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Manager Employee Health and Safety

UnityPoint Health


Job Location:

Cedar Rapids, IA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 13 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 10 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview

UnityPoint Health is seeking aManager Employee Health & Safety to join our team! This position will help our team members do what they love by relentlessly pursuing prevention of illness and injury by partnering with our team members to promote a culture of healthy and safe behaviors creating an easy team member centered experience and ensuring excellent team member centered care after injury or illness. The Manager for Employee Health & Safety is responsible for carrying out this vision for their region of UnityPoint Health.

Hours: Monday-Friday standard business hours

Location: Onsite - this position covers both the Waterloo IA and Cedar Rapids IA markets. Applicants must reside in one of these areas.

Why UnityPoint Health

At UnityPoint Health you matter. Were proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Beckers Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities no matter what life stage youre in. Here are just a few:

  • Expect paid time off parental leave 401K matching and an employee recognition program.
  • Dental and health insurance paid holidays short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
  • Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.

And we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

Performance Improvement:

  • Lead Team Member Health & Safety activities for UnityPoint Health in the region by:
  • Pursuing prevention of illness and
  • Partner with leaders and team members to build a culture of healthy and safe
  • Create an easy team member-centered
  • Ensure excellent team member centered care after injury or
  • Increase quality improve service and reduce costs
  • Implements administers and maintains processes to ensure standardization and efficient operations.
  • Analyze and evaluate existing systems and process to identify opportunities to identify efficient activities while promoting team member health and safety.
  • Promotes improves and maintains team member health and safety.
  • Accountable for regions compliance with regulatory agencies such as OSHA DNV CMS State Workers Compensation division.
  • Coordinates team member injury statistics analyzes trends and pursues solutions to prevent further injury.
  • Create and deliver team member health and safety presentations as assigned.
  • Provide direction to ensure programs and services comply with highest of UPH standards for both health and safety.

People Leadership and Management:

  • Oversees day to day operations of the Team Member Health & Safety(TMHS) teams within the applicable region to ensure achievement of organizational and departmental goals
  • Balance team and individual responsibilities; be open and objective to others views; give and welcome feedback; contribute to positive team goals; and put the success of the team above own interests.
  • Lead the TMHS team using UPH Leadership Essentials Know and Show they matter Lead the way coach and grow make it happen.
  • Ensures assigned function(s) in the TMHS Department are performed in accordance with federal state and/or hospital requirements.
  • Schedules and monitors new staff orientation and ongoing education for successful job performance.
  • Conducts annual performance appraisals for assigned team members.
  • Ensures departmental policies and procedures and job descriptions are current.
  • Monitors FTEs operational and capital budget for the department.
  • Investigates budget variance and initiates corrective actions when necessary.
  • Provides guidance to the organization on matters related to protected health information management.
  • Supervises team by motivating mentoring coaching and providing guidance to team to deliver high-quality cost-effective services.
  • Facilitates the ongoing learning well-being professional satisfaction and development of staff through training work assignments increased responsibility and mentoring.
  • Keep apprised of leading department practices for implementation within UPH.
  • Provides direct supervision and leadership to staff to ensure effective efficient operations optimizing performance and continually improving quality in a vastly changing health care environment
  • Presents data strategies and progress towards goals in various governance management forums.
  • Develops procedures and policies for the operation of department process and team members.
  • Maintain regular and consistent communication with team members and leaders.
  • Share concerns with and/or escalate team issues to the leadership as appropriate
  • Establish foster and maintain positive relationships with team members UPH departments and external customers.
Qualifications

Education:

  • Required: Bachelors degree in Nursing Occupational Health & Safety Public Health Healthcare Administration Health Sciences or related field
  • Current RN preferred

Experience:

  • 2 Years experience required in the following:
    • Healthcare experience
    • Progressive leadership experience
    • Previous experience in employee safety programs.
  • Some experience preferred in the following:
    • Previous experience in employee health or employee infection prevention programs.
    • Previous experience with project management program development worker compensation and/or OSHA.

License(s)/Certification(s):

  • Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) preferred

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Required Experience:

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