Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

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This is not a virtual position, you must live within or be willing to relocate within a commutable distance of the duty location.

Major Duties Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Provides full support to the Safety Program at the Medical Center and two cemeteries;
• Plans and coordinates activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations, to include those of NFPA, JCAHO, OSHA;
• Identifies and eliminates safety hazards which may occur in highly hazardous occupational fields such as Operating Room Suites, trade shops, food and laundry processing areas, and Sewage Treatment and Boiler Plant Areas;
• Designs ongoing Environmental Testing Programs, including testing for asbestos, PCB, Nitrous Oxide and other gasses or agents used - ensuring levels of exposures are within acceptable limits;
• Utilizes gathered data to modify or change existing work practices;
• Plans and implements inclusion of safety regulations into the standard work methods of employees in highly specialized and potentially dangerous environments;
• Adapts established methods and work practices to comply with safety code requirements;
• Plans and coordinates programs dealing with Disaster Drills, Safety Inspections, Community Home Inspections and various educational safety programs such as Driver Training and Employee Safety Orientation;
• Ensures programs are in full compliance with the NFPA and JCAHO regulatory requirements;
• Plans actions required to correct cited or known deficiencies of the safety code;
• Applies prescribed safety requirements to alter the working practices and procedures of employees in a variety of specialized fields;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized