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Position Summary
- The Occupational Health & Safety Representative is responsible to administer occupational health and safety programs in compliance with federal, state and local regulations and established policies. Provide assistance to the Occupational Health & Safety Manager in the day to day operations of the department. In addition, due to the cross-functional sharing of knowledge that is required, this role requires flexibility to learn other areas within the organizational structure.
Principal Accountabilities
- Standards of Performance: Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Collaboration, Stewardship, Accountability, Quality
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, human resources, healthcare administration or related field.
Licenses and Certification
- PHR certification or OSHA certification preferred
Experience and Skills
- Technical: One (1) year of work experience in a related field.
- Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety and other legal protections afforded by Workers’ Compensation and other applicable laws
- Excellent attention to details, problem solving and organizational skills
- Interpersonal/human relations skills
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
Physical Activities
- Intermittent hand manipulation required
- Intermittent lifting and carrying of 50 lbs.
Role Specific Responsibilities
- Communicates with employees regarding their needs for Workers’ Compensation.
- Ensures that employees are aware of their responsibilities to provide documentation including gathering required paperwork.
- Maintains complete and accurate records of return to work, fit for duty and light duty accommodation requests in accordance with specified legal requirements and documentation of best practices.
- Preserves confidentiality of employee medical documentation and files.
- Maintains knowledge of all applicable Workers’ Compensation and accommodation laws including and state and local laws.
- Perform customer service functions by answering employees’ requests and questions.
- Serves as a resource to managers, physicians and staff.
- Assist employees with the incident reporting process and appropriate follow up actions as needed.
- Assist OHS staff with maintenance of documentation regarding all occupational incidents and exposures as required by SIH policy, the state and federal regulation.
- Data entry and communication of information to appropriate external partners involved in occupational cases.
- Documenting lost and restricted workdays accurately in case documentation.
- Compile monthly injury statistics for Metrics, EOC, KPI. Complete regulatory documentation and programs.
- Provide assistance and research support to manager and employees on Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Health and Safety.
- Schedules meetings by reserving facilities.
- Create new employee leave files, scan papers and documents into appropriate leave software and files.
- Assist with or prepare correspondence.
- Work with Leave & Absence Representative in exchange of case information for FML, ADA, LOA and other areas of collaboration within the department.
- Coordinates Annual Vaccine and Immunization Programs, including but not limited to TB testing, Influenza Immunization, Color Blind Testing, Fit Testing.
- Assists with outbreak and safety investigations. Collaborates with Safety Specialists and Infection Prevention Staff.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Keeps current with industry trends and other pertinent information on each benefit program assigned.
Compensation (Commensurate with experience):
$20.59 - $31.91To access our Benefits Guide/Plan Information, please click the link below:
http://www.sih.net/careers/benefits
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