Quality Health & Safety Officer

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure daily compliance with company HSE policies, procedures, and safety standards.
• Ensure compliance with UAE HSE regulations, DOH requirements, and JCI standards.
• Conduct regular safety inspections, safety rounds, and risk assessments in healthcare facilities.
• Identify hazards and unsafe practices and recommend corrective actions.
• Maintain risk assessments, inspection reports, checklists, and HSE records.
• Ensure employees properly use PPE and follow safety procedures.
• Conduct HSE inductions, toolbox talks, and safety awareness sessions.
• Assist in investigating accidents, incidents, near misses, and injuries and prepare reports.
• Ensure proper fire safety, emergency procedures, evacuation plans, and first-aid arrangements.
• Coordinate and participate in fire drills, emergency drills, and evacuation exercises.
• Monitor housekeeping, workplace safety, and infection-control-related safety practices.
• Ensure contractors, visitors, and other third parties follow safety requirements.
• Support JCI accreditation, audits, inspections, and compliance activities.
• Maintain required JCI and DOH documentation and records.
• Identify JCI and DOH compliance gaps and follow up on corrective actions.
• Prepare regular HSE reports and safety updates for management.
• Stay updated with UAE HSE regulations, DOH requirements, JCI standards, and healthcare safety practices.
• Perform other HSE duties assigned by management.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in HSE, Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of HSE experience, preferably in the healthcare sector.
• Experience in hospitals, clinics, medical centers, or healthcare facilities is preferred.
• NEBOSH IGC certification is preferred/required.
• IOSH certification is an advantage.
• Good knowledge of UAE HSE regulations, DOH requirements, and JCI standards.
• Experience with JCI accreditation, audits, safety inspections, and compliance requirements is preferred.
• Experience in risk assessments, incident reporting, safety inspections, emergency procedures, and corrective actions.
• Good knowledge of PPE, fire safety, first aid, and workplace safety.
• Good communication, reporting, and documentation skills.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Ability to work with clinical and non-clinical healthcare teams.