INTRODUCTION

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Life Safety and Environment of Care Specialist with Mission Hospital McDowell you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

NOTE: ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS MAY VARY BY LOCATION.

Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the Mission Hospital McDowell family! We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic Life Safety and Environment of Care Specialist to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential!

JOB SUMMARY AND QUALIFICATIONS

Responsible for understanding, interpreting, developing, and implementing Life Safety, Fire Safety and Environment of Care regulations (EOC), guidelines, and best practices consistent with hospital objectives and requirements of federal, state, and local regulatory agencies; licensing agencies; accrediting and certifying organizations; and professional standards across the Hospital and its associated ambulatory properties.

Essential Functions:

• Ensure compliance with EOC regulatory, accreditation standards, and safety regulations. Plans, organize, and manage the Life Safety program, Fire protection function and EOC throughout the Hospital. Maintaining a constant state of readiness.
• Documentation of compliance in all areas as well as ensuring training and competencies are in place as needed for employed and contracted parties.
• Ensure compliance with all Life Safety and Fire regulatory and accreditation standards. Ensures quality control procedures are executed to monitor all aspects of regulations.
• Coordinates audits of health and safety programs within the Hospital to ensure environment, health and safety compliance.
• Coordinates and participates in fire and life safety and general safety related investigations, complaints and/or problems; including building code compliance inspections and policy enforcement.
• Researches and reviews federal, state, and local regulatory rules, standards, and guidelines.
• Provides technical assistance to fire alarm and fire suppression designers, contractors, architects, and engineers regarding fire and life safety issues.
• Provides leadership for activities that promote compliance with federal, state and local agency safety regulations.
• Directs grounds maintenance and employees.
• Provides leadership in hospital space allocation planning.

About this position: This position will support 2 facilities in Mission Health System: Mission Hospital McDowell in Marion, NC and Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine, NC. The person who accepts this position will be expected to float between facilities as needed but either facility could be used as the primary location.

WHAT QUALIFICATIONS YOU WILL NEED:

• Required Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience ten (10) years related experience in healthcare management.
• Required License: Must have a valid NC driver’s license or procure one within 30 days of employment unless an out-of-state commuter, at least two years of satisfactory driving experience and be at least 18 years of age to meet the Mission Health established insurance guidelines
• Required Experience: 1 year
• Preferred License: CHFM Certification, Extensive Knowledge of NFPA 101 and 99
• Preferred Experience: Experience with state, federal and Joint Commission standards and regulations. Familiarity with OSHA requirements. Previous experience in healthcare facility services a plus.
  Mission Hospital McDowell is a community hospital with 25+ beds, including five labor and delivery suites, serving McDowell County. Located in Marion, North Carolina, we offer many specialties, including family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, orthopedics, urology, obstetrics and gynecology, and walk-in, non-emergency care at Mission My Care Now McDowell. Five of Mission Hospital McDowell’s primary care practices have been recognized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as Rural Health Clinics. We have received many awards, which include Leapfrog Group Best Performer for pediatric head and pediatric body CT imaging, and an A grade for Patient Safety. Mission Hospital McDowell is a member of Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare.
  HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
  “There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
  HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
  Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Life Safety and Environment of Care Specialist opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!
  We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

• Ensure compliance with EOC regulatory, accreditation standards, and safety regulations. Plans, organize, and manage the Life Safety program, Fire protection function and EOC throughout the Hospital. Maintaining a constant state of readiness.
• Documentation of compliance in all areas as well as ensuring training and competencies are in place as needed for employed and contracted parties.
• Ensure compliance with all Life Safety and Fire regulatory and accreditation standards. Ensures quality control procedures are executed to monitor all aspects of regulations.
• Coordinates audits of health and safety programs within the Hospital to ensure environment, health and safety compliance.
• Coordinates and participates in fire and life safety and general safety related investigations, complaints and/or problems; including building code compliance inspections and policy enforcement.
• Researches and reviews federal, state, and local regulatory rules, standards, and guidelines.
• Provides technical assistance to fire alarm and fire suppression designers, contractors, architects, and engineers regarding fire and life safety issues.
• Provides leadership for activities that promote compliance with federal, state and local agency safety regulations.
• Directs grounds maintenance and employees.
• Provides leadership in hospital space allocation planning