What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President Teammate Health & Safety (Remote) position at Advocate Aurora Health?
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10620 Advocate Aurora Health Corporate - Employee Health
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Major Responsibilities
- Integrates and harmonizes all teammate health and safety policies and procedures across the enterprise, inclusive of resources, infrastructure, program creation and deployment, benchmarking, data analytics, and communications.
- Ensures new hire and ongoing programs support the culture of zero-harm, teammate engagement, and the science of safety principles (effective communication, awareness, high reliability, team member safety initiatives) including materials regarding key safety, employee injury prevention topics, and occupational safety and health topics as required by OSHA and accreditation standards.
- Develops, implements, and evaluates enterprise-wide teammate health and safety programs. Designs, evaluates, and implements comprehensive strategies, procedures, policies, and programs to improve health program effectiveness, ensure adherence to state and federal regulations, and mitigate risks.
- Provides strategic direction for health programs that ensures continuity, standardization, and best practices for a safe environment for patients and caregivers throughout Advocate Health.
- Implements technology across the enterprise to create a more seamless and efficient experience while enhancing tracking capabilities.
- Creates and promotes a culture of health throughout the organization. Ensures ongoing education and training to encourage teammate health and safety awareness. Promotes proactive and preventive health activities to ensure program requirements are met consistently and injuries are reduced.
- Works in collaboration with leaders to integrate best practices, establish health goals, and communicate and reinforce health and safety policies and procedures. Directs teams to identify and mitigate organizational issues related to employee health.
- Directs readiness initiatives and manages and performs site audits to ensure regulatory compliance, verify health requirements are implemented and evaluate the effectiveness of programs.
- Develop and implement risk reduction strategies and tactical plans to support a culture of zero-harm that includes accountability measures and follow-up.
- Collaborates with worker's compensation in the monitoring of loss claims and advises affiliates in the handling of claims. Develops strategies, policies, and processes to improve the worker's compensation experience and to reduce costs and cases.
- Develops and executes clinical strategies to achieve key clinical, service and efficiency requirements by leveraging key data. Ensures adherence to and assists in the achievement of clinical performance outcomes and measurements utilizing a collaborative process that focuses on commitment, performance improvement, and the use of best practices.
Minimum Job Requirements
Education
Typically requires a bachelor's degree in nursing or related field.
Certification / Registration / License
Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
Work Experience
Typically requires 10 years of experience in health care related experience. Includes 5 years of management experience in management of staff, budgets, and multiple employee health services and safety functions with multi-site accountability.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Preferred Job Requirements
Education
Master's degree in nursing, public health, or related field.
DISCLAIMER
All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position. Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders.
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About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.
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