Safety Specialist

# Safety Specialist Work Location   
** Los Angeles,CA
** Job **#27436
** Work Hours   
** Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
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* Employment Type

** 2 – Staff
- Career
** Duration   
** Indefinite
* * Salary Range   **$ Hourly
** Posted Date   
** February 3, 2026
** Bargaining Unit   
** 99
* * Make a difference in people’s lives every day. When you join UCLA Health, you’ll be working at an institution that provides leading-edge care to the people of L.A. and throughout the world. We provide our team members with the environment and support to do amazing work, because each and every one of them plays a vital role in our commitment to care.
** Description
* * Under the direction of the Assistant Director, serve as a Safety Specialist for the UCLA Health Office of Environmental Health & Safety Ambulatory Division.  Responsibilities include assisting in implementing and providing support for Environmental Health & Safety programs, including Injury Prevention and Ergonomics support throughout the UCLA Health Ambulatory clinic locations.  Conduct injury investigations, ergonomic evaluations and other employee risk reduction functions.  

Assist in the development of measures to ensure a safe, healthy and secure environment for staff, patients and visitors.
** Qualifications
* * 1. Experience or knowledge of working with injury prevention and occupational safety, ergonomics, hazardous materials and other EHS Programs
2. Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Safety, Engineering, Public Health, or similar relevant fields and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
3. Knowledge of hospital operations operate safely and in compliance with all laws, regulations, accreditation standards, policies, and procedures.
4. Skill in preparing concise, logical and grammatically correct memos, policies, reports and other documents.
5. Skill in reading, understanding and interpreting National and State laws and Hospital Safety codes.
6. Knowledge of Medical Center Safety policies and procedures.
7. Ability to coordinate, conduct and lead training and education sessions
8. Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with other staff members, managers, administration and external persons and regulatory agencies
9. Ability to make effective presentations to convey information on safety policies, procedures and issues.
10. General knowledge of Joint Commission standards.### ORLANDO There’s a togetherness and higher level of commitment to teamwork at UCLA Health. We are several groups and teams that work together with a common goal which is to improve our patients experience.### DR. ISLA GARRAWAYUCLA has incredible resources and a team science approach. The ability to work with collaborative teams and access the amazing resources around campus is the best part about being at UCLA.
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