Director Workplace Violence Prevention Program

General Summary of Position

Accountable for the administration of Med Star Health's Workplace Violence Prevention Program (WVPP) throughout the system. Provides leadership for entity representatives overseeing workplace violence prevention, contractors hired to provide workplace violence prevention training, and administration of systemwide workplace violence prevention initiatives. Develops and recommends program goals and plans to system executive leadership. Oversees the assessment, planning, development, implementation and evaluation of learning and development programs that mitigate workplace violence, enhance workplace safety, or otherwise support the mission, vision, and SPIRIT Values of Med Star Health.

In conjunction with executive leadership, human resources, nursing, physician practice, security, and informatics teams, develops and supports tools that facilitate the risk assessment for workplace violence that create a safe environment free of violence. Through data collection and analysis, guides and recommends development of best practices, education, and compliance with external regulatory and accreditation standards, in addition to providing data for purposes of influencing governmental actions on violence prevention in healthcare settings.

• Administers the Med Star Health Workplace Violence Prevention Program. Leads system wide assessment, planning, development, execution, and evaluation of interventions to mitigate violence. Assesses needs and risk through formal and informal data collection approaches to determine process, technology, facility, and educational gaps.
• Contributes to budget planning and resource allocation. Provides budget management and oversight for the program. Serves as a resource to WVPP entity champions on the system WVPP committee. Oversees Med Star's relationships with external workplace violence prevention consultants, contractors, experts, and advisors.
• Prioritizes patient safety in the prevention of violence. Partners with system leaders and experts to create and implement appropriate, evidenced based clinical assessment tools that facilitate identification of patients and populations at risk for violence. Utilizing healthcare best practices, facilitates the development and implementation of clinical processes, tools, and education that both stratify risk of violence and address the needs of populations and individuals at risk for violence in patient care settings.
• Leads efforts to ensure associate safety through violence mitigation. Collaborates with system leaders in security, emergency management, environment of care, and facilities to ensure physical infrastructure that maximizes associate safety. Utilizes nationally accepted assessment tools to identify facility and system risk while working with system leaders to address opportunities. Implements industry best practices in facility safety related to workplace violence prevention.
  
  Works with internal and external stakeholders in the effective violence prevention training of special police/security officers.
• Spearheads education in workplace violence prevention. In partnership with system education leaders, creates and implements long range training programs to address workplace violence prevention, including programs in recognizing and preventing escalating behaviors, verbal and physical de-escalation, self‑defense, and safe restraint. Coordinates courses, dates, logistics and other associate training activities. Ensures implementation and management of annual required training. Evaluates outcomes and effectiveness of learning offerings.
• Collaborates with system security leads to ensure training that meets regulatory requirements while ensuring the safety of special police/security officers and those with whom they interface. Directs contract education efforts to ensure system workplace violence prevention goals are met or exceeded, while ensuring sustainability and value.
• Collects and utilizes data to drive interventions and outcomes. Works with occupational health, quality and safety, security, human resources, and informatics leaders to maximize the accurate and…