OSH Officer

About the role

Royal Khalifa City Hospital Abu Dhabi is looking for an OSH Officer to develop, implement, maintain and continuously improve the hospital's Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSHMS) in line with the Abu Dhabi Occupational Safety and Health System Framework, local and federal regulations, DOH-OSH requirements, JCI-FMS Chapter, sustainability and BCM standards, and fire codes. The role also promotes a proactive safety culture protecting employees, contractors, visitors and the community.

Key responsibilities

• Implement legal requirements and ADOSH/DOH-OSHMS/BCMS/Sustainability programs; carry out surveillance, inspections and reporting of findings to authorities
• Take part in audits, select KPIs, monitor risk assessments, hazard analysis and root cause analysis, and advise on OSH requirements
• Organise the hospital OSH committee, run staff training and fire drills, and lead fire incidents and evacuations with Civil Defence
• Develop and maintain the OSH manual, policies and procedures, and report performance to senior management
• Manage fire equipment, hazardous materials, SDS and inventory, and investigate incidents and near misses
• Communicate internally with management and departments and externally with authorities, auditors, certification bodies and vendors

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree
• Level 3 international certification in Occupational Health and Safety (e.g. NEBOSH, IOSH, BSC, IDHSE)
• ADOSH registered general practitioner
• Internal auditor in ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
• 2+ years of experience, preferably in healthcare
• English; Arabic preferred

Required skills

• Microsoft Office
• Preferred: Lead Auditor in ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, Level 6 diploma in OHS