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Safety Coordinator at WellPower - Administrative | Swiftcruit
LOCATION: This role is located in Denver, CO and the incumbent will work a hybrid work schedule (a few days on-site and the rest of the week working from home). This role is not eligible for 100% remote/out of state work.
POSITION SUMMARY: The Risk Management department within WellPower is seeking a full-time Safety Coordinator to join our growing team. The position will include coordination, implementation, and expansion of safety programs across the entire organization.
WellPower is a large, well-established, innovative, and vibrant community mental health center that provides outpatient mental health services to individuals recovering from serious and persistent mental illness. WellPower is rapidly expanding and adding services to their portfolio. The safety coordinator position will help the Risk Management team in providing support in development and implementation of safety programs and procedures to support our current and new service offerings. This position will primarily focus on supporting our residential and community-based teams.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Develop safety programs & procedures including development and maintenance of safety captain manuals, with expansion of these items into the residential and community-based teams.
Hold regular site-specific safety captain meetings and begin having these meetings with residential and community-based teams.
Train safety captains on using WellPower safety tools (e.g. AlertMedia, panic buttons, overhead paging system, emergency door locks, emergency response checklists) and address deficiencies as needed, with expansion of these items into the residential and community-based teams, as appropriate.
Identify safety improvement opportunities, compliance concerns, and possible safety risks by conducting frequent audits.
Assist in identifying adverse safety trends and help develop plans to address them, collaborating with the appropriate Program Managers, Directors, and Vice Presidents.
Assist Associate Director of Safety and Business Continuity and other organizational leaders in addressing union representatives concerns regarding safety, when requested.
Assist in managing, auditing, investigating, and responding to safety related Confidential Incident Reports (CIRs).
Assist with facilitating and supporting annual drills including active threat, fire and severe weather drills.
Support Risk Management’s efforts to ensure compliance with organizational safety program expectations and applicable federal and state laws.
Manage the security video surveillance system, including (but not limited to) trouble shooting camera errors, reviewing incident footage, and supporting WellPower staff with use of the system.
Develop urban safety programs and initiate outreach to other local organizations in collaboration to support these programs.
Serve as liaison between WellPower and local police departments, and emergency response departments, as appropriate.
Assist with management of WellPower’s Disaster Response Team, including being an active member of the team and participating in community meetings and exercises.
Assist in responding to contacts made to the Risk Management phone line and email address.
Complete administrative duties and special projects, such as participation in presentations, research, program development, and other related projects as requested by the manager.
Assist in maintaining an environment of well-being using the equity lens and trauma informed principle.
Other duties, as assigned.
EXPERIENCE:
Minimum 1 year of health, safety and/or environmental related experience.
Able to maintain confidentiality in matters involving safety, security, and/or personnel issues.
Experience with OSHA regulations.
Frequent local travel between sites in the city of Denver is required.
Experience working in behavioral health field is a plus.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in a safety or security related field.
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
Highly organized, flexible, reasonable, and creative. Able to effectively manage large and complex workload. Ability to plan, prioritize, and schedule multiple work tasks.
Excellent documentation skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Comfortable and skilled at presenting to groups and leading meetings.
Ability to build positive relationships with others and to work in an integrated team environment and with different teams in different Denver locations.
Enthused by a work culture that focuses on teamwork, collaboration, staff well-being, and a recovery focused, trauma-informed care approach to treatment of those we serve.
Ability to work with large degree of independence.
Ambitious, self-starter that is excited by program development opportunities and challenges that accompany a new position.
Demonstrates interest in behavioral health and wellbeing.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
None
PHYSICAL REQIUREMENTS:
Ability to sit, stand, bend and reach, drive, operate standard office equipment such as phone, computer, facsimile, copier/printer, and other business machines. Occasional lifting up to 40 lbs.
BENEFITS:
Competitive salary.
Comprehensive benefits package.
Opportunity to work for one of the premier community mental health centers in the US.
Great team environment that highly encourages work/life balance.
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