Safety & Occupational Health Manager

Safety & Occupational Health Manager

Duties include:

• Plan, coordinate and implement the overall Safety Program at the Indianapolis VA Medical Center which includes Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Protection, Fire Protection, and Green Environment Management Systems (GEMS).
• Assure Safety Program is comprehensive and meets all regulatory requirements; ensures compliance with annual management plans; serves as technical expert in industrial hygiene surveys and special studies.
• Has the delegated authority to immediately intervene or stop work operations whenever conditions exist which pose a risk of injury, impairment, sickness, or endangerment of life to staff, patients, visitors, contractors, and/or threatens damage to the environment, equipment, or buildings.
• Develop Safety Program goals and objectives, prioritizes work activities based on organizational structure. Prepares safety policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Coordinates the Safety Program with Service Chiefs, CDSO's, Employee Health Physician, representatives of the medical staff and other organizational components; provide sound technical advice and direction to executive leadership on all aspects of the safety program.
• Plan, conduct or direct special studies concerned with workplace injuries and environment of care issues that cause occupational health problems.
• Investigate accidents, which may include fatalities, serious injuries, and occupational illnesses; ensures administration of incidents through computerized accident tracking and worker's compensation processing program.

Work Schedule: 7:00am-3:30pm, Monday-Friday

Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized.

Telework: This position is not authorized for telework.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: PD92977-0

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized.