Safety Director resume examples

• Managing highest volume store in the Baltimore district doing over $70 million in sales
• Piloted new merchandise replenishment .program.
• Lead store team consisting of more than 180 team members
• Recognized by RVP for turning around an opportunity store.

• Driving store operations in an 11 District region doing in excess of $5 Billion in sales.
• Leading 11 District Operation Managers and supporting RVP and 11 District Managers to deliver company profitability objectives.
• Leading all Safety and Hazmat compliance, investigations and training. Executed focus store programs to improve results.
• Managed WC and GL performance through trend analysis

• Led 4 Regional Managers in safety and shrinkage reduction operations in 292 stores throughout the Northeast Division.
• Developed a Loss Prevention team that was be able to execute the programs that delivered the shrinkage and safety goals.
• Rebuilt the partnerships between the Loss Prevention team and the stores and senior management teams.

• Leading a team of Loss Prevention professionals to deliver company shrink, safety, and hazmat metrics.
• Partnering with District and Store leadership to support sales and service
• Achieved outstanding results

• Supported store teams through exception report and CCTV investigations to minimize losses.
• Helped to create a safety culture at critical time in company history.
• Helped to develop the company awareness program.

• I was responsible for the safe and effective operation of the hyperbaric chamber(s) and related support systems.
• I was responsible for the day-to-day maintenance on the hyperbaric chamber(s) and related support systems.
• I was charge of all hyperbaric equipment, I was responsibility for the safe and effective operation and maintenance of the hyperbaric chamber(s) and related systems and ancillary components.
• I made the necessary recommendations for departmental safety policies and incorporate new safety procedures as appropriate.
• I was an active member of the hospital's safety committee.
• I had the authority to restrict or remove any potentially hazardous supply or equipment items from the chamber.
• I provided leadership and safety training to new hyperbaric facility personnel and continuing Education for current HBO Facility personnel.
• I was responsible for maintaining all facility safety-related standards as required by various licensing and regulatory agencies.
• I ensured the departments compliance with NFPA 99, chapter 20, Hyperbaric Facilities and with unit safety policies and procedures.
• I reviewed all department safety incidents, collect information regarding equipment/patient safety, reports relevant incidents to the staff, and periodically provide in-service training related to hyperbarics.
• I fostered a positive relationship between the department and local Fire Marshall, EMS Directors, and Pressure Vessel Inspector, as appropriate for my location.
• I Work closely with the Medical Director, Program Director, and Nursing Manager to develop and annually review/revise department policies and procedures and operation and maintenance documents.
• I conducted fire safety drill with all the department staff.
• I worked closely with Program Director and DCS Safety Committee to coordinate and approve all hyperbaric chamber upgrades, modifications, and repairs to the hyperbaric system, including interactions with hospital maintenance personnel and outside contractors, to ensure that all maintenance activities are done in accordance with appropriate safety standards.
• I ensured that the testing of all modifications is performed before manned pressurization.
• I evaluated hyperbaric chamber equipment/supplies used in the chamber and ensures that they meet all safety requirements before they are permitted inside the chamber.
• I was responsible for ordering and maintaining a par level for all usable medical supplies, as well as ordering all office supplies for the department.

• Oversees the daily administrative operations of the Emergency Medical Services Division
• Acted as the departments  Chief in his absence.
• Administers the daily field operations of the Emergency Medical Services Division.
• Supervises, trains, assists and evaluates performance of EMS Captain and Lieutenants.
• Assist the Chief in the management of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with licensing and certification requirements for all Emergency Medical Services Division staff (CPR, ACLS, PEPP, BTLS, EMT, and Paramedic).
• Ensures adequate coverage on shift by locating personnel to cover any vacancy which may arise due to leave, illness, resignation, etc., or by serving as an ALS AIC when necessary; coordinates with the Captain and EMS Sergeants to assure coverage.
• Works with EMS Captain to evaluate the 911 EMS system/services through a combination of data collection and direct observations as well as conduct research and analysis of current and future 911 EMS issues and trends for the continuous improvement of the program and Department.
• Oversees the management and maintenance of a database which tracks certifications and credentials of all emergency services personnel.
• Works with the EMS Training Lieutenant to coordinate training opportunities and assures personnel receive the appropriate training as required by their job descriptions and departmental needs as well as coordinating the evaluation of providers in the clinical and operational setting to assure core competency.
• Investigates EMS related complaints, grievances, infractions of County policy/procedures; recommends corrective actions to the Rescue Chief.
• Makes recommendations to the Rescue Chief and assists in the preparation of budgets for the Department.
• Serves as a liaison between the Department of Emergency Services, County Health Department, Mary Washington Hospital, Stafford County Fire and Rescue, Spotsylvania Fire and Rescue, Chancellor Fire and Rescue, the State regulating  agencies  with regards to training and quality assurance.
• Maintains sufficient administrative and operational supplies for the department with the assistant of the departments supply manager.
• Inspects EMS equipment and apparatus on a scheduled basis; identifies need for maintenance and/or repairs; may assign housekeeping tasks associated with EMS equipment and materials.
• Provides operational support in the field as a supplemental support unit/provider as assigned. Performs related work as required.

• I was responsible for assessing patient conditions and providing appropriate medical care as needed, such as establishing I.V. access, administering medication as needed, EKG interpretation, Ect.
• Transport Critical Care/ALS/BLS patients to and from residence, nursing homes, and hospitals.
• Maintain knowledge of streets, nursing homes, and hospital locations, in dispatch area.
• I was responsible for stocking and maintaining the ambulance, acclimating new employees to the company.

• Responsible for assessing patient conditions and provide appropriate care such as establishing I.V. access, administering medication as needed, EKG interpretation, Ect.
• Transport ALS/BLS patients to and from residence, nursing homes, and hospitals.
• Maintain knowledge of streets and hospital locations, in dispatch area.
• Responsible for stocking and maintaining the ambulance.
• Responsible for training new EMT-B's and EMT-P's on daily procedures, equipment and patient care.

• Responsible for the operations of region 1, which included 5 stations, and 1 dispatch center, with the assistance of station supervisors and assistance supervisors.
• My responsibilities too include, but not limited to making sure that all the paperwork from the station makes it to the corporate office, maintaining control of station spending, pursuing contracts for local facilities, and renewing current contracts, dealing with complaints from hospital/nursing home staff and the general public, and assessing the need to open or close stations, I advise the V.P of Operations if the need arises.

• Responsible for the day-to-day operation of Station-4 during my shift, I take care of the stations inventory; occasionally I work out of the Company's Headquarter and act as the Dispatch supervisor.

• Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the corporate headquarters.
• I maintain Payroll for the Wheelchair drivers, EMT's, and Paramedic that operate out of the station.
• Through junior officers, I maintain 9 ambulances, 5 wheelchair vans, 1 antique ambulance, 1 special vehicle (6 wheel Drive gaiter).
• I am responsible for making sure that the ambulances, wheelchair vans and the station are kept in operating order, With assistance of a supply officer, I make sure that the supplies for the station and the company are kept up.

• I was responsible for assessing patients conditions and provide appropriate care, such as establishing I.V. Access, administering medication as needed, EKG interpretation, etc.
• I had to maintain knowledge of streets and hospital locations in my dispatch area.
• Responsible for stocking and maintaining my assigned ambulance.
• Training of all new EMT's and Paramedic's on equipment and procedures, equipment, ad patient care 

• Responsible, for doing daily duty checks at the beginning of my shifts.
• Maintaining the medic unit with supplies, other duties include training all new EMT's.

• Manage the medical records for over 250 marines and naval medical personal.

• Responsible for assisting the RN's in assessing patient condition and providing appropriate care such as establishing IV access, blood draw for tests by the lab and maintain documentation on each patient, assisted MD in basic procurers such as suturing, wound debridement, assisted MD in placement of cast.
• Responsible for stocking and maintaining supplies in the ER.
• Responsible for training new Tech on daily operations and equipment in the ER.
• Responsible for instructing new RN's on proper operations of the equipment.

• Worked in the lab as a Phlebotomist, responsible for the blood draw in the ER and on the floors.

• Ensured and enforced timely and accurate reporting of all adverse events (AE). Team-analyzed safety incidents with stop gaps using the Root-Cause-Analysis methodology (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control)

•Built cross-functional relationships with hospitals' marketing team managers and vendor contacts to help ensure patients' safety regulatory requirements are met.

•Reviewed, screened, provided input into and approved safety related aspects of hospitals' contracts with vendors who are likely to encounter adverse events.

•Assisted in tracking the bedside performance of physicians and nurses to ensure safe talk and patient exceptional experience.

•Assisted the Chief Nursing Officer in coordinating the clinical safety programs and staff with reconciliation of practice and theory with usable data to build a virile Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E) practice matrix.

•Assisted with all aspects of the hospitals' risk management; Performed medical record reviews for the purpose of tracking potential trends in practice; Completed timely communication to physicians related to cases presented; Participated in studies and projects as assigned by the Vice President of Risk Management. Established a solid working relationship with hospital legal counsel.

Options Behavioral Hospital, Indianapolis, IN June 2013 to Current 

Director for Quality Performance Improvement and Risk Management 

Courses Taught: 

•BUS 211: Applied Ethics

•BUS 380: Organizational Development

•NUR 340: Ethical Theories in Health care

•BUS 413: Organizational/Leadership Theory

•Oriented and trained chaplains on health care spirituality and practice

•Cross-trained and worked extensively with the Organizational Ethics Committee to develop and teach bioethics education programs for health care professional. I identified opportunities in health care bioethics research that pushed us to develop learning packs, which improved our staff competencies in the use of advanced directives and end of life care. I maintained an effective clinical advocacy role/presence at codes, ensuring ethical standards, support for team members and family members.

• Policied and implemented a framework to improve internal reporting of Fall Risks, which subsequently increased the volume of recorded Risk Events (defined as key process control failures) by 80% following same period the year before.

• Designed and implemented a Risk Dashboard and escalation framework to report key risk issues which improved reporting by 82%.

Led compliance training for Staff on HIPPA, healthcare customer service, and patient documentation using Centricity.

At 125 Broad Street responded to fire emergencies. Conducted fire team training and fire drills. Stood by fire command station while The Plaza was closed for construction.

Monitored the fire command elevators. Did monthly inspections of elevators, floors, emergency exit stairs and fire extinguishers. Performed semi- annual fire drills for the complex. Performed monthly fire drills for Child Day Care Center.

Continuously monitored security cameras, elevator monitors and alarm systems..

Issued security badges and visitor passes to all guests.Checked passes and credentials of persons seeking to enter the property. Continuously monitored security cameras and alarm systems.