Safety Coordinator - DCB

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HJF is seeking a Safety Coordinator to provide knowledge, expertise, and technical assistance in the operation and support of one or more sectional safety programs to ensure compliance with the regulatory agency and national guidelines. This is a senior level position within the Safety and Security series.

This position will be in support of the Diagnostics and Countermeasures Branch (DCB). The incumbent will be responsible for providing safety support for the Diagnostics and Countermeasures Branch (DCB), within the Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR), at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR). The incumbent will be responsible for assisting the DCB Safety Office in maintaining a high standard of safety practices for all of the DCB laboratories and staff. The incumbent will become knowledgeable of appropriate WRAIR, HJF, DCB, local, state and federal safety policies and help to ensure that harmonized safety practices occur within DCB's College of American Pathologists (CAP) accredited laboratories, research units and administrative areas. The incumbent will be responsible for supporting the DCB Safety Office with the coordination, operation and implementation of safety programs within DCB as well as helping to develop and deploy a safety training program for all staff.

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing military medicine. We serve military, medical, academic and government clients by administering, managing and supporting preeminent scientific programs that benefit members of the armed forces and civilians alike. Since its founding in 1983, HJF has served as a vital link between the military medical community and its federal and private partners. HJF's support and administrative capabilities allow military medical researchers and clinicians to maintain their scientific focus and accomplish their research goals.

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• Serves as the Safety Coordinator for DCB Laboratories and reports directly to the DCB Safety Officer.
• Helps to implement the safety program for all DCB staff in accordance with OSHA, NIOSH, CDC, CAP and other agencies providing recommendations for safety practices while ensuring staff adhere to requirements outlined in DCB Procedures, WRAIR and HJF safety programs. Will also help to ensure laboratory compliance with WRAIR and HJF safety plans, procedures and policies following FDA, CAP, CLSI, GCLP, CDC, NIOSH and OSHA guidelines.
• Assists in the development and review of safety specific trainings, SOPs and safety plans.
• Assists in conducting safety specific trainings (both in person and virtually).
• Will continuously review current and revised safety practices, keeping well versed on new recommendations from regulatory agencies and in accordance with activities of the laboratory and administrative areas for DCB.
• Conducts safety audits and generates risk assessment reports, audit reports and shares observations and findings with DCB Leadership.
• Will help to assesses risks and possible safety hazards for all aspects of operations within DCB.
• Serves as a DCB Alternate Collateral Duty Safety Officer (CDSOs) and an Alternate Environmental Compliance and Chemical Hygiene Officer (ECCHOs), and will work with DCB's CDSOs and ECCHO to monitor and track current and newly implemented safety practices.
• Reviews all weekly laboratory safety audits for all DCB laboratories and provides audit reports to Laboratory Directors for review, ensuring, in collaboration with DCB's Quality Assurance Group, that corrective actions and preventative actions (CAPAs) are implemented.
• Helps manage the annual review of DCB's chemical hygiene inventory and ensures the safe storage, disposal, inventory, and reporting of all hazardous materials, including that Safety Data Sheets are kept updated and accessibile within the laboratories.
• Will assist in safety incident investigations, tracks incidents, near miss incidents and assigns and implements corrective and preventive actions.
• Will assist in providing annual or as needed respiratory fit tests for DCB staff.
• Serves as a member of the DCB Safety Steering Committee, attending all meetings and helping to develop agendas, tracking completion of action items, and drafting meeting summaries.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Biology or Chemistry required.
• Minimum of 3-5 years' experience required.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of state and federal regulations regarding the safety issues associated with the project.
• Experience working in a laboratory.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• This position requires that you obtain and maintain a T1/Public Trust background check.

Physical Capabilities

• Lifting: Requires lifting materials over 25 lbs.
• Ability to stand or sit at a computer for prolonged periods.

Work Environment

• This position will take place primarily in a laboratory setting.

Compensation

• The annual salary range for this position is $64,200-$65,000. Actual salary will be determined based on experience, education, etc.

Benefits

• HJF offers a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on your health and well-being, from medical, dental, and vision coverage to health savings and retirement plans, and more.

Employment with HJF is contingent upon successful completion of a background check, which may include, but is not limited to, contacting your professional references, verification of previous employment, education and credentials, a criminal background check, and a department of motor vehicle (DMV) check if applicable. Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents, in lieu of stated minimums, require the prior approval of the Chief Human Resources Officer.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents, in lieu of stated minimums, require the prior approval of the Chief Human Resources Officer.