Safety Officer

SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC)•Sitka, AK

4d•$32 - $45

About The Position

The Safety Officer manages day-to-day functions, as directed by the Director of Safety, associated with SEARHC’s overall Safety Program. The role ensures a comprehensive environmental, health, and safety program across multiple inpatient, outpatient, and support facility locations. It evaluates, identifies, plans, coordinates, and leads system-wide and entity-based employee and patient safety activities. The position conducts regulatory compliance surveillance and tracks mitigation, serves as a regulatory compliance liaison during inspections and investigations, and investigates employee injuries and injury events. It analyzes events, recommends actions, communicates findings to stakeholders, reports trends, and monitors compliance with loss-control targets. The Safety Officer also conducts routine and ad hoc environmental health and safety surveillance and assesses exposure risks and potential harm. The role assists with emergency management and response programs, organizes and conducts emergency preparedness drills, and participates in community-wide emergency response planning and drills. It helps develop and implement standardized environmental health and safety practices, safety management plans, and employee safety activities. The position provides orientation and in-service training on general and fire safety, radiation protection, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness, and related programs. Supervisory responsibilities are required, and travel of up to 25% is expected.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in safety or an occupational health field, such as safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, or environmental health; alternatively, eight years of related experience may satisfy the educational equivalency.
Approved trainer certification in dealing with aggressive behaviors within three months of hire.
Valid driver's license and ability to remain insurable under the SEARHC automobile insurance policy.
Current NIMS certifications in 100, 200, 300, 400, 700, and 800, or ability to obtain them within three months of hire and maintain them regularly.
Knowledge of environmental health, safety, or security management techniques, including hierarchy of controls, risk management, and hazard identification.
Knowledge of regulatory standards related to environmental health, safety, or security management, and ability to research and interpret requirements.
Highly developed problem-solving skills.
Skill in conducting safety- and security-related investigations, developing corrective actions, and following through.
Skill in developing, implementing, and evaluating program objectives.
Skill in performing complex statistical analysis.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and external contacts.

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing safety, security, or occupational health program elements, standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.
Experience inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with safety and occupational health policies or standards and identifying potential new hazards.
Experience in healthcare.

Responsibilities

Conduct regulatory compliance surveillance and track mitigation across inpatient, outpatient, and support facilities.
Serve as a regulatory compliance liaison during inspections and investigations.
Investigate employee injuries and injury events; analyze events, recommend actions, communicate with stakeholders, report trends, and monitor compliance with loss-control targets.
Conduct routine and ad hoc environmental health and safety surveillance, including general and focused studies.
Determine exposure risk and potential harm in response to identified opportunities.
Assist in designing and implementing SEARHC emergency management and response programs.
Plan, organize, coordinate, and conduct emergency preparedness drills at SEARHC facilities, ensuring compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements.
Participate in community-wide emergency response development and implementation, including planning meetings and drills.
Participate in developing and implementing standardized environmental health and safety practices at system and facility levels.
Assist with development and implementation of the Environmental Safety Management Plan, Hazardous Materials Management Plan, and employee safety activities.
Provide staff orientation and in-service training in general safety, fire safety, radiation protection, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness, and related programs.
Perform other duties as assigned.