Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

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Job Title Environmental Health and Safety Specialist Location Cleveland Facility Fairview Hospital Department Continuous Improvement Admin-Clinical and Operational Improvement Job Code T28106 Shift Days Schedule 7:00am-3:30pm Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. On our team, you will provide stellar care at one of the top healthcare organizations in the nation.

As an Environmental Health and Safety Specialist, you will plan, develop, and implement comprehensive environmental health and safety programs to protect caregivers, visitors, and patients from recognized environmental, safety, and health hazards. Under general supervision, you will support organizational safety initiatives and promote a safe environment through hazard prevention, risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance.

A caregiver in this role works Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., with off-hours and weekend work as needed. Travel requirements are approximately 25%.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Use qualitative and quantitative analyses of products, systems, operations and activities to identify hazards and establish programmatic plans and goals.
• Identify events, likelihood of occurrence, severity of results, risk and cost.
• Collaborate with others during the preparation of risk assessments and associated action plans.
• Participate in accident and incident investigations.
• Provide consulting services to internal customers regarding safety, health and environmental hazards, controls, and regulatory standards (EPA, OSHA, DOT, NFPA, TJC, ODH, CMS and others).
• Develop and conduct training programs.
• May be responsible for one or more Joint Commission Environment of Care management plans.
• Conduct audits of facilities and operations to ensure Environment of Care requirements are met.
• Collect, analyze and maintain EHS data.
• Maintain appropriate records for operational processes and regulatory agencies and submit required documents by established deadlines.
• Manage direct reports or indirect personnel resources to achieve departmental and organizational goals.
• Manage budget and contracted services as appropriate.
• Act as a member of the Emergency Response Team.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in occupational safety, industrial hygiene, hazardous materials management, environmental science, one of the physical sciences, or a related field
• Valid State driver’s license
• Three years of experience in a Healthcare or safety field

Preferred qualifications for the ideal caregiver include:

• Master's degree
• Certification as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and/or other safety certification

Physical Requirements:

• Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
• Ability to lift and transport up to 25 pounds.
• May require extended periods of standing, walking, or sitting.
• Good visual acuity through normal or corrected vision.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

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