Environmental Safety Officer - Quality Management

**Facility:**

CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807






**Department:**

1678 Quality Management

**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**

40

**Hours:**

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

**Work Shift:**

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

* Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.

* Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.

* Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.

* Healthcare Innovation 's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

**Benefits**

* Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week) ****

* For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: [ Benefits | CoxHealth](https://www.coxhealth.com/employees/benefits/)

**Job Description:**

This professional position is assigned the responsibility/accountability to provide leadership and ongoing support, to meet and exceed all accreditation and regulatory standards within the physical environment throughout the Enterprise. Primary responsibility is to direct the development, implementation, and monitoring of safety management activities by conducting risk assessments, coordination of data and analysis, facilitation/coordination of quality improvement initiatives, environmental tours, and to report the effectiveness of the Environmental Safety program to Administration and the Board.Education: ▪ Required: Bachelor’s Degree ▪ Preferred: Master’s Degree Experience: ▪ Required: Five years health care experience to include two years of management experience ▪ Preferred: Project management, Accreditation surveys, CMS/State regulations, OSHA & NFPA codes related to the physical environment Skills: ▪ Basic computer skills ▪ Excellent organizational and priority setting skills ▪ Strong interpersonal skills Licensure/Certification/Registration: ▪ Preferred: Nationally recognized certification in environmental safety