CHT Safety Coordinator

MultiCare Health System; Spokane (WA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking health care network dedicated to providing a true sense of belonging. As a Certified Hyperbaric Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the safe operation of hyperbaric equipment and fostering a secure environment for patients and staff. This position not only involves technical expertise but also requires a service-oriented mindset and the ability to make informed decisions. With a commitment to safety and quality care, you will collaborate with medical personnel and contribute to the overall mission of promoting health and healing in the community. Embrace the opportunity to grow and thrive in a supportive workplace.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Competitive salary

Paid time off

Medical and dental benefits

Retirement benefits

Qualifications

• Responsible for safe operation of hyperbaric equipment and emergency preparedness.
• Ensures safety standards and provides leadership in training.

Responsibilities

• Operates hyperbaric chambers safely and maintains related systems.
• Coordinates safety policies and trains hyperbaric facility personnel.

Skills

Customer Care

Safety Coordination

Hyperbaric Equipment Operation

Emergency Preparedness

Education

Certification as a Hyperbaric Technologist

CPR Certification

Safety Director Training Course

Job description

You Belong Here.

At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

FTE: 1.0, Shift: Day, Schedule: 0700-1530

Position Summary

Certified Hyperbaric Technician, is responsible for the high quality and safe operation of hyperbaric equipment and the integrity, safety, security, and emergency preparedness of the HBO room and overall program. This individual is responsible for courteous, efficient customer care, operating independently, under limited supervision. Work situations are varied and require initiative, analysis, interpretation of information from a variety of sources, a service-oriented individual, and the use of discretion and good judgment in decision-making. Internal contacts are primarily within the work group but may also include patient care staff. External contacts include patients, physicians, and outside health care facilities and agencies who work with the patient and patient's family.

The role of Safety Coordinator, in addition to HBO technician duties, is responsible for safe and effective operation and maintenance of hyperbaric chambers and related systems and ancillary components. He/she works closely with facility management and department medical personnel to ensure highest quality of safety for patients, staff, and visitors. He/she makes recommendations for safety policies and incorporates new safety procedures as appropriate. The Safety Coordinator assists in setting agenda and education for hyperbaric patient panels; provides leadership and safety training to other hyperbaric facility personnel; and maintains all facility safety-related standards as required by various licensing and regulatory agencies and supports clinical hyperbaric facility accreditation.

Requirements

• Additional education for safety coordinator within 1 year of hire consists of course in NFPA 99 or safety director training course completion


• OR certified and/or licensed clinician (e.g. EMT, Respiratory Care Practitioner, LPN, RN, etc.)


• Certification as a hyperbaric technologist (CHT); or certified within 1-year of hire


• Current CPR

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

• Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers
• Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
• Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
• Employee-centric: Named Forbes "America's Best Employers by State" in 2023
• Technology: "Most Wired"health caresystem 15 years in a row
• Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
• Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn.

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $27.07 - $41.22 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant's years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.