Safety Officer

About the role

Manages day-to-day functions, as directed by the Director of Safety, associated with the overall SEARHC Safety Program. The position is responsible for ensuring a comprehensive environmental, health and safety program at multiple inpatient, outpatient and support facility locations; evaluating, identifying, planning, coordinating, and leading system-wide and entity-based employee/patient safety activities.

Responsibilities

• Conducts regulatory compliance surveillance and track mitigation within inpatient, outpatient and support facilities.
• Serves as regulatory compliance liaison during inspections and investigations.
• Completes employee injury investigations, injury event analysis with recommendations and communication to stakeholders, reporting of trends, and compliance to loss control targets.
• Determines risk for exposure of harm/potential harm in response to identified opportunities.
• Affords assistance in design and implementation of the SEARHC emergency management and response programs.
• Plans, organizes, coordinates, and conducts emergency preparedness drills SEARHC facilities; ensures that drills are conducted in accordance with regulatory requirements and accreditation guidelines.
• Participates in development and implementation of community-wide emergency response including attending planning meetings and participating in drills.
• Participates in the development and implementation of standardized EH&S practices at system and facility levels.
• Affords assistance in the development and implementation of the Environmental Safety Management Plan, Hazardous Materials Management Plan and employee safety activities.
• Provides staff orientation and in-service training in general safety, fire safety, radiation protection, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness, and other related environmental and occupational health programs.
• Might be required to go into areas in of the facility not normally visited by other employees such as attics and crawl spaces while potentially wearing a respirator/PPE.
• May be required to perform other duties as assigned.
• Requires supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, environmental health), Educational Equivalency: eight years of experience in a related field (ex. Safety & Security, Environmental Health, inspection related activities, compliance related roles, etc.).
• Approved trainer certification in dealing with aggressive behaviors within three months of hire.
• Must have a valid driver's license and remain insurable under the SEARHC automobile insurance policy.
• Current certification in NIMS 100, 200, 300, 400, 700, 800 or the ability to obtain within 3 months of hire and maintain on a regular basis.
• Experience in healthcare—preferred.
• Knowledge of Environmental health, safety, and security management techniques including the hierarchy of controls.
• Regulatory/accreditation criteria and the ability to research/interpret requirements.

Qualifications

• In implementing safety and occupational health program elements, standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards—required.
• In inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards—required.
• Experience in healthcare—preferred.

Skills

• In highly developed problem solving skills.
• In conducting safety and security related investigations, corrective action development, and follow-through.
• In developing, implementing, and evaluating program objectives.
• In performing complex statistical analysis.

Benefits

• Generous benefits package including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health insurance, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability, and more.

Pay

Pay Range:$31.83 - $44.56

Schedule

Up to 25% travel expected.