Hospital & Environmental Safety Officer

Company: Huntington Hospital
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: September 5, 2020

Job Description:

Job Description: When you join Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, CA, you are aligning yourself with an organization whose values drive our philosophy of care. Our focus on delivering quality, service, and cutting edge care, enables Huntington Hospital to be an organization committed to patient outcomes-not the bottom line. More importantly, it empowers you to enact change and deliver the results that continuously improve our ability to provide our community with care. The Hospital & Environmental Safety Officer is responsible to the Director of Risk Management Services for assisting, implementing, hardwiring, and evaluating the facility-wide hospital safety program. This position aids others within the facility towards process improvements that will support the reduction of environmental hazards and other factors that contribute to unintended adverse outcomes. This position provides direction for safety assessments, coordinates the activities of the safety function or committee including Environment of Care. The Environmental Safety Officer educates others regarding environmental safety concerns, consults with management and staff, and communicates literature-based ideas regarding effective safety strategies to others within the organization. This position manages the Recall Program in collaboration with Purchasing Department. Key responsibilities of this position Initiating and overseeing the development of a comprehensive patient safety improvement program inclusive of the analysis and trending of data related to hospital initiatives. This position requires flexibility of hours. Education: Bachelor's degree in health administration or health related field. Master's degree preferred. Clinical background is preferred Experience/Training: Five years experience in an acute care hospital facility in same or similar position, comprehensive knowledge of healthcare operations with minimum of three years experience in patient safety. Three years experience in accreditation/regulatory affairs. Licenses/Certifications: RN, LVN, RCP, OT/PT preferred; Advanced Safety and health Certificate preferred. Skills: Knowledge of accreditation standards and/or policy formulation. Excellent organizational, oral and written communication skills, problem solving, program development and computer skills.

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