Safety Officer

Summit Hospital; Frisco (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Anthony Summit Hospital in Frisco, CO is seeking a Safety Officer to develop, coordinate, and monitor programs ensuring compliance with TJC EC, EM, OSHA, and NFPA standards. You will oversee hazard communication, investigations, and reduction efforts, and serve as on-site security contact and contract liaison.

The role requires strong regulatory knowledge, program development skills, and experience implementing safety standards while managing vendor relationships within a healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Safety/Safety Management or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three to five years of experience in Emergency Management, Occupational Safety, and/or Fire Safety.
• A minimum of one year within a healthcare organization.
• Experience in interpreting and implementing OSHA, TJC, and state health statutes.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, monitor, and report on TJC EC programs across facilities under the hospital's license.
• Oversee EC rounds and risk assessments; collect and evaluate safety information and hazards.
• Make timely changes or corrections when safety issues are identified.
• Manage Emergency Management program: training, disaster-related activities, and exercises.
• Maintain Hospital Safety Manual and Emergency Operations Plan and annexes; ensure periodic reviews.
• Coordinate safety programs for orientation, mandatory education, and regulatory training for staff.
• Maintain data and documentation for EC and EM programs.
• Monitor compliance of safety surveys and report progress to EC and EM committees.

Skills

Emergency Management

Occupational Safety

Fire Safety

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Safety

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Safety Officer, you will develop, coordinate, and monitor programs to assure compliance with requirements of The Joint Commission (TJC) Environment of Care (EC), Emergency Management (EM), OSHA, and NFPA.

Every day you will oversee hazard communication, injury investigations, and reduction efforts, manage life safety education and fire drills, and serve as the on-site security contact and facility contract liaison.

To be successful in this role, you will possess strong expertise in safety and regulatory compliance (TJC, OSHA, NFPA), excellent program development and coordination skills, and the ability to effectively monitor and enforce safety standards while managing vendor relationships.

• Development, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of TJC Environment of Care programs for facilities under the hospital's license. Assesses hospital performance as it relates to the EC and EM standards and identifies areas for improvement. Works with leadership and associates to implement changes.
• Manages information, collection, and evaluation as it relates to the EC standards. Routinely manages the process to collect and evaluate information about hazards and safety practices, which include environment of care rounds and risk assessments.
• Assesses problems identified, implements changes, and documents process. The safety officer is responsible for making immediate changes or correcting problems when appropriate.
• Manages the EM program by monitoring, evaluating, developing, training, and/or conducting all disaster-related activities.
• Manages and maintains the Hospital Safety Manual and Emergency Operations Plan and related Annexes. Ensures that all policies in safety manual and EOP are revised or reviewed by appropriate departments according to hospital and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinates safety programs for orientation, mandatory education, accident prevention, TJC, and other regulated and required education for all facilities and staff under the hospital's license.
• Maintains all data and documentation relative to the EC and EM program.
• Monitors departmental compliance of required safety surveys or safety regulations. Provides the EC and EM committees with progress reports of all standards as required.

Job Requirements

Required

• Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in the Safety/Safety Management or equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in Emergency Management, Occupational Safety, and/or Fire Safety.
• A minimum of one (1) year within a healthcare organization
• Experience in comprehending, interpreting and implementing the requirements of regulatory agencies such as OSHA, TJC, State health statutes regulating Safety and Environmental Health.

Where You'll Work

St. Anthony Summit Hospital is a Level III trauma center serviced by Flight For Life Colorado. We are nationally recognized as a multiple-time recipient of the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Experience, and we were named a Top 100 Hospital in the U.S. by IBM Watson Health in 2018. We also are a Pathway to Excellence-designated hospital, recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as being one of the best hospitals for nurses to work. We provide a full range of medical specialties and health care services to Summit County and the surrounding region, including surgical, emergency/trauma, critical care, birth center, orthopedics, breast care, digital mammography, breast MRI, radiology and imaging, infusion therapy, nuclear medicine, cardiology, oncology, Summit Sleep Disorders Center, Ear Nose and Throat (ENT), gastroenterology and Total Joint Replacement. We proudly provide convenient care where you live, work and play - that's why visitors and residents alike can count on us for emergent and urgent medical services. In addition to 24/7, Level III emergency care at St. Anthony-Summit Hospital in Frisco, we have three emergency mountain clinics at the base of the Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Keystone resorts, as well as urgent care and primary care available from CMG High Country Healthcare clinics in Frisco, Breckenridge and Silverthorne.