Safety Officer

Add expected salary to your profile for insights

• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance programs and safety standards as per legal requirements.
• Reports safety and/or fire hazards or security violations.
• Responds to inquiries for advice or assistance from hospital personnel, students, and visitors; provides restraints of psychiatric patients as needed.
• Participates in investigations, maintains records and prepares incident reports, reacts or provides feedback on investigation findings to HORs released by other departments and other documents pertinent to safety activities and incidents.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested by the Head of ESH and the hospital management.
• Responsible for scheduling and providing training on all emergency codes related to safety and security of the hospital.
• Assists the Head of ESH in the day-to-day administration of the ESH department.
• Advises the employer or any person in charge of a place of work on the measures to be taken in the interest of the safety and health of the persons employed at the workplace.
• Inspects the place of work.
• Investigates any accident, near miss accident, dangerous occurrence, occupational poisoning, or occupational disease that happened in the workplace.
• Assists the employer of the safety and health committee.
• Assists the safety & health committee in any inspection of the place of work.
• Collects, analyzes, and maintains statistics on any accident, dangerous occurrence, or occupational diseases that occurred at the place of work.
• Develops departmental budget and manages costs.
• Carries out and coordinates training on safety matters when necessary e.g. fire drill, emergency codes.
• Ensures that all new staff are inducted into the requirements of the safety and security related to their own roles and responsibilities.
• Assists and supports all departments in safety and security procedures and techniques for individual departmental monitoring of Safety and Security Indicators.
• Complies with the standards laid down by the accreditation bodies and performs duties necessary to support and achieve accreditation.
• Aware and follows all Gleneagles Hospital Medini Johor policies and procedures related to all task performance.
• Makes recommendations and supports improvement activities within the Accreditation framework.
• Coordinates continual improvements of QMS, ensuring that evidence of corrective and preventive actions taken are recorded and reviewed.
• Familiarizes with Hospital Information System.
• Familiarizes with the latest techniques and practices regarding health and safety at work, e.g. handling of toxic materials, biohazard materials, fire safety, etc.
• OSH Act & Regulations 1994.
• Responsible and accountable to carry out duties as an employee as stipulated in OSH Act and Regulations 1994.
• Takes reasonable care at work for the safety of yourself and other persons.
• Cooperates with the employer or any other person in the discharge of any duty.
• Complies with hospital standards of wearing PPE when conducting audits.
• Complies with any instruction or measure on occupational safety and health.
• Performs any duties as and when required by management.

Gleneagles Hospital Kota Kinabalu is a state-of-the-art, tertiary hospital located along the coastal highway of Kota Kinabalu, close to the heart of the city, just 10 minutes away from Kota Kinabalu International Airport. Established in 2015, the 180-bed hospital offers a diverse range of healthcare services and patient care by its highly trained medical professionals.

Gleneagles Hospital Kota Kinabalu aims to be a leading healthcare provider and center of referrals for local and international patients seeking quality medical care in East Malaysia by providing the best-in-class clinical outcomes and patient experience.

About IHH Healthcare Berhad: We are IHH, one of the world’s largest healthcare networks, with 82 hospitals in 10 countries. We believe that making a difference starts with empathy and putting our patients’ needs first to build lasting relationships based on trust.

From everyday care to the little acts that warm the heart, we always deliver our best with genuine compassion – one patient, one family, one touch at a time.

With our unique reach and scale, we strive to continuously raise the bar in healthcare across multiple geographies including our home markets of Malaysia, Singapore, Turkiye, and India, and create synergies throughout our network. We offer our patients a full spectrum of integrated healthcare services across our portfolio of trusted healthcare brands.

As we build on what we do well and share our strengths and resources globally, we are making healthcare better, faster, easier, and more affordable for our patients.

What We Do: IHH is listed on Bursa Malaysia and the Singapore Exchange. Our business model is built on delivering exemplary care for our patients and creating sustainable value for our stakeholders.

Our Vision: Our vision is to be the world's most trusted healthcare services network by providing patient-centered quality care. We champion continuous improvement and innovation. We are proud to be recognized for excellence in quality and safety in our service.