Patient Safety Program Manager
LEWISTON, MEFull-time$37.75–49.33/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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The Patient Safety Program Manager supports a system-wide approach to measuring, evaluating, and improving patient safety across Central Maine Healthcare. The role ensures compliance with Maine Sentinel Event law by proactively identifying, investigating, and reporting sentinel events. It also leads system-wide root cause analysis and coordinates patient safety assessments and improvement efforts. The manager aligns system leaders to identify risks and supports processes that promote a culture of safety and reduce patient harm.
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Overview
Central Maine Healthcare (CMH), a member of Prime Healthcare Foundation, is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving approximately 400,000 residents across central, western, and midcoast Maine through a network of more than 40 primary and specialty care locations. The system includes Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) in Lewiston, a 250-bed, not-for-profit regional referral hospital that is home to the region's only Cancer Care Center, an orthopedic ambulatory surgery center, and the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute. CMMC also serves as the central Maine base for LifeFlight of Maine, the state's only medical helicopter service.
CMH also includes Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital, two 25-bed critical access hospitals that provide essential care to Maine's rural communities.
As part of its commitment to healthcare education and workforce development, CMH is home to the Maine College of Health Professions, Maine's first nursing and medical imaging school. The private, not-for-profit institution is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education and plays an important role in training the next generation of healthcare professionals.
To learn more, visit www.cmhc.org.
Responsibilities
The Patient Safety Program Manager is responsible for supporting a system wide approach to measure, evaluate and improve patient safety across Central Maine Healthcare. The manager is responsible for ensuring the system is compliant with the Maine Sentinel Event law by working proactively to identify, investigate and report sentinel events. The manager conducts a system wide approach to root cause analysis (RCA), personally conducting, coordinating, facilitating and participating in patient safety related assessments, improvement efforts, root cause analysis and failure modes effects analysis. The manager will convene, coordinate, lead and align the system leaders in their responsibilities to identify patient safety risks and will support/facilitate the implementation of systems and processes that promote a culture of safety and reduce patient harm.
Qualifications
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING
- Current state RN licensure.2. Bachelor’s degree preferred.3. Five years of clinical experience or demonstrated understanding of ambulatory and acute care clinical practices.4. Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) preferred.
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Central Maine Medical Center offers competitive compensation and a reasonable compensation estimate for this role is $37.75 to $49.33 per hour. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.
The company is dedicated to empowering its staff with a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, allowing them the freedom to customize their benefits to fit their unique needs. Our abundant resources, programs, and voluntary options serve as a foundation for individual growth and well-being. Learn more here: https://www.primehealthcare.com/benefitsthatmattermost/
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FacilityCentral Maine Healthcare Corporation
LocationUS-ME-LEWISTON
ID2026-284045
CategoryManager
Position TypeFull Time
ShiftDays
Job TypeExempt
How this job compares
Set against the 10,552 open Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$37.75–49.33/hr
- US median$40–57/hr330 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $43.54/hr, is 9% below the US median midpoint ($48/hr) — in the middle half of Program Manager hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 61 open Program Manager jobs in Maine and 10,552 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Program Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (9,081 postings).
- Education
- 4,167 of the 10,552 open Program Manager jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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