The Safety Officer is responsible for ensuring the prevention and monitoring of accidents around the Hospital premises for employees, doctors, patients, and visitors.
Workplace Safety
- Responsible for preventing workplace accidents through education, policy making, and adherence to guidelines set forth by regulatory agencies.
- Ensures that the workplace is safe from occupational hazards that may have a specialty, such as but not limited to radiation safety
- In charge of inspecting working conditions, educating employees, and taking proactive steps to keep the hospital safe and a healthy place to work and seek services from
Patient Safety
- Collaborates with Patient Safety and Quality Management team in setting protocols that are designed to minimize the risk of medical errors.
- Will be part of the response team when an error occurs, working to identify the origins of the error with the goal of preventing similar mistakes from happening in the future.
Health & Safety Standards and Environmental Controls
- Plans and develops accident prevention programs for the facility
- Directs the accident prevention efforts of the establishment in accordance with the safety programs, safety performance, and government regulations in order to prevent accidents from occurring in the workplace
- Conducts periodic safety meetings and submits reports as requested
- Responsible for preparing and submitting safety-related reports in compliance with DOH and DOLE regulations (and other government bodies)
- Provides necessary assistance to government inspecting authorities in the proper conducts of their activities and enforcement of provisions
- Reviews reports of inspection, accident investigations, and implementation of programs.
- Provides necessary assistance to government inspecting authorities in the proper conducts of their activities and enforcement of provisions
- Initiates and facilitates safety/OHS training for employees
- Develops and maintains a disaster contingency plan and organizes such emergency service units as may be necessary to handle disaster situations pursuant to the emergency preparedness manual.
- Conduct risk assessment and enforce preventative measures
- Create policies and conduct periodic reviews of existing policies and measures to ensure that policies are updated according to legislation
- Inspect premises and the work of personnel to identify issues or non-conformity (e.g. not using protective equipment)
- Oversee installations, maintenance, disposal of substances etc.
- Monitor unsafe acts or processes that seem dangerous or unhealthy and create and/or recommend safe alternative practices aligned with the concerned department
- Record and investigate incidents to determine causes and handle worker’s compensation claims
- Prepare reports on occurrences and provide statistical information to upper management
- Other duties that may be assigned or other ad hoc tasks and projects that may be assigned
Notification and Keeping of Accidents and/or Occupational Illnesses
- Determine and process reportorial requirements based on work-related accidents.
- Maintain and keep an accident or illness record which shall be open at all times for inspection to authorized personnel.
- Accomplish the Annual Work Accident/Illness Exposure Data Report in duplicate using the prescribed from DOLE/BWC/HSD-IP-6b, which shall be submitted to the DOLE.
- Evaluate type of Disability
- Determine employee-hours of exposure
- Measure the Injury/illness Experience
Requirements
- Graduate of a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Engineering or a healthcare related field
- Must have at least 5 years of related work experience, preferably in a healthcare setting.
- With training related to loss control management (48hrs), HIRAC (48hrs), BOSH (40hrs), etc.
- Must be an accredited Safety Officer (Level 3 – SO3) recognized by DOLE
- Willing to work in Arca South, Taguig City