Vice President - Teammate Health & Safety

October 30

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Advocate Aurora Health

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Health Care • Hospitals • Outpatient Care • Clinical Trials • Scientific Research

10,000+ employees

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💰 $10.2M Grant on 2019-08

Description

• Integrates and harmonizes all teammate health and safety policies and procedures across the enterprise. • Ensures new hire and ongoing programs support the culture of zero-harm, teammate engagement, and the science of safety principles. • 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. • 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. • 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. • Develop and implement risk reduction strategies and tactical plans to support a culture of zero-harm. • 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.

Requirements

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in nursing or related field. • Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices. • 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. • Advanced knowledge of state and federal regulations, handicapped discrimination laws, and hospital/clinic accreditation agency requirements. • Advanced knowledge of current occupational and employee health best practices. • Advanced knowledge of development and trends in health care practices. • Ability to work and function in a complex corporate system environment. • Ability to build teamwork and trust for employee health programs. • Strong people skills are essential as well as strong oral and written communication skills and a proven record of collaborating effectively with all levels of employees, management, executives, and other organizations to address difficult and controversial issues. • Demonstrated advanced consulting skills and ability to effectively develop, implement, and apply organizational strategies to address complex sourcing, recruitment, and business challenges.