Safety & Preparedness Coordinator

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LVHN has been ranked among the "Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years. We're a Magnet(tm) Hospital, having been honored five times with the American Nurses Credentialing Center's prestigious distinction for nursing excellence and quality patient outcomes in our Lehigh Valley region. Finally, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg, Lehigh Valley Hospital- Hazleton, and Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono each received an 'A' grade on the Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group in 2020, the highest grade in patient safety. These recognitions highlight LVHN's commitment to teamwork, compassion, and technology with an unrelenting focus on delivering the best health care possible every day.

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This position is responsible for development, implementation, maintenance, and oversight of organizational continuous improvement initiatives related to protecting the safety and health of LVHN personnel, patients, and visitors. Coordinates workforce safety, emergency preparedness and crisis management readiness activities, workforce injury prevention, fire & life safety education, and administrative support for environment of care regulatory compliance. This position directly supports emergency management response, serving in a leadership capacity for the Emergency Management and Environment of Care committees.

Job Duties

• Frontline emergency management support, including emergency responses, prevention and planning activities, and training.
• Manages employee incident investigation program. Daily monitoring of work-related injuries, illnesses, incident reports, near-misses, etc. Initiates incident investigation and tracks to completion. Collaborates with leadership to ensure incidents are investigated in a timely manner with a focus on learning from each incident to prevent similar incidents from occurring. Performs challenging and/or complex incident investigations.
• Performs collaborative hazard surveillance rounding at various locations throughout LVHN to proactively identify and address safety hazards and concerns. Responds to safety concerns, suggestions and complaints.
• Provides administrative support for environment of care regulatory compliance, including serving in leadership roles for Environment of Care and Emergency Management committees and applicable subcommittees.
• Development and delivery of emergency preparedness drills/exercises and completion of after-action reports
• Performs safety & injury prevention data trending, report generation and analysis for departments, companies and committees throughout assigned campuses.
• Collaboration with local, state, and federal emergency services and public safety partners

• Bachelor's Degree occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, environmental health and safety, occupational health, fire science, emergency services administration, engineering, political science, public administration/policy, healthcare-related science, emergency management, or a related field.
• 2 years Prior experience in occupational safety or emergency preparedness
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office and other software for preparation of reports, spreadsheets, flow charts, and graphic presentations.
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory standards and familiarity with occupational safety and environmental regulations.
• Knowledge of emergency incident management, fire safety education, and healthcare emergency preparedness program development.
• CHSP - Certified Healthcare Safety Professional - State of Pennsylvania Within 180 Days or
• CIH - Certified Industrial Hygienist - State of Pennsylvania Within 180 Days or
• CSP - Certified Safety Professional - Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) Within 180 Days or
• ASP - Associate Safety Professional - Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) Within 180 Days or
• COHN - Certified Occupational Health Nurse ABOHNI - State of Pennsylvania Within 180 Days or
• COHN-S-Cert Occupational Health Nurse Spec ABOHNI - State of Pennsylvania Within 180 Days

• 4 years Prior experience with regulatory compliance management in the fields of occupational safety, healthcare, code enforcement, or emergency services.
• CHEP-Cert Healthcare Emergency Prof IBCSM - State of Pennsylvania within 1 Year or
• AEM - Associate Emergency Manager IAEM - State of Pennsylvania within 1 Year or
• CEM - Certified Emergency Manager IAEM - State of Pennsylvania within 1 Year

Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Lehigh Valley Health Network is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with, and where applicable, in addition to federal, state and local employment regulations, Lehigh Valley Health Network will provide employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or other such protected classes as may be defined by law. All personnel actions and programs will adhere to this policy. Personnel actions and programs include, but are not limited to recruitment, selection, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, educational programs and/or social activities.

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