Safety and Security Coordinator

VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region is looking to hire a Safety and Security Coordinator to support all our locations.

About VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region

Based in Vermont, we are one of the largest non-profit home health and hospice care agencies, delivering a wide range of advanced medical care with compassion, dependability, and expertise to people of all ages. Our mission is to provide the best care for every person and to put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. We strive to give customized care to individuals with chronic diseases and conditions as well as those who need short-term care. For our services, we have been recognized as one of the nation's top 100 performing home health agencies by HomeCare Elite.

A Day in the Life of a Safety and Security Coordinator

As the Safety and Security Coordinator, you serve as the Agency Safety Coordinator and are responsible for supporting regulatory compliance, coordinating safety education and training, and overseeing emergency preparedness activities in accordance with applicable federal and state requirements to promote a safe environment for employees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve.

Responsibilities

• Provides agency-wide coordination and subject matter expertise for safety, security, workplace violence prevention, emergency preparedness, and related risk-management activities across all agency locations and field operations.
• Co-chairs the Agency Safety Committee, including coordinating meetings, developing agendas, reviewing safety trends, assigning and tracking action items, and monitoring completion and effectiveness of safety initiatives.
• Maintains the Agency Safety Event Log and monitors and trends employee and patient safety events, concerns, workplace violence incidents, injuries, vehicle incidents, and other safety-related occurrences to identify opportunities for prevention and improvement.
• Coordinates safety and security investigations, including information gathering, interviews, site assessments, identification of contributing and root causes, development of corrective and preventive action plans in collaboration with leadership, and follow-up to evaluate implementation and effectiveness.
• Coordinates and delivers staff safety and security education, including AVADE, pepper spray training, workplace and personal safety, active threat awareness, and new employee safety orientation.
• Coordinates agency-wide emergency preparedness activities in accordance with the Home Health and Hospice Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
• Coordinates safety drills including fire, evacuation, severe weather, active threat, and other required emergency exercises.
• Conducts routine safety rounds, environmental assessments, and security assessments at agency locations in collaboration with the facilities coordinator and other appropriate personnel; identifies hazards and vulnerabilities and provides recommendations to leadership for corrective action.
• Assists with maintaining agency compliance with OSHA, CMS, state licensing requirements, and accreditation standards related to safety and emergency preparedness.
• Responds to employee safety concerns and provides guidance and support to staff regarding safety and security concerns encountered in the field, including conducting co-visits with field clinicians as needed to assess and address identified safety concerns.

Qualifications

• A degree in Emergency Management, Occupational Safety, Public Safety, or related field preferred. Equivalent combination of education and experience considered.
• Three to five years of experience in healthcare safety, emergency preparedness, security, risk management, law enforcement, EMS, military, occupational safety, or related field.
• Experience providing staff education and coordinating organizational safety initiatives preferred.
• Experience with healthcare regulatory compliance preferred.
• Valid State Driver's license required.
• Ability to successfully pass pre-employment driver record, criminal, adult and child abuse background check/review required.
• AVADE Instructor certification or ability to obtain.
• Pepper Spray Instructor certification or ability to obtain.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Flexible schedule
• Continuing education tuition assistance
• CEU work courses

Schedule

This position offers flexible hours; we at the VNA value work-life balance. Our clinicians have autonomy in their position to create their daily schedule to meet the needs of their clients, allowing the flexibility to prioritize their personal and family needs.

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