Safety Manager

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values – integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion – must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

At Bridgeport Hospital, we are committed to providing quality medical care and treatment that is coordinated and centred on the patient's specific needs. We strive to achieve benchmarks as a Patient Centered Medical Home and provide health care in a setting where patients are at the centre of their care team. All employees of Bridgeport Hospital are part of the patients care team and contribute to the team approach of promoting access, continuous, comprehensive care and work to provide quality improvement in the care provided to their patients.

Responsible for the leadership, direction and management of the Security Department, Visitor Assistance Officers (VAOs), and EMS.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

• Schedules, coordinates, conducts, evaluates, and documents all hospital fire drills that are required by the State Fire Safety Code and the JC and CMS Conditions Of Participation.
• Responds to all Fire Alarm notifications during regular working hours and documents accordingly.
• Coordinates vendors to perform the Inspection, Testing, and Maintaining (ITM) of all fire extinguishers according to the Joint Commission/NFPA, IRI, and UL criteria.
• Represents BH in the Emergency Management Safety and Security Committee (EMSSC) and on the Fire sub-committee.
• Assists and advises area or department representatives in rectifying inspection exceptions and fire protection-related problem solving.
• Along with the Hospital's Fire Protection Insurance carrier, conducts annual NFPA, IRI, and UL discharge performance tests of all fire pumps.
• Responsible for the supervision of monthly and annual visual inspections of all hand‑held fire extinguishers and standpipe hose racks throughout the Hospital in accordance with NFPA standards.
• Responsible for the training of personnel to perform said inspections, as well as being responsible for replacing any faulty fire extinguishers and having those extinguishers serviced by an outside contractor.
• Conducts plan reviews for code compliance of all architectural and mechanical construction documents, regardless of size, for hospital renovation and construction projects.
• Participates as a lead in the Environment of Care (EOCC) Rounds process providing specific expertise in the fire safety area.
• Prepares a written report concerning the observation while conducting regular inspections including EOCC rounds.
• As an EOCC Member, provides monthly reporting of Key Performance Indicators related to the Safety Management Plan of each year.
• Conducts regularly scheduled hazard surveillance inspections throughout all public, mechanical, office and other related spaces.
• In collaboration with Engineering conducts regular progress inspections of all new construction and renovation projects to ensure compliance with pre‑approved, code‑compliant construction plans.
• In collaboration with Engineering evaluates as appropriate, all scheduled Impairments and shutdowns of fire suppression and detection systems.
• In collaboration with Engineering inspects, as necessary, all site locations of active fire suppression and detection systems impairments.
• In collaboration with Engineering schedules, coordinates, and reports on the annual and special inspection visits of the Hospital's property loss insurance carrier's representatives and field engineers.
• Reviews, summarizes as necessary, and circulates the reports resulting from insurance carrier and regulatory agency inspection visits.
• Provides bi‑monthly Life Safety Management and quarterly Safety Management reports to the committee, as required by the JC.
• As necessary, performs fire investigations (Not "Cause & Origin") to resolve any fire incidents throughout the Hospital.
• Routinely follows a problematic fire/life safety condition, which is in need of constant supervision until completely resolved.
• Is responsible for the coordination and implementation of all required…