Occupational Safety & Environmental Health Coordinator

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the nation. We are a network of 11 hospitals, trauma centers, neighborhood health centers, nursing homes, post-acute care centers, and correctional health services. We are a home care agency and a health plan, MetroPlus. Our health system provides essential services to 1.4 million New Yorkers every year in more than 70 locations across the city's five boroughs. Our diverse workforce of more than 42,000 employees are uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services is one of the nation’s leading correctional health care systems in quality of and innovations to care, and access from pre-arraignment through compassionate release. In-jail services include medical, nursing, mental health, substance use treatment, social work, dental and vision care, discharge planning, and reentry support. In addition to providing direct patient care in the jails, CHS leverages the resources of the nation’s largest municipal health care system to help discharged patients successfully return to their communities. CHS is also a pivotal partner in New York City’s criminal justice reform efforts.

Shift Schedule: This position is part of a 24-hour operational department that runs Monday through Sunday. There are multiple openings available, and shift assignments may vary

Facility: Various Locations on Rikers Island

Under the general direction of the Director of Safety & Environmental Health, or designee, the Occupational Safety & Environmental Health Coordinator is responsible to lead initiatives related to incident response and reporting of workplace violence and staff occupational injuries. Conduct routine safety rounds in all facilities where CHS employees are located while identifying potential environmental safety hazards to the Department of Corrections (DOC) for mitigation. The Occupational Safety & Environmental Health Coordinator will engage with staff to identify safety gaps or environmental health concerns, provide on-going support and follow-up for staff involved in workplace violence incidents and/or who have suffered occupational injuries. This position serves as a central resource for safety education, incident response, and environmental risk mitigation across all CHS sites and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Respond on-site to serious incidents of workplace violence, occupational injury, or environmental hazards, to provide support, gather factual information and develop a detailed report of findings.
• Conduct post-incident well-being checks for employees who were involved in a workplace violence incident or who may have sustained a severe work-related injury.
• Assist in maintaining workplace violence, occupational injury, and other safety-related databases and logs.
• Compile workplace violence and staff injury reports for distribution to required entities.
• Performs regularly scheduled and unannounced walkthroughs of Rikers Island, community warehouses, outposted sites, and court-based facilities for the purpose of engaging staff to identify, document and address their workplace concerns in a timely manner.
• Conduct in-service education to healthcare personnel on safety procedures, including but not limited to situational awareness, workplace violence prevention, and emergency response actions.
• Represent CHS as needed in internal or external committees and workgroups where Safety representation or perspective is required.
• Implement and maintain safety standards and protocols that comply with local, state, and federal regulations. This includes conducting routine safety inspections and risk assessments to identify potential hazards.
• Other relevant assignments as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. A Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Public Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, or a related discipline, and one (1) year of full-time experience in an administrative capacity in business management systems, general administration, health care or medical/patient systems administration; or,

2. A Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university in Public Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, or a related discipline, and two (2) years of full-time experience in an administrative capacity in business management systems, general administration, health care or medical/patient systems administration.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• College Savings Program
• Union Benefits for eligible titles
• Multiple employee discounts programs
• Commuter Benefits Programs