner closely with clinical and operational leaders to promote high reliability, clinical excellence, and zero preventable patient harm
• Review, analyze, and trend safety events to identify opportunities for improvement
• Lead and support root cause analyses and other investigative processes
• Co‑design safety initiatives to enhance system‑level patient safety performance
• Promote a non‑punitive culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Support patient safety recognition programs and communication initiatives
• Serve as a resource and educator for departments on patient safety principles and best practices

What You Will Get

• Competitive compensation and Gundersen’s comprehensive benefits package
• A top rated retirement plan
• Professional development and continuing education opportunities
• Access to Emplify Health by Gundersen’s Career Development Center
• The ability to make a direct impact on patient safety and system quality

What You Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or allied health field
• Minimum of 5 years of healthcare experience
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

About Emplify Health
Emplify Health, a partnership of Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System, is a leading not-for-profit, patient-centered healthcare network based in Green Bay and La Crosse, Wisconsin. With 11 hospitals and over 100 clinics, we serve 67 cities across Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and communities.

If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact HR-Recruitment@gundersenhealth.org or call 608-775-0267.

We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Around here, loving your job is part of the job. Join our mission in changing healthcare while finding a career you'll love!

Gundersen Health System offers a proud, local history spanning more than 100 years. Our personalized patient care model is only the beginning of what you will experience as we foster population health transformation and innovation to serve our communities and you. We've made it a priority to enrich the lives of our employees as they find a career they love. Using each employee’s unique talents and passions, Gundersen is committed to delivering exceptional patient and family-centered care to the communities we serve.

You can be part of an exciting, highly adaptable and mission-driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated offering an employee-first culture, work-life balance, and career advancement & growth opportunities. This culture allows our organization to attract elite talent, like yourself!

What You Can Expect:

• Empowerment to shape your work environment, encouragement to improve processes and create efficiencies, and support when seeking opportunities for growth

• Culture that encourages self-care and provides you with opportunities to be your best self at work and at home

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages, as applicable, ensuring your comfort and well-being as a valuable team member

• Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, Career Development Center, and online continuing education courses

About Us

Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care and the right amount of love. We call it LOVE + MEDICINE and it’s more than our practice. It is who we are.

Gundersen Health System, based in La Crosse, WI, is the leading provider of primary and specialized care in western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, and northeast Iowa; serving more than 500,000 residents throughout 22 counties. Our physician-led, not-for-profit healthcare system includes a 325-bed teaching hospital, tertiary referral center, and Level II Trauma Center; community clinics; 6 affiliate critical access hospitals; nursing homes; behavioral health services; vision centers; pharmacies; and air and ground ambulance services. Together, we inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning, and innovating. We deliver Love + Medicine every day to change lives in our communities and enrich the lives of our employees.

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Explore Life at Gundersen

A rewarding career and an excellent quality of life awaits you. Learn more about our excellence in patient care, education, research, culture, and something we call Love + Medicine at www.gundersenhealth.org/careers/life.