Sr. Safety Management Specialist

About this role

Hours :

Shift Start Time: Variable Shift End Time: Variable

AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements: As Needed

On-Call Required: Yes

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $49.700 - $64.130 - $71.820   The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.  The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.  

  *This is a 100% in-office position*

What You Will Do Environmental Health & Workplace Safety is dedicated to the reduction of risks within the Sharp HealthCare community, and promotes safety as a value with the goal of supporting the mission of Sharp Healthcare by helping staff, patients, and visitors take an active role in protecting their health and the environment.

The Senior Safety Management Specialist is responsible for 24-hour, 7-day a week operations of the Safety Officer function incorporating the regulatory elements of the environment of care (EOC), emergency management (EM) and fire safety (FS) in daily practice and routinely works collaboratively (on both site specific and system-wide initiatives), with leadership, and other functional groups to design, implement, and maintain a environmental health and safety program. This position will report to the Prgm Mgr-Environmental Health/Workplace Safety.

This role implements and maintains a proactive and comprehensive process for identifying and effectively managing physical and behavior-based hazards to people, property, and the environment as well as evaluates effectiveness of the all safety programs including emergency management, safety training, hazard surveillance, exposure monitoring, incident management as well as policy and procedure development.

Required Qualifications • Bachelor's Degree • 5 Years previous experience.

Preferred Qualifications • Master's Degree • Six Sigma Green Belt Certification - Various-No accreditation board -PREFERRED • Certified Safety Professional (CSP) - Board of Certified Safety Professionals -PREFERRED • Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP) - International Board for Certification Services and Management (IBFCSM) -PREFERRED

Essential Functions

• Regulatory Compliance Responsible for managing, leading and advising other departments in regulatory compliance including but not limited to standards/regulations/elements of performance as required by The Joint Commission (TJC) EOC, Cal/OSHA Standards, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, California Department of Public Health, California Environmental Protection Agency, California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Transportation (DOT), NFPA, CUPA, and other applicable regulatory agencies. Is an active voting member and advises and supports numerous committees to develop and review policies and procedures, including but not limited to: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Subcommittee, Waste Minimization Subcommittee, Safety Management Subcommittee, Facilities Environmental Subcommittee , System Ergonomics Subcommittee , Injury Illness Prevention Subcommittee , site safety and disaster committees, site Quality Council, San Diego Disaster Coalition, and Emergency Department Disaster Collaborative. Serve as principal liaison to the State, County and City regarding safety, environmental health, and hazardous materials concerns. Analyzes the effectiveness of safety programs and develops or improves programs to ensure applicable regulations are met and safe conditions are maintained. Analyzes and reports on existing and proposed federal and state safety requirements related to Industrial hygiene programs, chemical safety, biological safety, general safety, injury and illness prevention, fire and life safety, and emergency management. Coordinates the annual Department of Environmental Health (County HazMat) inspections including oversight of compliance of the hazardous materials business plan. Develops and implements broad scope of safety programs including the Respiratory Protection Program, Ergonomics Program, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Emergency Preparedness Program, Hazardous Waste and Chemical Safety Program. Develops and designs training content related to regulatory compliance and safety education. Integral member of the Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) team that ensures the safety of patients, staff, physicians and visitors as it relates to construction. The Senior Safety Management Specialist has the ability to stop all work related to construction if deemed unsafe. • Conducts Internal Inspections/Response to External Inspections Assures inspection findings are accurately documented and submitted timely to appropriate departments for corrective action. Communicate serious hazards immediately with appropriate follow-up documentation distributed to leadership. Document performance monitoring standards (indicator data) obtained from the inspections and develop action plans to present to the appropriate safety committees. Timely reporting of safety findings provided to the Board of Directors and/or Quality Council. Ensures timely and accurate documentation to illustrate compliance with various requirements including outside agencies, internal surveys, and routine event tracking/follow up (i.e. fire drill/fire activations, defective equipment events). • Emergency Management Program Site Facilitation

This position facilitates the overall operation of the hospital’s Emergency Management Program at their site in conjunction with site leadership and the the system Director of Emergency Preparedness. Coordinate the development and maintenance of the facility Emergency Operations Plan. Actively participates in San Diego Coun

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