Hyperbaric Safety Officer (Hyperbaric Safety Director)
Center for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine | Springhill Medical Center | Mobile, AL | Full-time
If you’ve worked dives, you already understand this job. Pressure, oxygen and procedure leave no margin for shortcuts. At Springhill, you’ll be the person who makes sure every hyperbaric treatment runs safely, with real authority over the chamber environment and leadership of a UHMS-accredited program inside a 270-bed, Joint Commission–accredited hospital.
We welcome former military divers and dive medical personnel, as well as clinicians and technical professionals with pressure-system, life-support or safety backgrounds. You don’t need to be certified on day one, because we offer a clear path to hyperbaric certification.
What you’ll do
- Serve as the facility’s designated Hyperbaric Safety Director under NFPA 99, Chapter 14, with authority to restrict or remove any equipment, supply or practice that poses a risk in the hyperbaric environment.
- Oversee safe chamber operations and support systems, including oxygen, medical air, fire protection, ventilation and monitoring.
- Develop and maintain operating and maintenance procedures with Facilities and the Hyperbaric Medical Director.
- Make sure electrical, life-support, fire-protection and monitoring systems are inspected and tested on schedule, and coordinate repairs with vendors.
- Screen equipment and supplies before they enter the chamber.
- Plan, run and document fire and emergency drills.
- Lead technical staff training and annual safety competencies.
- Review safety events and drive corrective action.
- Keep the program ready for UHMS accreditation and Joint Commission surveys.
- Operate chambers and deliver hyperbaric treatments as prescribed.
What you’ll bring
Required
- A background in healthcare, military diving or dive medicine, commercial diving or life support, or pressure-vessel and medical gas systems
- CHT (NBDHMT) or CHS (ABWH) certification, or earning CHT within 12 months of hire
- Completion of a UHMS- or NBDHMT-approved introductory hyperbaric medicine course, or completion within 6 months of hire
- Completion of a Hyperbaric Safety Director course, or completion within 6 months of hire
- Current BLS, or BLS obtained before starting
Preferred
- U.S. military diving experience, such as Navy Diver, Diving Medical Technician, or dive-qualified Corpsman or Special Operations medic
- Current CHT, CHS or DMT
- Working knowledge of NFPA 99 Chapter 14 and ASME PVHO-1
- Strong mechanical aptitude and hands-on troubleshooting skills
Why Springhill?
- No scheduled holidays
- A UHMS-accredited wound care and hyperbaric program
- A clear path to hyperbaric certification, and certification tuition may be available
- A role where your safety judgment is the final word in the chamber
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