Employee Safety Specialist - Clinical Risk and Workforce Safety - Full Time - Days

ProMedica is a locally-owned, nonprofit health system providing quality health care services to 27 counties in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. We’re a network of hospitals, physicians, health care professionals, researchers, and specialty clinics and facilities. We offer a full range of diagnostic, medical, and surgical specialties in areas such as emergency medicine and trauma, heart and vascular, oncology, orthopedics, neurology, women’s services, and children’s services.

Position Summary: 

The Employee Safety Specialist will implement and coordinate the proactive employee safety and health program, including loss provention. This includes, but is not limited to, worker accident investigations, facility inspections, regulatory compliance monitoring, support to safe patient handling program and other safety initiatives that will ultimately result in a reduction of employee injuries.

*This position will sit at the Steam Plant building located at ProMedica Headquarters in downtown Toledo, but will be required to travel between all ProMedica facilities.  
 

• Bachelor's degree in related field; Master's degree preferred 
• Minimum of 5 years experience in a safety related field 
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) preferred (can be obtained after hire)
• Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Training and certification to be completed upon hire if not already certified

The above list of accountabilities is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by the incumbent; it should not be considered exhaustive.

ProMedica is a mission-based, not-for-profit integrated healthcare organizational headquartered in Toledo, Ohio.  For more information, please visit www.promedica.org/about-promedica.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, familial or marital status, genetics, or any other legally protected category. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a job with ProMedica, please contact employment@promedica.org.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug-Free Workplace