What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ergonomist-Environmental Health & Safety position at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health?
Overview
Identifies, evaluates, and controls ergonomic stressors at all Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) locations.
Responsibilities
• Develops, implements, and coordinates ergonomic and musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) reduction programs and projects to ensure compliance with State, Federal, Joint Commission, and D-H standards, policies, guidelines and directives.
• Identifies and investigates ergonomic concerns in a variety of activities including patient handling, manual material handling and repetitive motion.
• Reviews employee reports of injury and unsafe condition reports related to ergonomics. Assists with investigations for required incidents and development of corrective actions.
• Performs ergonomics assessments, assessing risk factors and developing control strategies for jobs throughout the system.
• Develops and provides orientation and ongoing departmental training programs pertaining to ergonomics and MSD injury prevention.
• Works with facilities engineering, contractors and purchasing to develop and design facilities and work systems, and to review the purchase of equipment and products.
• Coordinates and collaborates with other services and departments that have responsibilities that affect ergonomics and MSD injury prevention including other Live Well Work Well departments, Rehab Medicine, Nursing, Engineering Services and Facilities.
• Helps support the SEP office with Joint Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), or other regulatory activities.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in required in Ergonomics, Safety, Engineering, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Industrial Hygiene or a related field.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Professional certification associated with ergonomics is highly desired.
• Five years of experience in ergonomics.
• Background in health care and knowledge of ergonomic related hazards in health care is preferred.
• Excellent communications skills and previous experience developing and providing training.
• Knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and The Joint Commission standards and guidelines is desirable.
Required Licensure/Certifications
• None
