LTD - Safe Patient Hand Coord - Environmental Health & Safety - Limited

UCI group; California; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

UCI Health is seeking a Health System Safe Patient Handling (SPH) Training Coordinator to support SPH programs and staff training across clinical areas.

The role focuses on implementing SPH strategies, coaching teams, evaluating equipment and workflows, and ensuring compliance with SPH legislation while collaborating with Nursing, Rehab and other departments to foster a safe patient handling environment.

Qualifications

• Strong organization and problem-solving skills.
• Customer service skills appropriate to the job.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Degree in Nursing or related healthcare field.
• 3 years experience in SPHM or early mobilization programs.
• Ability to communicate in person with a wide range of people in a professional manner.

Responsibilities

• Assist in oversight of SPH programs as assigned.
• Develop, coordinate and train staff in SPH practices.
• Implement SPH strategies and provide coaching across units.
• Conduct regular rounding of clinical areas and be available to patient care areas.
• Establish SPH peer champions at unit level to promote best practices.
• Evaluate equipment and environment to reduce SPH risks and improve safety.
• Track SPH legislation and ensure Health System compliance.
• Collaborate with Nursing, Rehab, Lift Team and other patient handling stakeholders UC-wide.

Skills

Organization skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Who We Are

UCI Health is one of California's largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health - Orange, UCI Health - Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties.

Who We Are

UCI Health is one of California's largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health - Orange, UCI Health - Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties. As Orange County’s only academic health systems, UCI Health is home to the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center based in the county, the region’s only American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, American College of Emergency Physicians Gold Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department and a nationally recognized regional burn center verified by the American Burn Association. Powered by UC Irvine, UCI Health serves 5.6 million people across Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County through excellence in patient care, research and medical education.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary

The Health System Safe Patient Handling (SPH) Training Coordinator is responsible for assisting in oversight of Safe Patient Handling (SPH) programs as assigned. Responsibilities include: developing, coordinating and training staff, implementation of SPH strategies, regular rounding of clinical areas and availability to patient care areas to provide coaching and continually foster a "safe patient handling" environment; implement unit level SPH peer champions; evaluate ways to reduce risks associated with patient handling, including evaluation of equipment and the environment, review of accident and injury reports; tracking advances in SPH technology and making recommendations for UCI Health System; track SPH legislation and insure Health System compliance; collaborating with other UC campuses to contribute to a coordinated SPH program UC-wide. Works collaboratively with various stakeholders: Nursing department, Rehab, Lift Team, and other departments with patient handling responsibilities.

Required Qualifications

What It Takes to be Successful

• Must demonstrate strong organization skills and problem solving skills
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Degree in Nursing, Physical Therapy, PTA, Occupational Therapy, OTA, or related healthcare related field
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to communicate in person, with a wide range of people in an effective professional manner
• 3 years experience in SPHM or early mobilization programs

Preferred Qualifications

• Occupational health and safety experience conducting safe patient handling risk assessments, product evaluations, and/or injury prevention program development, implementation, and training in a hospital based setting
• Experience in adult education
• Certified Safe Patient Handling Professional (CSPHP)

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions Of Employment

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment
• Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Closing Statement

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy.

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at [e-mail] or at [phone], Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization