EH&S Specialist I - Occupational Safety & Environment of Care (OSEC)

Position Summary

For this position, the incumbents primary assignment will be with the EH&S Occupational Safety & Environment of Care Team. This Team is responsible for compliance with occupational safety regulations, such as OSHA, as well as hospital specific standards, such as the Joint Commission. The incumbent must have a basic knowledge or experience of occupational safety and OSHA standards. Programs under the Occupational Safety & Environment of Care Team include responding to and conducting indoor air quality investigations, conducting industrial hygiene exposure monitoring, performing respiratory fit testing, conducting accident/incident/occurrence investigations, performing ergonomic seated workstation evaluations, performing risk assessments, conducting hazard surveillance inspections and surveys, and participating in the hospitals hazard communication and hazardous materials and waste management program, including handling, storage and disposal of hazardous materials and waste, conducting daily/weekly chemical waste pick-ups, apprising hospital staff of proper disposal procedures, conducting Satellite Accumulation Area inspections, ensuring proper container labeling, marking, handling and shipping, and overseeing lab packing and removal operations.

For this position, the incumbents primary assignment will be with the EH&S Occupational Safety & Environment of Care Team. This Team is responsible for compliance with occupational safety regulations, such as OSHA, as well as hospital specific standards, such as the Joint Commission. The incumbent must have a basic knowledge or experience of occupational safety and OSHA standards. Programs under the Occupational Safety & Environment of Care Team include responding to and conducting indoor air quality investigations, conducting industrial hygiene exposure monitoring, performing respiratory fit testing, conducting accident/incident/occurrence investigations, performing ergonomic seated workstation evaluations, performing risk assessments, conducting hazard surveillance inspections and surveys, and participating in the hospitals hazard communication and hazardous materials and waste management program, including handling, storage and disposal of hazardous materials and waste, conducting daily/weekly chemical waste pick-ups, apprising hospital staff of proper disposal procedures, conducting Satellite Accumulation Area inspections, ensuring proper container labeling, marking, handling and shipping, and overseeing lab packing and removal operations.

The EH&S Specialist will work independently and as part of a team to prioritize multiple projects. These tasks will require the employee to work at multiple locations serviced by the UMass Chan Medical School (UMass Chan) EH&S Department, including UMass Chan and UMass Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC).

• Assist with inspections, evaluations, surveillance surveys & audits of labs, patient care areas & construction areas
• Assist with risk assessments, incident, and injury investigations
• Assist with collecting airborne, surface and personal exposure samples using monitoring equipment or badges
• Assist with performing accident, incident and injury investigations
• May assist with industrial hygiene exposure monitoring
• May assist with maintaining chemical inventories and safety data sheets as part of the medical centers hazard communication program
• May collect and handle hazardous and non-hazardous chemical and pharmaceutical wastes from designated collection areas, assist with proper segregation and labeling of chemical waste, transport hazardous waste to main storage rooms, and assist with preparing hazardous waste for disposal
• Assist with conducting drills and exercises
• Support the creation and preparation of checklists for compliance inspections
• Conduct inventory of safety supplies and par levels
• Assist with response to urgent/emergent calls, questions or requests of lower acuity incidents
• Assist with triaging issues & concerns, report back to supervisor, provide suggested response/follow-up to supervisor, and apply appropriate follow-up
• Assist with data collection, research, and…