Environmental Health and Safety Specialist Senior

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MO-SSM Health Mission Hill

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Summary:

Provides leadership in the administration, operation, and support of Environmental Safety and Emergency Preparedness programs. Ensures that their assigned Health Care facility (hospital, Clinics, Long term Care) maintains a safe environmental for staff, visitors and patients; and lead the Emergency preparedness function for the facility.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides Safety leadership and the Safety Officer at an assigned healthcare facility. The scope of the assigned healthcare facility is either one to three hospitals or a collection of non-hospital based facilities.
• Provides leadership for the hospital in regulatory compliance for the following: Joint Commission chapters EOC, EM and LS; the NFPA life safety code, EPA, WDNR, OSHA and other state and local regulations. Represents the hospital to these regulatory agencies.
• Administer the SDS program though MSDS Online, administers SEND WORD NOW and provide leadership for the recall system RASMAS.
• Recommends and creates changes to policies, procedures, and regulatory programming.
  Suggests improvements regarding quantity and depth of staff training and auditing programs as needed to achieve compliance requirements and business goals.
• Ensures completion of the mandatory annual regulatory reporting of the Tier 2, Hazardous waste report and the Medical Waste reports to the DNR and Emergency Management.
• Initiates “stop the line” directives for an imminent threat to the health or safety.
• Provides leadership for the Emergency Preparedness program including assuring the JC/CMS Emergency preparedness requirements are met.
• Manage and maintain Emergency Preparedness supplies, references and resources. Active member of the Incident Command Team as the Safety Officer or Liaison Officer.
• Acts as the Safety Officer or Liaison Officer in the Incident Command Team and as an active member of the Emergency Preparedness Committee.
• Participates in Emergency Preparedness meetings with external agencies, local, regional and state levels.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Public Health, or equivalent work experience in a related field

EXPERIENCE

• Three years' experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS 

• None

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Employee

Department:

9260000130 Facilities and Real Estate (STL Region)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE). 

• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members. 

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