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National Jewish Health Hazardous Materials Technician in Denver, Colorado
Position Summary The Hazardous Materials Technician supports all hospital safety programs in order to maintain a safe environment for patients, visitors and staff.
Essential Duties
Picks up chemical, pharmaceutical, and radioactive wastes from generator points and transports wastes to the appropriate waste handling and storage locations. Monitors and maintains the Hazardous Chemical storage room, including checking for full drums, transferring contents into drums to make up full drums, properly labeling drums, properly labeling lab pack chemicals, segregating and storing chemicals for lab packs. Maintains container inventories and ensures that the chemical waste rooms are always in inspectable condition. Performs and documents weekly waste accumulation area inspections. Monitors and maintains the radioactive waste temporary storage room by checking for full drums, transferring and compacting contents of drums to make up full drums, labeling drums appropriately, and maintaining container inventories. Monitors and maintains long-term waste storage room by marking drums, arranging drums in the area, disposing of and documenting the disposal of decayed radioactive drums and carboys, and maintaining container inventories. Performs weekly eyewash and spill kit inspections. Follows all appropriate safety practices, including using any necessary personal protective equipment, complying with safety policies and procedures, and maintaining any applicable professional certifications/competencies. Participates in ongoing quality assessment and improvement, including bringing necessary issues to the attention of the appropriate supervisor/manager. Maintains knowledge in monitoring equipment's use, maintenance, and calibration. Respond to chemical and radiation spills, not requiring a Hazardous Materials Response Team. Other Duties
Assists in conducting fire and emergency drills, providing employee training on various safety topics, conducting Employee Incident Report investigations and documentation, Assists in performing Joint Commission "Environment of Care" audits and performing Annual Laboratory Safety audits. Competencies
Accountability: Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member; displays honesty and truthfulness; confronts problems quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals; demonstrates a commitment to National Jewish Health. Adaptability: Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures. Attention to Detail: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time. Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards impos Collaboration/Teamwork: Cooperates with others to accomplish common goals; works with employees within and across his/her department to achieve shared goals; treats others with dignity and respect and maintains a friendly demeanor; values the contributions of others. Informing and Communicating: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message. Initiative: Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive. Problem Solving: Uses issue identification, data relation and comparison, pattern recognition and information gathering to create analyses and make recommendations. Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility Non
Travel Travel to off-site satellite locations (Highlands Ranch, Thornton and Golden) as needed.
Core Values
Be available to work as scheduled and report to work on time. Be willing to accept supervision and work well with others. Be well groomed, appropriately for your role and wear ID Badge visibly. Be in compliance with all departmental and institutional policies, the Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and completes NetLearning by due date annually. Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the institution. Adheres to safe working practices and at all times follows all institutional and departmental safety policies and procedures. Wears appropriate PPE as outlined by the infection control policies and procedures. Demonstrates compliance with all state, federal and all other regulatory agency requirements. Minimum Qualifications
Education: Associate's Degree in Hazardous Materials Management required. Bachelor's Degree in a natural or physical science preferred. Work Experience: A minimum of 3 years of recent and related experience