Safety Specialist

Job Description

Coordinates the development and implementation of standardized organization Safety/Environment of Care policies across the system, working with site leadership and safety personnel to ensure uniform practices.

Job Responsibility

• Assures effectiveness of policies through a comprehensive monitoring process.
• Serves as a subject matter expert and advises organization leadership and staff on compliance with federal, state, and local safety regulations and standards.
• Assists organization Quality Management staff to measure Safety/Environment of Care performance, develop improvement strategies, and standardize best practices throughout the organization.
• Participates in organization Safety Committees and reports to organization Safety Performance Improvement Coordinating Group (PICG) on Safety/Environment of Care initiatives, and identifies opportunities for improvement, performance, and program successes.
• Keeps Facility Administrators informed of identified safety concerns/issues, and assists in resolution as necessary.
• Participates in surveys and prepares for accreditation reviews in cooperation with Quality Management personnel.
• Participates in organization Article surveys of the physical environment as required.
• Collaborates with Facilities Design and Construction, and Project Management staff with project code and standards compliance.
• Interacts with regulatory agencies and accrediting organizations during planning, design, construction and preoccupancy phases of facility projects.
• Participates in preoccupancy reviews of projects to prepare for regulatory inspections and preoccupancy surveys.
• Monitors construction safety program, overseeing contractor and safety consultant performance, to assure safe conditions and code/standards compliance throughout the system.
• Educates facility staff and Physical Assets personnel as necessary to assure safe conditions and regulatory compliance are provided and maintained.
• Assists organization Legal and Risk Management staff with environmental health and safety related litigation and insurance claims.
• Works with Insurance carriers (Worker's Compensation), Workforce Safety and Risk Management personnel to minimize occupational injuries/illnesses, and institute programs designed to reduce costs.
• Participates in the Physical Assets AOD Program.
• Operates under general guidance and work assignments are varied and require interpretation and independent decisions on course of action.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.

*Additional Salary Detail
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