Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator

Jefferson Health Plans • Philadelphia, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position's primary responsibility is respiratory fit testing (approximately 85%) to ensure compliance with 29CFR 1910.134 across the enterprise. The role may also involve various other safety duties to assist the Environmental Health and Safety Department (EH&S) in maintaining a safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff. These duties include recognizing, evaluating, monitoring, and controlling facility, operational, and environmental safety factors within a major health system and university with multiple buildings for patient care, medical education, and research. The position will plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct assigned portions of the Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University safety programs. This includes fire and life safety, hazardous materials and chemical safety, emergency preparedness, ergonomics, accident/injury prevention, and staff training. The role will assist in overseeing accident & injury prevention programs, hazard surveillance surveys, emergency preparedness activities, and construction safety and Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM). The EHS Coordinator will also support and enforce regulatory requirements from The Joint Commission, PA Department of Health, OSHA, and local codes. Additionally, the position will provide education and hands-on training to staff, reinforcing work practice controls and personal protective equipment use to minimize injury risk.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Safety (public or environmental), fire prevention, emergency management, environmental science, business, health administration or health-related discipline.
• One year of work experience or participation in a safety-related internship program.

Responsibilities

• Performs fit testing and training for Jefferson employees in hospitals and university sites.
• Facilitates and coordinates documentation of fit testing and training records.
• Maintains and coordinates scheduling of employee fit testing.
• Coordinates off-shift and weekend fit testing as necessary.
• Examines and reinforces the use of work practice controls and personal protective equipment.
• Coordinates planning, design, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of respiratory protection and other safety program initiatives.
• Reviews, investigates, tracks, and trends accident and incident reports for patterns, cause and effect, and makes recommendations for improvement.
• Performs investigations and diagnostics of reported departmental operational, life safety, and fire code compliance issues.
• Participates and contributes to Jefferson safety management program initiatives for employee education, infection control, and awareness training.
• Develops familiarity with the functions, operations, priorities, and safety concerns of departments and operational areas.
• Initiates safety standards and policy/procedure development as appropriate.
• Provides education and hands-on training to staff in safe lifting practices and computer ergonomics.
• Creates, compiles, assists in maintaining, and files records, logs, and reports of safety-related subjects.
• Writes concise, accurate reports and correspondence.
• Compiles statistical data as necessary.
• Works with all levels of employees, visitors, patients, and outside professionals.
• Performs and documents regular assessments of regulatory and code compliance, hazardous operations, and facility conditions.
• Monitors and collects/produces data regarding compliance levels with regulatory and standard-setting bodies.
• Monitors practice activities and operations for opportunities to improve safety practices and regulatory compliance.
• Monitors employee satisfaction and dissatisfaction, receives feedback and suggestions for improvement.
• Identifies applicable regulations and standards and assists in developing plans to meet guidelines.
• Monitors institutional and/or departmental activities related to compliance with institution-wide programs.
• Organizes work activities to ensure proper and timely completion.
• Schedules work time effectively by assigning priorities to daily, weekly, and monthly work activities.
• Performs duties in accordance with Jefferson values, policies, and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned to support the unit, department, entity, and the entire Jefferson organization.

Benefits

• medical (including prescription)
• supplemental insurance
• dental
• vision
• life and AD&D insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• flexible spending accounts
• retirement plans
• tuition assistance
• voluntary benefits
• tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level