Description
Responsible for all aspects of the hospital's environmental safety programs (e.g., hazardous waste management which includes chemical, radioactive, and regulated medical waste). Supervises the resolution of all safety related incidents, including those involving employees, visitors, patients, and situations posing a threat to the hospital's buildings and/or equipment. Ensures compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements. Develops safety related policies and procedures to be used in the event of an internal or external disaster. May also have oversight for the physical safety function. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.