NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

Purpose of Position:
This position is to support the Safety Director in the development and implementation of the hospital safety program by overseeing the hospital hazardous materials and waste program and coordinating response to hazardous materials emergencies as well as conducting incident investigations and data analysis.

Duties and responsibilities:
1. Provide the oversight to the hospital hazardous material and waste management including the development and implementation of hospital policies and programs; and work with consultants and vendors to manage the waste and disposal and work with department to improve compliance.
2. Develop and implement hazardous material emergency response plan; maintain documents to ensure regulatory compliance including regulatory filing pertaining HAZMAT activities.
3. Administrate the hospital respiratory protection program; conduct personal exposure monitoring for hazardous chemicals and take action to
4. Investigate employee complaints; conduct risk assessments; respond to emergencies; and preform clean-up for hazardous material spill
5. Participate in safety rounds and regulatory surveys or inspections; develop plan of corrections for deficiencies.
6. Coordinate with HR to ensure that PESH (OSHA) SH900 Log is maintained accurately and kept current, and assist in investigating and evaluating employee accidents and incidents to determine those events that meet the criteria for PESH recording and corrective actions. Prepare reports for various hospital committees or as requested.
7. Design and maintain databases and perform analysis and prepare summary reports and statistics for Safety and Environmental Surveillance rounds, including tracking for corrective action/resolution of identified problems.
8. Prepare agendas and take minute of the Environment of Care and other committee meetings, and ensure that all records and supporting documents are received and filled. Distribute minutes and relevant documents.
9. Conduct employee training on various topics and attend committee meetings as assigned.
10. Assist in development and implementation of hospital policies and programs and maintain a safe and supportive environment of care.
11. Provide administrative support to the Safety Director and assume other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications
1. Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Emergency Management, Disaster Management,
Public Health, Public or Business Administration or a related discipline; and three (3) years of experience in
emergency preparedness planning and management, or environmental and occupational health and safety or
other directly related experience in a healthcare environment; or
2. Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in disciplines, as listed in #1 above; and four
(4) years of experience, as described in #1 above.
3. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Independent Study courses IS-100, 200, 700 and
800.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs