Safety & Occupational Health Specialist

Job Title

Safety & Occupational Health Specialist

Job Description

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Schedules, conducts, and performs difficult inspections to evaluate potential hazards, risks and unsafe environmental conditions associated with a wide variety of work environments and occupations that handle high level contaminants, toxins, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, and infectious diseases at the Medical Center.
• Conducts audits, evaluations, and inspections of Medical Center areas to locate potential or existing hazards or violations of safety code and policy as per Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) standards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) standards, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, American Congress of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), The Joint Commission, and various state and county regulations. The incumbent generates all necessary documents to show thorough evaluation and recommends changes to alleviate a hazard or potential hazard to the using Service Supervisor.
• Schedules and performs required fire alarm tests and drills on all shifts, and follows up the tests and drills with necessary reports. The incumbent independently critiques and makes suggestions to supervisors or management and conducts thorough participant debriefing and question and answer sessions.
• Using established techniques, investigates accidents, mishaps, or other occurrences, obtains statements from witnesses, and photographs the scenes where the accident occurred; records circumstances of accidents and the extent of injury, conducts accident trends and analysis, estimates costs of property damage and prepares reports of findings with recommendations to correct unsafe acts or conditions that caused personnel injury or property damage that fall within the jurisdiction of the Safety Service.
• Creates safety plans and prepare supplements, guidelines, and written procedures to implement technical safety standards, codes and safety requirements for a variety of operations and activities for the different departments in the medical center, clinics, veteran's homes, CBOCs, and community nursing homes.
• Statistically analyzes and compiles data obtained from investigations and studies and develops data tables and graphs to identify hazards, problems or potent threats to the safety of healthcare operations.
• Inspects construction projects to determine compliance with occupational standards; and is responsible for design review for new areas that are being built or renovated.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 08:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: PD11548A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized