Workplace Safety Specialist
Primary Location Santa Rosa, California
Worker Location Flexible
Job Number 1262500 Date posted 05/07/2024
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Description:
Essential Responsibilities:
Job Summary:
Under general supervision in a team environment, works under Labor Management Partnership (LMP) guidelines to determine methods and processes for the reduction/elimination of workplace injuries and illnesses. Provides systems of safety consultation, training, risk analysis, and risk reduction/elimination recommendations to all levels of staff.
Essential Responsibilities:
- In support of Kaiser initiatives, serves as a professional/technical liaison between workplace safety committees and related work groups. Responsible for the successful creation and maintenance of new and existing injury reduction plans and interventions.
- Leads the design, development, and implementation of training programs, including train-the-trainer programs for targeted workplace safety work groups. Provides training to healthcare staff on the proper utilization of patient handling equipment, including equipment for unique or unconventional patient transfer situations.
- Conducts ergonomic worksite and/or task evaluations in cooperation with Occupational Medicine and Employee Health Recommends corrective action while demonstrating sensitivity to time and budgetary constraints. Ensures that evaluation recommendations are implemented and that employees are given training required for any new equipment or procedure changes.
- Oversees and completes projects that vary in scope and scale; ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and financial allocations.
- Attends and facilitates meetings. Conducts follow-up analysis of evaluations, recommendations, and training.
- Prepares and disseminates injury rate data, risk analysis, mitigation strategies, and related information to workplace safety work groups and management. Uses a variety of software applications to research, compose reports, analyze data, and present information using written and multi-media strategies. Performs other workplace safety duties as assigned.
- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.
Secondary Functions:
- Preferred qualifications: Physical Therapist or Certified Ergonomist
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum three (3) years of previous experience performing ergonomic work site assessments, preferably in a health care environment.
- Minimum three (3) years of experience in worker safety, injury prevention, disability management and/or ergonomics required.
Education
- Bachelors degree in business administration, health care administration, environmental health & safety, or other related field OR four (4) years of experience in a direclty related field.
- High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
License, Certification, Registration
- N/A
Additional Requirements:
- Demonstrate knowledge of California laws and regulations as they apply to workplace safety, workers compensation and disability management.
- Consulting, collaboration, and team development skills required.
- Must be proficient with PC applications, including word, spreadsheet, database, and presentation graphics.
- Strong customer service and communication skills, with ability to compose reports and other communications that are free from grammatical, spelling and syntax errors.
- Ability to travel frequently to different Kaiser locations.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience conducting training classes and workshops, facilitating meetings, and coordinating projects in complex organizational environments.
- Certification on formal training in OSHA worker safety, accident investigation, and disability management highly desirable.
Primary Location: California,Santa Rosa,Santa Rosa Support Services Building
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 32
Shift: Day
Workdays: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:30 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Part-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Flexible
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-NCAL-09|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Entry Level
Department: Santa Rosa Hospital - Rgnl MG-LMP Workplace Safety - 0206
Pay Range: $63040 - $81576 / year
Sign on bonus: $5000.00
The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
Travel: No
Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home.
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest
