Program Leader II, Workforce Health & Safety

Northwestern Medicine; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Program Leader II for Workforce Health & Safety to plan, support, and coordinate the employee programs across the health system. This role emphasizes data-driven improvement, reporting, and cross‑functional collaboration to advance safety and well‑being initiatives.

The position requires strong communication, analytical skills, and the ability to manage complex projects with internal and external stakeholders within NMHC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across diverse groups.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning, support, and coordination of employee programs for the health system.
• Develop and report departmental metrics to measure programs and opportunities.
• Lead complex projects and collaborate with internal departments and external partners to deliver measurable results.

Skills

Analytical skills

Effective communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Description

TheProgram Leader II,Workforce Health & Safetyreflectsthe mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

TheProgram Leader II is responsible for providing planning, support, and overall coordination of the employee programs for the health system.

Responsibilities:

• Possesses strong oral and written communication skills. Effectively communicates and collaborates with all layers of management and employee groups in diverse settings.
• Maintains employee inquiries, requests or reports and responds in a timely and considerate manner.
• Acts as a technical and informational resources for the department running reports and applying rigorous analytical skills in support of improvement projects.
• Effectively communicates and builds data process solutions.
• Support the creation, development, measurement and report of departmental metrics to measure key programs and opportunities.
• Possesses strong attention to detail and superior organizational skills to track progress, monitor timelines and provide administrative support for department initiatives.
• Adapts behaviors and work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, customer needs and team building.
• Builds trust with customers and team members.
• Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Designs, develops, implements and evaluates the continuous improvement of departmental programs.
• Leads complex projects involving internal departments and external partners by engaging stakeholders, managing workplans, and delivering measurable results.
• Other duties as assigned.

Addendum 1 – Program Leader II, Workforce Health & Safety

• Routinely monitors employee injury data for a designated division, department, or service line. Meets with
• leadership and staff routinely to develop and recommend measures for assuring safe practice/behavior.
• Recognizes and anticipates hazardous or unsafe practices. Identifies solutions (training, alternative products,
• change of practice) when unsafe behaviors or potential for injury is present.
• Provides professional and consultative support (i.e. professional advice, recommendations, evaluations,
• inspections, development, or hands-on assistance) to assure that safe work practices, procedures, and
• policies follow best practice, in addition to, all pertinent regulatory, accreditation, and licensure standards.
• Enforces compliance with safe practice, policies, and regulatory requirements related to occupational health
• and safety
• Coordinates collection, compilation and reporting data from resources within NMHC, as necessary, to
• effectively track metrics related to occupational health and employee safety.
• Maintains accurate documentation related to NMHC’s occupational health and employee safety programs (i.e.
• Employee Injury Reports, OSHA Injury Logs, Safety Data Sheets, training records, etc).
• Promotes occupational health and employee safety activities by actively participating in various hospital and
• system-wide committees, implementation teams, and other task force teams as assigned.
• Keeps current on legislation, regulatory changes, code changes, maintains knowledge of current and
• emerging issues and trends in areas of specialty. Participates in regulatory processes, surveys, inspections as
• needed.
• Applies rigorous analytical skills and persuasive leadership skills to projects and initiatives.
• Supports overall Workforce Health and Safety for the system while collaborating with Leaders, Regional
• Managers and Program Leads and other key stakeholders.
• Specific program oversight is assigned by manager and could include, but is not limited to the following:
• Provide support on Workforce Health and Safety system, SafetyNet, and work with the third-party
• programmer to ensure enhancements and or break/fixes are completed timely and on budget.
• Coordinate/liaison with Occupational Health partners to collaborate on projects, improve processes, and
• coordinate mass vaccination clinics.
• Provide support during integration and alignment of Workforce Health and Safety programs for acquired
• or merged companies.
• Assist with Workforce Health and Safety policy updates.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Analytical skills
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proven software competencies (MS Office Suite)
• Ability to travel to designated NM locations

Preferred:

• N/A

Equal Opportunity

Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Background Check

Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events.

Please refer to the Benefits Eligibility by Employment Classification to determine benefits eligibility for job postings.

If sign-on bonus is included in a job posting eligibility is as followed:

Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign-on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position as a Registered Nurse at NM may be eligible.