Safety Specialist

**Job Description**:
**Position**:Safety Specialist

**File #**:2024-39038

**Status**:Full Time

**Role Level**: Professional Group (PG09) $38.24 to $47.85 per hour

**Dept/Health Program**:People Safety, People Support

**Site**:All THP Sites

**Hours of Work/Shift**:37.5 Hours per week (Monday to Friday, must be flexible)

**Posted**:September 12, 2024

**Internal Deadline**:September 19, 2024

Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, and the Reactivation Center at Humber Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

Our Mission**:A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community**

Our Values**:Compassion, Excellence, Courage**

Our Goals**:Quality, Access, Sustainability**

Our Enablers**:People, Education, Innovation, Research**

**Position Summary**:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Gain a thorough understanding of all operational environments at THP as it pertains to employee safety.
- Develop partnerships and work collaboratively with all internal and external partners and participate in related committees (e.g., joint health and safety committees, emergency management committee), working groups (e.g., workplace violence) and meetings as required for successful program deployment and sustainability.
- Provide core occupational hygiene and safety services to support health and safety programs and policies including but not limited to occupational hygiene investigations, hazard identification risk assessments, air sampling, noise monitoring, spill and emergency response, selection and use of personal protective equipment, occupational health and safety training, etc.
- Develop, communicate, implement, and sustain occupational health and safety programs, audit and evaluate programs, and use audit results to revise existing programs to ensure compliance with legislative requirements.
- Provide support in the management and maintenance of construction and contractor health and safety policies including participation in activity permit assessment process, construction site hoarding evaluation reviews, project site decommissioning and pre-occupancy inspections, contractor occupational health and orientation, and other related activities as required.
- Proactively identify workplace hazards such as biological, chemical, and physical agents; evaluate the potential for staff exposure to these workplace hazards and assess the risk to staff and others within the organization; assess the need for interventions to comply with occupational health, safety or environmental laws; and determine control measures to eliminate or mitigate the risk to employees and the organization.
- Review staff, professional staff, learner and volunteer health and safety incidents and conduct investigations to determine root cause(s) and recommend corrective actions to ensure effective and sustainable controls.
- Provide ongoing education, advice, consultation and support to leadership and individuals as it relates to all operational and continuous improvement matters involving health and safety.
- Develop and deliver end user documentation and health and safety training as required.
- Monitor and analyze trends and keep apprised of new or revised legislation to maintain and enhance current plans, policies and procedures; anticipate the impact of changes on the organization and promote legislative compliance and best practices.
- Track and report on key metrics for monitoring work and safety performance.
- Improve operational efficiency by identifying and recommending new or improved policies and procedures as they relate to health and safety.
- Report to legislative bodies as required and represent THP in dealing with government representatives and enforcement agencies such as the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training, Skills and Development, Ministry of Health & Long Term Care, Transport Canada, Public Health Ontario, and Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. Coordinate the Hospital’s response to any orders or requirements received.
- Perform other duties related to the position as required.

**Key Qualifications**:

- Post secondary level education in a relevant discipline from a recognized academic institution.
- Minimum three (3) years of relevant experience in occupational health and safety, including management of health and safety programs.
- Must be currently eligible to become certified or already be certified by the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals as a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) or Canadian Registered Safety Technician (CRST).
- Health and safety experience in a healthcare setting considered an asset.
- Specialization in occupational hygiene, ergonomics or other related fields cons