Supervisor, Safety and Security

Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation • Bentonville, AR

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About The Position

The Supervisor, Safety & Security is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the safety and security team within the hospital setting. This includes managing security personnel, ensuring a safe environment for staff, patients, and visitors, and enforcing hospital security policies and procedures. The Supervisor plays a critical role in ensuring compliance with safety regulations, managing security incidents, and contributing to the development of emergency preparedness and response plans.

Requirements

• Associate Degree or higher preferred.
• 1-2 years of related experience in the profession required.
• 1-2 years of previous leadership experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and manage cross-functional relationships.
• Foster a positive work environment that promotes teamwork, professionalism, and continuous improvement.
• Communicate effectively with leadership, team members, and stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively with others, delegate responsibilities, and independently manage tasks while meeting established deadlines.
• Problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• In depth knowledge of industry best practices and regulatory compliance (if applicable).
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Proficiency with Google and Microsoft platforms, healthcare software systems, and data analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the ongoing, organization-wide collection of information about deficiencies and opportunities for improvement in the Environment of Care.
• Coordinates the on-going collection and response to other sources of information, such as published hazard notices or recall reports.
• Coordinates the preparation of summaries of deficiencies, problems, failures and user errors related to managing the environment of care.
• Coordinates the preparation of summaries on findings, recommendations, actions taken and results of performance improvement (PI) activities.
• Participates in hazard surveillance and incident reporting.
• Participates in developing safety policies and procedures.
• Submits completed reports at least every other month to the Environment of Care (EC) Committee concerning findings, recommendations, actions and monitoring.
• Coordinates and/or participates in the development of departmental and facility wide safety policies and procedures.
• Conducts and reviews with Human Resources, EC education, Orientation program for new employees, and reviews on a continuing education basis for all employees.
• Reviews departmental EC policies and procedures to assist in making them consistent with the integrated into the facility-wide safety management plan.
• Works with other managers to assure each of the EC management plans are evaluated at least annually.
• Works with other managers to assure the objectives, scope, Performance, and effectiveness of each of the environment of care management plans are evaluated at least annually.
• Works with managers to initiate appropriate actions and recommendations, based on analysis of incident reports and other information.
• Ensures issues, chosen by the EC Committee, are monitored and the results reported to that committee.
• Conducts annual risk assessments and assists other responsible managers in conducting risk assessments.
• Assists in defining performance indicators for evaluation of the Safety Management program and reports performance indicators of all areas of the EC, to the EC Committee.
• Assists Director with I/S support including maintaining operations and current information on the TMS.
• Acts as hospital liaison in all city coordinated emergency preparedness, meetings and drills.
• Active participant in hospital emergency preparedness, hazmat, and severe weather drills and actual events.
• Works with responsible individuals in conducting necessary drills that will improve the safety and security of the hospital such as infant abduction drill, emergency management drills that are based from a completed HVA, fire drills, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Benefits

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) required.
• Valid Driver License in State required.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Associate degree