UnityPoint Health is seeking a Manager Team Member Health & Safety to join our team! This position will help our team members do what they love by relentlessly pursuing prevention of illness and injury by partnering with our team members to promote a culture of healthy and safe behaviors, creating an easy, team member centered experience and ensuring excellent, team member centered care after injury or illness. The Regional Manager for Team Member Health & Safety is responsible for carrying out this vision for their region of UnityPoint Health.

Hours: Monday-Friday, standard business hours 

Location: Onsite - this position covers both the Waterloo, IA and Cedar Rapids, IA markets. Applicants must reside in one of those areas. 

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.  

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  Here are just a few:      

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.   

• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.  

• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.   

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.   

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience. 

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Performance Improvement:

• Lead Team Member Health & Safety activities for UnityPoint Health in the region by:
• Pursuing prevention of illness and
• Partner with leaders and team members to build a culture of healthy and safe
• Create an easy, team member-centered
• Ensure excellent, team member centered care after injury or
• Increase quality, improve service, and reduce costs 
• Implements, administers, and maintains processes to ensure standardization and efficient operations.
• Analyze and evaluate existing systems and process to identify opportunities to identify efficient activities while promoting team member health and safety.
• Promotes, improves, and maintains team member health and safety.
• Accountable for region’s compliance with regulatory agencies such as OSHA, DNV, CMS, State Workers’ Compensation division.
• Coordinates team member injury statistics, analyzes trends and pursues solutions to prevent further injury.
• Create and deliver team member health and safety presentations as assigned.
• Provide direction to ensure programs and services comply with highest of UPH standards for both health and safety.

People Leadership and Management:

• Oversees day to day operations of the Team Member Health & Safety(TMHS) teams within the applicable region to ensure achievement of organizational and departmental goals
• Balance team and individual responsibilities; be open and objective to other’s views; give and welcome feedback; contribute to positive team goals; and put the success of the team above own interests.
• Lead the TMHS team using UPH Leadership Essentials – Know and Show they matter, Lead the way, coach and grow, make it happen.
• Ensures assigned function(s) in the TMHS Department are performed in accordance with federal, state and/or hospital requirements.
• Schedules and monitors new staff orientation and ongoing education for successful job performance.
• Conducts annual performance appraisals for assigned team members.
• Ensures departmental policies and procedures and job descriptions are current.
• Monitors FTEs, operational and capital budget for the department.
• Investigates budget variance and initiates corrective actions when necessary.
• Provides guidance to the organization on matters related to protected health information management.
• Supervises team by motivating, mentoring, coaching, and providing guidance to team to deliver high-quality, cost-effective services.
• Facilitates the ongoing learning, well-being, professional satisfaction and development of staff through training, work assignments, increased responsibility, and mentoring.
• Keep apprised of leading department practices for implementation within UPH.
• Provides direct supervision and leadership to staff to ensure effective, efficient operations, optimizing performance and continually improving quality in a vastly changing health care environment
• Presents data, strategies, and progress towards goals in various governance management forums.
• Develops procedures and policies for the operation of department, process and team members.
• Maintain regular and consistent communication with team members and leaders.
• Share concerns with and/or escalate team issues to the leadership as appropriate
• Establish, foster, and maintain positive relationships with team members, UPH departments and external customers.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Current RN preferred.

Experience:

• 2 Years’ experience required in the following:
  • Progressive leadership experience
  • Previous experience in employee safety programs.

• Some experience preferred in the following:
  • Previous experience in employee health or employee infection prevention programs.
  • Previous experience with project management, program development, worker compensation and/or OSHA.

 License(s)/Certification(s):

• Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) preferred