STGi is seeking qualified candidates to work full-time as a qualified Occupational Health and Safety Specialist IV or Administrator for Federal Occupational Health (FOH).

Duties and Responsibilities as listed in the contract:

The Environment of Care (EC) Safety Officer works closely with the Quality and Performance Improvement (QPI) Program Manager (PM) to provide oversight and guidance for FOH in the areas of:  

Safety and security -physical environment, access to security-sensitive areas, equipment recalls and smoking.  Hazardous materials and waste – risks associated with chemicals, radioactive materials, hazardous energy sources, hazardous medications, and hazardous gases and vapors. Fire safety (Life Safety) – risks from fire, smoke, and products of combustion. Medical equipment management – selection, testing, maintenance, and contingencies when equipment fails. Utilities – inspection and testing of operating components, control of airborne contaminants, and management of disruptions.

Job Specific Duties and Responsibilities:  

Quality & Safety

Participates in annual policy reviews and makes recommendations for changes and updates. Identifies needs for new EC and Safety policies, SOPs or LOPs. Drafts EC and Safety polices, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and competencies. Develops necessary training or communication tools to ensure understanding of all policies and SOPs. Performs and oversees performance improvement/quality site visits, and reports deficiencies to QPI PM, FOH Deputy. Medical Director, and Chief of Clinics, with plan for correction regarding EC and safety issues. Utilities Management to include:  evaluation of emergency power and utility failure contingency. Assists in the performance of clinic on-site inspections using FOH's site survey inspection tool. Reviews all safety events the focus on EC and Safety issues and completes appropriate corrective action/follow up to events.  Provides report to Risk Manager Participates in performance improvement initiatives as directed by QPI PM and Director of Quality in collaboration with the QPI team.

Service Operations

Provides leadership for the FOH EC and Safety Program. Intervenes whenever environmental conditions pose an immediate threat to life, an immediate threat to health, or pose a threat of damage to equipment or buildings. Manages risk and coordinates risk reduction activities that impact sites across the FOH occupational health provision network. Oversees the identification, collection, and mitigation of environment of care (EC) incidents including: deficiencies, problems, failures, user errors, near misses, sentinel events, and opportunities for improvement. Creates, manages, evaluates, and maintains the FOH EC Master Plan and the FOH Equipment Management (EM) Plan. Develops performance improvement evaluation criteria and collects performance improvement data to identify the priority of performance improvements and process changes for EC and EM related activities. Identifies, understands, and interprets requirements that apply to EC and emergency management Reviews and monitors the FOH equipment selection process and makes recommendations to the FOH Medical Director for process improvements that facilitate proper equipment selection and mitigate risk. Evaluates and assesses the existing conditions, operations, and practices at FOH to determine the general compliance with FOH designated national health care quality organization EC and Emergency Management standards.         Identifies improvement opportunities and generates process changes to facilitate performance improvement of the safety, security, and patient care environment  Collects, tracks, analyzes, and distributes information about recalled equipment Works in multidisciplinary setting to conduct risk assessments related to EC and EM Coordinates and facilitates all performance improvement initiatives related to the EC in the various FOH service areas Coordinates with Chief of Clinics (CCS) and the Regional Clinic Managers (RCMs) in the opening, moving, closing clinics working with QPI team on space design and/or other EC factors Performs periodic on-site clinic inspections focusing on EC and EM issues Provides all requests for new EC supplies and equipment to the QPI PM and FOH Medical Director.  Requests must be submitted with research completed and supporting justification of need. Intervenes whenever environmental conditions pose an immediate threat to life, an immediate threat to health, or pose a threat of damage to equipment or buildings. 

Customer Service

Identifies customer needs and provides solutions as directed by the QPI PM.       Assists in the preparation of customer satisfaction survey (EC and safety data) in a summary report for the QPI PM.         Collects and aggregates EC and Safety data from clinic site surveys.

Procurement

Reviews EM data for compliance with FOH policy, designated national health care quality organization standards, and industry best practices for new and existing durable medical equipment.         Advises service areas and FOH operations on quality and safety considerations regarding EM to include selection, risk mitigation safety, maintenance, inspection and testing.         Serves on technical evaluation panels as requested.

Metrics

Aggregates EC and EM raw data from each service areas into standardized reports to monitor quality and performance.         Assists each Service Director (SD) or their designee with establishing standardized metrics across the organization to improve EC, EM, and service operation safety.         Assists the SD in assessing trends across all operations and developing innovative and effective operational strategies to improve efficiency of service operations and accomplish FOH and Service Division objectives.          Organizes and collects data for data calls and/or other deliverables for assigned EC and safety tasks