Employee Safety and Patient Handling Coordinator

Core Job Responsibilities

• Acts as the subject matter expert in safe patient handling and employee safety programs, providing information and support to leaders and front line workers. Works closely with managers, employee health and workers’ compensation departments.
• Designs and develops training curriculum and provides both group and individual training related to employee and safe patient handling.
• Organizes and executes Safe Patient Handling and Employee Safety programs.
• Develops and manages policies, procedures and guidelines related to Safe Patient Handling and Employee Safety and Patient Mobility.
• Develops and monitors performance and quality metrics to track the effectiveness of employee safety and safe patient handling programs.
• Strives to reduce patient handling injury risk and achieve desired injury reduction outcomes. Utilizes best practices to drive improvement.
• Investigates employee safety and safe patient handling incidents, performs root cause analysis and makes recommendations on follow up actions.
• Makes recommendations on new safe patient handling equipment. Ensures that end users are properly trained on patient lift and other handling equipment, and promotes consistent use. Provides monitoring to assure equipment is available at point of care.
• Oversees the maintenance/repair, availability, and use of rehabilitation and mobility equipment. 

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

• Responsible for functions and program implementation related to patient mobility, including quality care delivery, therapy schedules, supervision of mobility techs, staffing levels, workflow and department resources. Collects and reports on program metrics.
• As a working therapist, provides patient care within the guidelines of state and professional agencies Scope of Practice.
• Coordinates new employee orientation and ongoing training for mobility staff to enhance clinical skills and knowledge. Ensures staff have the necessary resources, tools, and competencies.
• In partnership with leadership and Human Resources, provides input to or makes recommendations on employee hires, performance reviews, transfers, promotions, disciplinary actions, and terminations etc. Resolves grievances and other staff problems in a fair, timely and consistent manner also in partnership with HR.
• Performs other duties as required.