Safety and Security Coordinator

VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region is looking to hire a Safety and Security Coordinator to support all our locations. Are you looking to further your career in home health? Would you like to work for a caring and supportive medical company that values its employees
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This Safety and Security Coordinator position earns a competitive wage along with great benefits, including health, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, 401(k) plan with employer match, flexible schedule, continuing education tuition assistance, and CEU work courses.

Based in Vermont, we are one of the largest non-profit home health and hospice care agency that delivers a wide range of advanced medical care with compassion, dependability, and expertise to people of all ages. Our mission is to provide the best care for every person and to put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. We strive to give customized care to individuals with chronic diseases and conditions as well as those who need short- and long-term care.

For our services, we have been recognized as one of the nation's top 100 performing home health agencies by Home Care Elite.

• Provides agency-wide coordination and subject matter expertise for safety, security, workplace violence prevention, emergency preparedness, and related risk-management activities across all agency locations and field operations.
• Co-chairs the Agency Safety Committee, including coordinating meetings, developing agendas, reviewing safety trends, assigning and tracking action items, and monitoring completion and effectiveness of safety initiatives.
• Maintains the Agency Safety Event Log and monitors and trends employee and patient safety events, concerns, workplace violence incidents, injuries, vehicle incidents, and other safety-related occurrences to identify opportunities for prevention and improvement.
• Coordinates safety and security investigations, including information gathering, interviews, site assessments, identification of contributing and root causes, development of corrective and preventive action plans in collaboration with leadership, and follow-up to evaluate implementation and effectiveness.
• Coordinates and delivers staff safety and security education, including AVADE, pepper spray training, workplace and personal safety, active threat awareness, and new employee safety orientation.
• Coordinates agency-wide emergency preparedness activities in accordance with the Home Health and Hospice Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
• Coordinates safety drills including fire, evacuation, severe weather, active threat, and other required emergency exercises.
• Conducts routine safety rounds, environmental assessments, and security assessments at agency locations in collaboration with the facilities coordinator and other appropriate personnel; identifies hazards and vulnerabilities and provides recommendations to leadership for corrective action.
• Assists with maintaining agency compliance with OSHA, CMS, state licensing requirements, and accreditation standards related to safety and emergency preparedness.
• Responds to employee safety concerns and provides guidance and support to staff regarding safety and security concerns encountered in the field, including conducting co-visits with field clinicians as needed to assess and address identified safety concerns.

• A degree in Emergency Management, Occupational Safety, Public Safety, or related field preferred. Equivalent combination of education and experience considered.
• Three to five years of experience in healthcare safety, emergency preparedness, security, risk management, law enforcement, EMS, military, occupational safety, or related field.
• Experience providing staff education and coordinating organizational safety initiatives preferred.
• Experience with healthcare regulatory compliance preferred.
• Valid State Driver's license required. Ability to successfully pass pre-employment driver record, criminal, adult and child abuse background check/review required.
• AVADE Instructor certification or ability to obtain
• Pepper Spray Instructor certification or ability to obtain

This position offers flexible hours, we at the VNA value work-life balance. Our clinicians have autonomy in their position to create their daily schedule to meet the needs of their clients, allowing the flexibility to…