Safety Manager, Workers' Compensation

Responsibilities

Remote Opportunity

Join a dynamic organization driven by our passion for healthcare. UHS is seeking talented individuals who are eager to contribute their expertise and pursue rewarding careers. As a leader in acute care and behavioral health, UHS provides high-quality care to over 3 million patients annually, across our national network of facilities.

Position Summary:

• The Corporate Insurance team at UHS is looking for motivated Safety Manager, Workers' Compensation to responsible for the design, implementation, and monitoring of UHS corporate loss prevention initiatives to reduce staff injury and workers compensation expenses for assigned facilities. This remote position. Candidates must be will be located in/or willing to relocate to Nashville/Brentwood, Memphis, TN, Little Rock, Arkansas, or Kentucky.

Essential Job Duties:

• Conducting assessments to identify hazards.

• Evaluating and recommending solutions to prevent future injury and partnering with facility trainers and leaders to design employee awareness/ injury risk reduction programs.

• Position has a dotted line reporting to facility CEO; interfaces with facility senior management, facility department heads and facility staff.

• Provide weekly injury update to facilities; attend committee meetings (EOC, PSC, Safety, etc.) in person or virtual.

• Participate in EOC rounds, safety huddles and new employee orientations.

• Monitor, develop and review facility Workplace Violence plans.

• Participate in corporate special initiative teams and conduct ergonomic assessments.

• Participate on facility debriefing teams and conduct camera review of employee injuries.

• Interview injured staff following aggression related incidents.

• Periodic data analysis targeting patient aggression, safe patient handling, falls reduction and any other significant injury cause.

• Prepare monthly reports to support chargeback program. Periodic education and ongoing meetings with CEOs/COO/CFO regarding monthly loss reports.

• Responsible for gathering documents from employees, managers clinics etc. to assist in the investigation and management of workers compensation claims.

• Education of workers compensation process to facility leadership and injured employees; coordinating medical treatment and light duty/full duty return to work; Monitor claim management activities of TPA including investigations, compensability decisions, medical treatment, reserve adequacy, litigation, file closures; Serve as a liaison between injured employee, facility and TPA.

Qualifications

Bachelors degree preferred. Candidates with an Associate's degree and/or commensurate experience will be given consideration.

• 8-10 years of experience.

• Prior experience in Behavioral Health or healthcare environment preferred.

• Possess a working knowledge of insurance accounting and workers compensation claims.

• Must have ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management and departments.

• Ability to prioritize loss prevention service expectations to positively affect workers compensation expenses.

• Must possess excellent analytical skills and problem solving skills in order to conduct accident trend analysis and appropriately develop action plans to address trends.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office products (EXCEL, WORD, OUTLOOK) as well as SharePoint and Zoom.

• Up to 40% travel.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS operates through its subsidiaries acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points in 39 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit our website, www.uhs.com.

• UHS is a registered trademark of UHS of Delaware, Inc., the management company for Universal Health Services, Inc. and a wholly owned subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. Universal Health Services, Inc. is a holding company and operates through its subsidiaries including its management company, UHS of Delaware, Inc. All healthcare and management operations are conducted by subsidiaries of Universal Health Services, Inc. To the extent any reference to "UHS or UHS facilities" on this website including any statements, articles or other publications contained herein relates to our healthcare or management operations it is referring to Universal Health Services' subsidiaries including UHS of Delaware. Further, the terms "we," "us," "our" or "the company" in such context similarly refer to the operations of Universal Health Services' subsidiaries including UHS of Delaware. Any employment referenced on this website is not with Universal Health Services, Inc. but solely with one of its subsidiaries including but not limited to UHS of Delaware, Inc.

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