Safety Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Five to eight years of work-related experience.
• Three to five years of supervisory or management experience.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications, potentially including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access, and other web-based applications.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English and to comprehend and converse in English with medical center staff, patients, families, and external customers.
• Working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures, and policies, and the ability to apply them in varied situations.
• Ability to lead small projects or work groups, foster a collaborative and respectful team environment, and improve workflows.
• Ability to provide customer service and staff training that meet unit standards and expectations, and resolve service issues promptly and respectfully.
• Current valid driver’s license.
• Ability to pass and maintain CPR and First Aid certification.
• Obtain Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator (CHPA) certification within one year of hire.
• Must be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Associate’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day work of Public Safety supervisors, lead officers, dispatchers, and officers, including protecting patients, colleagues, and visitors.
• Ensure assignments are completed on time and resolve operational problems and conflicts.
• Manage investigations, ensure posts are covered, oversee regular hospital building inspections, and work a Public Safety officer’s shift daily.
• Develop, implement, monitor, and ensure compliance with departmental policies, procedures, technical guidelines, quality assurance standards, and customer service standards.
• Maintain adequate staffing; interview employees; manage employee relations, performance appraisals, competence assessments, compliance, mandatory education, counseling, and disciplinary documentation.
• Identify staff training needs and coordinate onboarding, orientation, certifications, and in-service training.
• Recommend departmental budgets and capital expenditures, evaluate equipment, and operate within allocated funds.
• Coordinate with department managers and supervisors regarding requests for Public Safety services and security concerns.
• Conduct monthly staff meetings, communicate relevant information, support department managers, and inform the Director of staffing, employee relations, scheduling, interdepartmental, security, and colleague-safety concerns.
• Promote positive, respectful customer service and address security issues affecting patients, families, visitors, and employees.
• Exercise independent judgment and leadership, hold staff accountable to organizational and departmental performance standards, and assume a formal leadership role in the Director’s absence.
• Review safety reports and daily activity logs and take appropriate follow-up action.
• Complete annual and ad-hoc security risk assessments and quarterly and annual reports, and provide a daily high-level departmental report to the Director.
• Ensure Public Safety personnel use Outlook email and calendars effectively and prepare detailed shift plans with communicated priorities.
• Conduct routine quality inspections of patrols, door checks, work orders, lock-ups and unlocks, policy enforcement, badge production, fire-prevention rounds, posted details, and Lost & Found duties.
• Coordinate and monitor scheduling and ensure a fair, balanced, and equitable work schedule.
• Perform other duties as needed or directed to meet departmental needs.
• Promote the organization’s WE CARE values: Wellbeing, Empathy, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Equity.