Environmental Health and Safety Specialist III KFHHP

Independently develops implements and oversees strategies and programs to enable compliance with applicable federal state and local Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) regulatory requirements and organizational EH&S and Workplace Safety (WPS) policies and standards. Contributes to the success of Environmental Health and Safety programs through implementation evaluation monitoring and enhancement. Contributes to employee safety and protection through independent implementation of Environmental Health and Safety programs and training efforts. Ensures highquality service by resolving standard issues and acting as a resource on EH&S and WPS matters. Recognizes and assesses hazards and risks by developing and implementing best practices for identifying analyzing documenting and communicating standard and nonstandard workplace environmental health and safety risk trends. Prepares highquality analysis and reports regarding the state of environmental health and safety. Ensures risk control by interpreting general guidelines to promote workplace safety and compliance and evaluate the effectiveness of measures to improve workplace safety outcomes.

• Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources information advice and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to seeks and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Pursues selfdevelopment; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change challenges and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
• Completes work assignments autonomously by applying uptodate expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Collaborates crossfunctionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports identifies and monitors priorities deadlines and expectations. Identifies speaks up and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.
• Adapts to and learns from change challenges and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes.
• Collaborates crossfunctionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information.
• Independently adheres to compliance standards by: independently developing implementing and overseeing strategies and programs to enable compliance with applicable federal state and local Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) regulatory requirements and organizational EH&S and Workplace Safety (WPS) policies and standards; serving as a liaison for all EH&S regulatory accreditation and grant agency inspections and surveys (e.g. The Joint Commission TJC Environmental Protection Agency EPA Division of Occupational Health and Safety DOHS Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA State Fire Marshall state and public health county inspections) identifying downstream impacts for compliance; independently upholding Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures and Principles of Responsibilities; independently planning scheduling and contributing to best practices for the completion and submission of regulatory reports within appropriate time frames; and identifying opportunities for process improvements to allow for efficient and effective compliance.
• Supports training and continuous learning about Environmental Health and Safety by: actively seeking training and development opportunities and integrating learning and feedback into daily work tasks and strategies; independently presenting safety education and training programs for management and staff (e.g. proper use of tools procedures and safety measures; environmental hazards and risks); and conducting competency assessments to measure and ensure training effectiveness.
• Completes work assignments autonomously by applying uptodate expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives.
• Listens to seeks and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members.
• Engages in safety practices by: ensuring employee safety and protection by independently educating employees leaders and other key stakeholders on employee safety; independently reporting investigating and analyzing employee safety incidents as needed; independently conducting safetyrelated activities for all employees; and independently implementing changes to the employee safety program.
• Plans and schedules work related to Health and Safety programs independently by: implementing environmental health and safety programs; conducting standard and nonstandard assessments and analyses to evaluate health and safety programs under minimal supervision; and making significant recommendations to enhance existing programs based on analyses and observations.
• Identifies speaks up and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.
• Supports identifies and monitors priorities deadlines and expectations.
• Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources information advice and expertise with coworkers and members.
• Recognizes and assesses hazards and risks by: independently developing and implementing best practices for standard and nonstandard assessments and data analysis to identify workplace environmental health and safety risk trends; preparing highquality analysis and reports regarding the state of environmental health and safety; and engaging in standard communication and documentation to enable tracking/trending of safety information independently using appropriate software and tools.
• Contributes to risk control by: independently implementing changes that promote workplace safety and compliance (e.g. accident prevention hazardous materials management fire/life safety); and gathering input from internal stakeholders to evaluate the effectiveness of implemented changes on workplace safety outcomes.
• Pursues selfdevelopment; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples.
• Contributes to highquality service by: independently responding to complaints and resolving standard and nonstandard issues escalating as needed; and acting as a consultant/resource for local administration managers physicians and staff on standard Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) and Workplace Safety (WPS) matters (e.g. environmental management industrial hygiene safety).
• Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Environmental Health and Safety Natural Science Engineering Emergency Management or related field AND Minimum three (3) years of experience in environmental health and safety risk management or directly related field OR Minimum six (6) years of experience in environmental health and safety risk management or a directly related field.

• Healthcare Environmental Manager Certificate within 24 months of hire OR Industrial Hygienist Certificate within 24 months of hire OR Health Safety Professional Certificate within 24 months of hire OR Safety Professional Certificate within 24 months of hire OR Associate Safety Professional Certification within 24 months of hire

• Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery; Risk Management; Compliance Management; Safety and Environmental Health Management; Employee Training; Employee/Labor Relations; Work Process Design; Computer Literacy; Adaptability; Member Service; Safety Trend Analysis; Compliance; Ergonomics; Emergency Preparedness; Safety and Environmental Health Knowledge; Employee and Physician Safety

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Employee Status:

Regular

Travel:

Yes 10 % of the Time

Job Level:

Individual Contributor

Job Type:

Standard