Safety Manager

Job Description:\n\nPERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS: In the performance of their duties, all Haak'u Health (HH) employees are expected to uphold the organization's mission, values, and commitment to excellence by: · Maintaining the highest standards of patient confidentiality and privacy in accordance with HIPAA and all applicable federal, state, tribal, and organizational requirements. · Demonstrating professionalism, integrity, and ethical conduct in all interactions and decision-making, consistent with healthcare industry standards. · Fostering respectful, honest, and collaborative relationships with patients, families, colleagues, vendors, and community partners. · Promoting a culturally respectful, inclusive, and compassionate environment that honors the traditions, values, and diversity of the communities served while supporting HH's mission and strategic goals. · Complying with all Haak'u Health policies, procedures, regulatory requirements, and accreditation standards. · Maintaining accountability for quality, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and ethical practice while contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and organizational excellence. POSITION PURPOSE The Safety Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing Haak'u Health's comprehensive healthcare safety program. The position's primary focus is to protect patients, employees, visitors, contractors, facilities, and organizational assets by identifying hazards, reducing risk, promoting safe work practices, and maintaining compliance with applicable OSHA, CMS, AAAHC, federal, state, tribal, and organizational requirements. The Safety Manager leads emergency preparedness, fire and life safety, and workplace violence prevention activities and provides administrative oversight of security staff and services. ESSENTIAL DUTIES, FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES Healthcare Safety Program Management · Develop, implement, evaluate, and continuously improve an organization-wide healthcare safety program based on identified risks, regulatory requirements, and current best practices. · Serve as the organization's subject-matter resource for occupational safety, OSHA requirements, environment-of-care standards, and healthcare safety practices. · Conduct workplace safety inspections, risk assessments, and compliance audits throughout clinical, administrative, public, and support areas. · Identify unsafe conditions and work practices; establish priorities, assign corrective actions, and track findings through completion and verification. · Develop, review, and maintain safety policies, procedures, plans, checklists, and program documentation. · Collaborates with Infection Prevention for environment-of-care rounds, and other support areas as assigned. Occupational Safety, OSHA, and Hazard Control · Coordinate occupational safety programs, including hazard communication, bloodborne pathogens, respiratory protection, personal protective equipment, injury and illness prevention, ergonomics, electrical safety, and other applicable standards. · Maintain required safety records and logs; collaborate with Human Resources, Employee Health, Infection Prevention, Quality, Facilities, and department leaders to support accurate documentation and timely follow-up. · Lead or coordinate investigations of employee injuries, exposures, accidents, near misses, environmental hazards, and other safety events using appropriate root cause and systems-analysis methods. · Recommend and monitor corrective and preventive actions using the hierarchy of controls, including elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment. Environment of Care, Regulatory Compliance, and Quality Improvement · Oversee safety considerations related to the physical environment, utilities, equipment, hazardous materials and waste, fire and life safety, construction or renovation activities, and safe access to care areas. · Maintain documentation and survey readiness for accreditation surveys, regulatory inspections, and internal audits; coordinate timely responses and corrective action plans. · Partner with Quality, Clinical Services, Nursing, Infection Prevention, Facilities, Human Resources, and other departments to integrate safety into operations, patient care, and organizational decision-making. · Use incident reports, inspection findings, injury data, staff concerns, and other measures to identify trends, evaluate program effectiveness, and support evidence-based quality improvement. Emergency Preparedness, Fire/Life Safety, and Education · Coordinate emergency preparedness and continuity activities, including hazard vulnerability analysis, emergency plans, drills, exercises, after-action reviews, and improvement plans. · Oversee fire and life safety activities, evacuation procedures, emergency equipment checks, and required employee education in coordination with Facilities and emergency response partners. · Develop and deliver orientation and ongoing education on workplace safety, hazard recognition, incident reporting, emergency procedures, workplace violence prevention, and assigned safety responsibilities. Security Program Oversight and Administration · Provide administrative oversight of security staff and contracted security services, including staffing, schedules, training expectations, performance management, and administering corrective action to security staff as needed in accordance with organizational policy and Human Resources guidance. · Ensure general security operations support a safe healthcare environment, including access control, patrol coverage, visitor management, incident response, workplace violence prevention, and coordination with law enforcement or emergency responders when needed. · Review safety and security data, communicate risks and trends to leadership and committees, maintain program records, and prepare or manage assigned budgets and resources. · Actively participate in organizational committees and initiatives that support healthcare safety, regulatory compliance, emergency management, risk reduction, and continuous improvement; perform other duties as assigned. MINIMUM MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS: Education: Associate degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health and Safety, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Emergency Management, Nursing, or a closely related field required. A bachelor's degree is preferred. An equivalent combination of relevant education and directly related safety experience may be considered. Experience: Minimum two years of progressively responsible experience in occupational safety, healthcare safety, environment of care, emergency management, regulatory and accreditation requirements, or a related field required. Experience in employee supervision, performance management, corrective action, workplace investigations, employee relations is preferred. Healthcare experience and at least one year of supervisory or program leadership experience are also preferred Certifications and Training: OSHA 30-Hour General Industry training required. FEMA Incident Command System training and CPR/BLS are preferred or must be completed within a timeframe established by Haak'u Health. Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), or a comparable safety certification is preferred. Maintain the ability to safely perform the essential functions of the position, complete required safety training, and meet applicable fitness-for-duty requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation. MANDATORY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES & OTHER QUALIFICATIONS: · Knowledge of occupational safety, occupational safety standards, healthcare environment-of-care requirements, hazard identification and control, emergency preparedness, fire and life safety, and workplace violence prevention. · Ability to interpret regulatory and accreditation requirements and translate them into practical policies, procedures, education, audits, and corrective action plans. · Skill in conducting safety inspections, risk assessments, incident investigations, root cause analyses, and follow-up verification. · Ability to analyze safety data, identify trends, prepare clear reports, manage projects, and present recommendations to staff, committees, and leadership. · Strong leadership, communication, coaching, organizational, and collaboration skills, with the ability to promote accountability and a nonpunitive culture of safety. · Knowledge of healthcare operations, patient and employee safety considerations, confidentiality requirements, and culturally respectful practices in a tribal healthcare setting. · Ability to provide effective administrative oversight of security staff and general security functions without serving as the organization's primary law-enforcement resource. · Proficiency with Microsoft Office, incident reporting systems, safety documentation, and performance reporting; ability to make sound decisions and coordinate resources during urgent events. POSITION PREFERENCES · Bilingual in English and Keres. · Experience working with Indian Health Services (IHS), Tribal organizations and rural healthcare systems. · Experience with AAAHC accreditation, occupational safety compliance, healthcare quality improvement, and environment-of-care programs. · Native American Preference WORK ENVIRONMENT: Physical Requirements: Work is performed in office and healthcare environments and throughout the HH campus and outdoor areas. The position requires regular movement between clinical, administrative, public, and support spaces and may involve potential exposure to environmental hazards, bloodborne pathogens, hazardous materials, and infectious diseases when established controls are followed. The Safety Manager must be available to support emergencies, urgent safety concerns, drills, inspections, and occasional after-hours activities. Evening, weekend, on-call, or extended hours may be required based on organizational needs. This position requires the ability to regularly stand, walk, sit, bend, stoop, kneel, reach, climb stairs, and move throughout the healthcare campus to complete inspections, rounds, training, and emergency preparedness activities. The incumbent must be able to respond promptly to safety events and coordinate an appropriate organizational response. The employee must be able to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull up to 25 pounds and may assist with moving safety equipment or supporting emergency preparedness activities. Frequent computer use, prolonged sitting, driving or riding in organizational vehicles, and review of safety or security systems may be required. Vision, hearing, and verbal communication must be sufficient to review records and equipment and communicate effectively with patients, visitors, staff, contractors, and emergency response partners, with or without reasonable accommodation. Mental Demands: There are a number of deadlines associated with this position. The employee must also multi-task and interact with a wider variety of people on various and, at times, complicated issues. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER/PREFERENCE Haak’u Health is an equal opportunity employer and hires individuals for vacant positions solely upon the basis of their qualifications for the job which they have applied. It is the policy of Haak’u Health to grant preference in employment to qualified Indians and to provide special consideration to qualified Pueblo of Acoma citizens.\n\nCompany Description:\n\nHaak'u Health Center, formally Acoma/Canoncito/Laguna (ACL) Clinic is now hiring! Please consider joining the Haak'u Health Center team.

Haak'u Health Center, formally Acoma/Canoncito/Laguna (ACL) Clinic is now hiring! Please consider joining the Haak'u Health Center team.