Life Safety Specialist - #262532

Position Summary

Facility: South Lake Hospital

Location: Clermont, FL

Status: Full-Time

Department: Facilities Management

Schedule: Days

Title: Life Safety Specialist

“Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work” is not just something we say, it’s our promise to you."

Orlando Health South Lake Hospital is a comprehensive medical and surgical acute care facility serving the residents of Lake County as a trusted member of the community for over 75 years. Conveniently located in Clermont, the hospital’s dedicated team of physicians, nurses, clinicians and medical professionals is committed to delivering expert and compassionate care. Our efforts have earned us recognition as a national leader.

Click Here to Learn About: South Lake Hospital

Orlando Health - Benefits & Perks

Competitive Pay

• Evening, nights, and weekend shift differentials offered for qualifying positions.
  
  

All Inclusive Benefits (start Day One)

• Student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, FREE college education programs, retirement savings, paid paternity leave, fertility benefits, back up elder and childcare, pet insurance, PTO/Holidays, and more for full time and part time employees.
  
  

Employee-centric

• South Lake Hospital has been selected as one of the “Best Places to Work in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare.
  
  

A Life Safety Specialist assists in planning, organizing, monitoring, and conducting Life Safety (LS) programs and activities at Orlando Health.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

Participate in conducting, planning, and performance of life safety (LS) rounds of Orlando Health facilities to assess compliance

with all applicable federal, state, and local codes and regulations.

• Assists with all external agency Life Safety surveys at hospital buildings to include, but not limited to, Agency for Healthcare
  
  

Administration (AHCA), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), The Joint Commission (TJC), Fire Marshal/Inspector,

and the organizations insurance carrier, etc.

• Researches and maintains knowledge base current with life safety standards and applicable federal, state, and local laws and
  
  

regulations applicable to Orlando Health.

• Provides assistance when needed to organization departments with concerns or issues related to life safety.
• Participate in the development and implementation of EOC and LS programs.
• Varied responsibility with pre-construction risk assessments deemed necessary by project scope.
• Assists with interim life safety measures (ILSM) activities for affected projects, including site visits, review of hazard surveillance
  
  

activities, and communications to affected parties.

• May participate in contractor education performed as required for all contracted vendors in scope.
• May be responsible to coordinate and conduct fire drills and fire safety training after fire drills for Orlando Health team
  
  

members.

• Responsibility to oversee, assess, manage, and document vendor reports related to EOC and/or LS including but not limited to,
  
  

fire alarm, suppression, detection, and medical gas.

• Participates in performance improvement (PI) activities related to LS and EOC including data analysis, identification, and
  
  

monitoring of indicators as needed.

• Assists with creation/review of policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Assists in the preparation of compliance documentation as requested by department leadership to prepare for and answer
  
  

regulatory surveys.

• Works cooperatively with team members and leadership to optimize the performance of EOC and LS programs.
• Performs all other tasks as assigned by the Facility Manager.
• Maintainsreasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state
  
  

and local standards.

• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
  
  

Qualifications

Education/Training

Trade, vocational school graduate, or building trades apprenticeship and two (2) years of directly related work experience. An Associate’s degree (in addition to the requirements listed in the Experience section) may substitute.

Licensure/Certification

None.

Experience

Three (3) years of work experience in safety, building or facility maintenance.