Job Purpose
Reporting to the Occupational Safety and Health Manager, the OSH Officer will be expected to assist the department in achieving its mandate to ensure that the institution is a safe workplace and has a healthy workforce thereby enhancing productivity as well as meeting the legal requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2007 and other related legislations.
Key responsibilities:
Statutory & Accreditation Audits
Assist in coordination of Occupational Safety and Health, Risk Assessments & NEMA annual
Preparation required paperwork and coordinate the audits with the vendor
Review audit reports and sign off
Dispatch all reports to required designated persons
Summarize audit gaps action plan
Follow up on implementation of audit recommendations and closures with relevant departmental heads
Statutory Workplace applications (NEW) and Renewals
Renewal of related workplace licenses across AKU-N including ALL Outreach Centre’s & offices
Perform internal OSH inspections in all AKU-N workplaces
Compile OSH reports
Follow up on closure of gaps with respective departments before statutory audits
Fill all statutory paperwork for license renewal- internal Assessment & application forms for each workplace
Work with finance to process requisite fees
Accident reporting and investigations
Ensure all accidents resulting moderate to severe injuries are investigated and report submitted to the manager in a timely manner.
All injuries requiring first aid treatment, near misses are compiled, analyzed across the departments to inform preventive measures
Ensure reportable accidents requiring reporting to DOSHSS are completed in a timely manner
Ensure that relevant information in DOSHSS portal are current for each workplace
Statutory Occupational Safety and Health Committee
Coordinate the activities of the safety and health committee
Arrange quarterly inspections
Arrange for quarterly committee meetings
Record minutes of the meetings
Work with the manager to plan statutory training of the committee
Training and safety awareness
Agree with the manager and plan for relevant key training courses for each year
Coordinate relevant OSH training
Participating in General HR orientation, contractor orientation or any other required safety training for staff
Conduct construction OSH risk assessment and sign off requisite paperwork
Maintaining records
Assist in gathering, maintaining and analysis of work-related accidents, injuries, illnesses and other staff related OSH functions
Enter accident and injury data in the QVR
Conduct analysis of all data entered in QVR
Recommend institutional mitigations to trends/ deviations i.e. use data safety and quality improvement
Conduct root cause analysis in case of occupational injuries, illnesses, dangerous occurrences and accidents.
Maintain the General Register
Discuss with the manager monthly any specific trends
Employee health and engagement activities
Work as part of the team during employee health and engagement activities organized by the OSH Department.
Assist the manager to organize and coordinate the activities as planned during a calendar year
Any other OSH functions
Assist in other OSH functions as delegated by the OSH Manager
Attend other committee meetings whenever called upon i.e. FMS, ICP, RSC, among others
Any other task assigned
Qualifications, Experience and Skills required:
Bachelor’s degree in health /Environment/ Engineering or equivalent
Training in Occupational Safety and Health
Basic data analysis is necessary
Computer literacy & proficient in Microsoft office packages
A minimum of 3 years working in Occupational Safety health setting
Working in a large healthcare setting will be an added advantage
Good interpersonal relationships
Apply via :
aku.taleo.net