Director of Safety Operations

Bay Area Hospital•Fort Bridger, WY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Safety Operations provides leadership for Bay Area Hospital's enterprise safety programs, overseeing Security Services, Emergency Preparedness, Environment of Care, Workplace Violence Prevention, Occupational Health, and Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) programs. This position is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive organizational safety strategy that protects patients, visitors, medical staff, employees, volunteers, and hospital assets while promoting a culture of safety, preparedness, accountability, and continuous improvement. The Director serves as the organization's senior leader for physical security, emergency management, workplace violence prevention, Occupational Health, hazardous materials management, regulatory readiness, and Environment of Care oversight. Working collaboratively across all clinical and operational departments, this role ensures compliance with Joint Commission, CMS, OSHA, Oregon OSHA, and other applicable regulatory standards while strengthening organizational resilience and emergency preparedness. The Director serves as the advisor during emergency incidents, chairs the Environment of Care Committee, chairs the Workplace Violence Prevention Committee, and partners with executive leadership to identify organizational risks, develop mitigation strategies, and improve enterprise-wide safety performance.

Requirements

Demonstrated ability to provide strategic leadership and influence organizational decision-making through collaboration, sound judgment, and effective communication.
Strong knowledge of healthcare regulatory and accreditation standards, including Joint Commission, CMS, OSHA, Oregon OSHA, and Environment of Care requirements.
Ability to lead complex emergency incidents, crisis response, and business continuity efforts while maintaining composure and making sound decisions under pressure.
Excellent leadership, relationship-building, and conflict resolution skills with the ability to effectively partner across clinical, operational, and administrative departments.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret data, identify organizational risks, develop practical solutions, and lead continuous performance improvement initiatives.
Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership, physicians, employees, regulatory agencies, community partners, and governing bodies.
Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Occupational Safety, Environmental Health and Safety, Criminal Justice, Public Administration, Public Health, or a closely related field is required.
An equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible leadership experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor's degree.
Candidates substituting experience for a degree must possess a minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare security, emergency management, occupational safety, healthcare operations, military leadership, law enforcement, public safety, or a closely related field.
Minimum seven (7) years of progressively responsible leadership experience in healthcare operations, emergency preparedness, security, occupational safety, public safety, military leadership, law enforcement, or a related field.
Minimum three (3) years leading managers, supervisors, or multidisciplinary teams.
Experience developing organizational policies, strategic plans, and operating budgets.
Experience leading regulatory compliance initiatives.
Experience collaborating across multiple departments and executive leadership.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Administration, Emergency Management, or a related discipline is preferred.
Acute care hospital leadership experience.
Joint Commission survey leadership experience.
Environment of Care leadership.
Emergency Management leadership.
Healthcare Security leadership.
Workplace Violence Prevention Program leadership.

Responsibilities

Develops and implements Bay Area Hospital's enterprise safety strategy in alignment with the organization's mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities.
Provides leadership for Security Services, Emergency Preparedness, Environment of Care, and Workplace Violence Prevention.
Serves as the advisor to Executive Leadership team regarding organizational safety, security, emergency preparedness, regulatory compliance, and enterprise risk.
Develops departmental strategic plans, operating budgets, capital requests, annual goals, and performance metrics.
Promotes a culture where safety, accountability, preparedness, collaboration, and continuous improvement are organizational priorities.
Represents Bay Area Hospital with community emergency response partners, healthcare coalitions, law enforcement, fire agencies, public health organizations, and regulatory agencies.
Provides strategic and operational oversight for all hospital security services.
Directing daily security operations across all Bay Area Hospital campuses.
Overseeing physical security systems including: access control, video surveillance, visitor management, infant security systems, parking security, duress alarms, security technology
Developing security policies, procedures, and response protocols.
Leading investigations involving security incidents and coordinating with local, state, and federal law enforcement when appropriate.
Evaluating emerging security technologies and recommending capital improvements.
Serves as the organization's Emergency Management Program Director. Responsible for maintaining and continuously improving: Emergency Operations Plan, Hazard Vulnerability Analysis, Hospital Incident Command System (HICS), Continuity of Operations Planning, Business Continuity Plans, Disaster Recovery Planning
Leads the organization's emergency preparedness program by: Coordinating multidisciplinary emergency planning activities, Conducting required emergency exercises, drills, and simulations, Developing after-action reports and corrective action plans, Maintaining compliance with Joint Commission Emergency Management standards and CMS Emergency Preparedness requirements, Coordinating participation with regional healthcare coalitions and community emergency response agencies, Serving as an advisor to Hospital Incident Command during emergency operations and major disaster events.
Provides oversight of Bay Area Hospital's Environment of Care Program. Serves as Chair of the multidisciplinary Environment of Care Committee.
Establishing organizational priorities related to Environment of Care performance.
Coordinating Environment of Care rounding throughout the organization.
Monitoring trends, deficiencies, corrective actions, and performance improvement initiatives.
Supporting organizational readiness for accreditation and regulatory surveys.
Collaborating with Facilities Management regarding the Environment of Care management plans while recognizing Facilities' operational responsibility for utilities, life safety systems, and medical equipment management.
Monitoring organizational compliance with Joint Commission Environment of Care standards.
Reporting Environment of Care performance and organizational risks to executive leadership.
Provides leadership for Bay Area Hospital's Workplace Violence Prevention Program. Serves as Co-Chair of the multidisciplinary Workplace Violence Prevention Committee.
Developing enterprise-wide workplace violence prevention strategies.
Overseeing threat assessment processes and violence prevention initiatives.
Collaborating with Human Resources, Nursing Leadership, Security, Behavioral Health, Employee Health, Risk Management, Medical Staff Leadership, and Legal Counsel.
Monitoring workplace violence trends and organizational performance metrics.
Overseeing violence prevention education and de-escalation training.
Ensuring compliance with applicable OSHA guidance and healthcare workplace violence regulations.
Provides strategic and operational oversight of Bay Area Hospital's Occupational Health program, supporting employee health, workforce safety, regulatory compliance, and organizational readiness.
Provides leadership and oversight for Occupational Health services, programs, policies, and workflows.
Oversees employee health programs related to occupational exposures, workplace injuries, immunization and surveillance requirements, and return-to-work processes in collaboration with Human Resources, Infection Prevention, Risk Management, and clinical leadership.
Ensures Occupational Health practices support applicable OSHA, Oregon OSHA, CMS, Joint Commission, and other regulatory requirements.
Monitors Occupational Health trends, program metrics, compliance risks, and opportunities for performance improvement.
Supports development and implementation of employee safety education, exposure-response protocols, and occupational health initiatives.
Supports processes with Occupational health and new employee onboarding for drug screening and vaccination review and readiness.
Provides leadership and oversight for the hospital's Hazardous Materials program as part of the organization's comprehensive safety and Environment of Care strategy.
Oversees development, implementation, and evaluation of hazardous materials and hazardous waste management policies, procedures, and response plans.
Coordinates organizational preparedness for hazardous material spills, exposures, releases, and decontamination events.
Partners with Facilities, Pharmacy, Laboratory, Environmental Services, Nursing, Emergency Preparedness, Infection Prevention, and other departments to identify and mitigate hazardous material risks.
Supports compliance with applicable OSHA, Oregon OSHA, EPA, DEQ, Joint Commission, and other hazardous materials and hazardous waste requirements.
Ensures appropriate training, drills, documentation, personal protective equipment, and response resources are maintained for hazardous materials incidents.
Monitors hazardous materials program performance, identified deficiencies, corrective actions, and regulatory readiness.