Teammate Safety Specialist, Senior

Department:

10675 Enterprise Corporate - People & Culture Teammate Safety

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Hybrid position, Ability to travel up to 50% in your geographic area

Not be located in the Wake Forest School of Medicine (Winston -Salem) or Charlotte, NC market

Pay Range

$44.15 - $66.25

Serves as technical resource in the evaluation, planning, and implementation of Enterprise-wide teammate health and safety processes and practices by coordinating all elements of the teammate safety program at assigned facilities.  Responsible for the oversight of project implementations geared towards the continuous improvement of workers compensation losses and workforce safety.  Supports the redesign of workflows that impact high reliability, teammate safety and regulatory compliance. Works closely with executive leadership teams, directors, managers as well as the frontline teammates to reduce workplace hazards and mitigate risk. Collaborates with other key stakeholders to promote zero harm fundamentals across the enterprise. Serves as a change agent, driving performance improvement in teammate injury prevention across assigned locations in the Wake and Charlotte, NC region.

Major Responsibilities:

• Assists with the development, documentation, and program direction for supporting functions within Teammate Health and Safety. 

• Coordinates development of standardized program tools and implements effective risk assessment and hazard analysis programs to mitigate risks to the organization. 

• Assists with the development of health and safety policies and procedures at the corporate, facility and department level. 

• Develops and tracks implementation of injury prevention countermeasures 

• Develops and maintains strong working relationships within the Advocate Health Enterprise and with professional organizations and other healthcare organizations, municipal services, and regulatory authorities.  

• Serves as a reporting member of facility-level safety-related committees as assigned. 

• Implements and oversees special projects.  

• Develops and delivers health and safety presentations. 

• Delivers professional high-quality business quality consultancy across the depth of our operational processes.    

• Investigates injuries and near miss occurrences to determine if current policy or procedures require changes.  Works in conjunction with department leaders to complete thorough investigations of safety events, analysis of potential hazards and development of methods to reduce losses.  Coordinates to ensure root cause analysis of identified critical incidents. 

• Communicates and presents regularly to site executive teams on the occurrence of serious safety events, and status of the site safety program/s.  

• Assists leader in driving the implementatio