Safety Coordinator

Location:

Redfield, SD

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Primarily days with night, weekend and holiday on-call involvement (United States of America)

Redfield Community Memorial Hospital and Clinic is seeking a qualified individual to join our team!

Position Highlights

Job Summary: The role of the Safety Coordinator is to direct and coordinate all phases of the hospital's Safety Program, Emergency Preparedness, and all other duties as assigned.

Position Accountable to: Maintenance Director & Administrator

Essential Job Functions:

• Will personally serve as coordinator of the safety program

• Will provide individualized department safety training, as needed

• Assist all departments in developing safety rules and practices

• Will have fire drills on a monthly basis to ensure the hospital is in compliance with federal and state requirements. Alternate day and night shift.

• Maintain policies and procedures as related to safety

• Maintain a "master copy" of all MSDS or SDS on the "P" drive, accessible to all employees or a location where certain departments are stored

• Request that all departments annually review their MSDS/SDS update to me.

• EP Drills - Plan, coordinate, communicate, perform after-action review and document EP drills as well as response to actual events in accordance with CMS requirements

• Liaison -Act as communication liaison with County, State and Avera EP Coordinators. Activate Internal eICS, State Ready Op, & Hav-Bed (Secondary back-up needed). Complete FEMA HSEEP reports -to the State, Regional & National Emergency Response Commission.

• Will hold monthly Safety Committee meetings

• HVA - Coordinate annual Hazardous Vulnerability Analysis with local jurisdiction and submit report to the Safety Committee.

• EP report to the Safety Committee.

• Decon Team - Collaborates with support for ED nursing training from Decon Coordinator.

• Coordinates and tracks employee PPE for TB & Pandemic response in collaboration with Infection Prevention.

• Security - Sits on Security subcommittee (quarterly) from an EP perspective. IE: Active Shooter, Lock Down.

Essential Physical Demands : Walking, alternating with sedentary work. Must be able to tolerate sitting for long period of time. Must have near and far vision acuity, field of vision accommodation, and hearing acuity for up to 8 hours.

Work Environment : Works inside. Maybe required to inspect outside areas. Works with and around others. Has verbal face to face contact with others. Exposure to blood and body fluids, airborne pathogens, hazardous waste and chemicals, communicable disease, moving objects, high places, slippery surfaces is possible.

Equipment Used to Perform Job: Computer, Copier, Fax, Telephone, calculator reference books, scanner.

Mental Requirements:

___ reading, simple __ spatial __ tending

x reading, complex __ form __ precision working

___ writing, simple x clerical x follow instructions

x writing, complex x compiling x influence others

___ math skills, simple x coordinating x time requirement

x math skills, complex x analyzing x memorization

___ tasks, simple ___ synthesizing x problem solving

x tasks, complex x supervising x -independent judgment

x driving x instructing x decision making

Potential Job Stressors : Time constraints due to numerous simultaneous projects and assignments. Constant changing of the regulatory guidelines. Dissatisfied internal and external customers.

Education : Baccalaureate degree in nursing, medical technology, healthcare management, or safety desired but not required. Applicable work experience may be acceptable in lieu of degree.

Licenses/Certificates : n/a

Experience : Three years' experience in healthcare with two years' experience in healthcare safety preferred.

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities : Organizational, management and communication skills. Ability to effectively deal with people. Objectivity in dealing with identified problem. Computer skills are required with knowledge of Word, Excel and Power Point preferred. Must maintain confidentiality when dealing with all customers. Must be flexible to change and have the ability to work in a team environment. Performs all duties consistent with safety principles and is expected to comply with all laws, regulation and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, OSHA, Medicare and Medicaid.

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities:

• Responsible for own actions.

• Ability to educate/train others.

• Constant exposure to medical and personal information requires confidentiality.

At Avera, the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward.

The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at View phone number on click.appcast.io.

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Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.