Safety and Health Through Integrated Facilitated Teams (SHIFT) POSITION: SITE COACH / LIAISON

“Safety and Health through Integrated Facilitated Teams” (SHIFT) POSITION: SITE COACH / LIAISON

SUMMARY Provide training and coaching to Safety Committee leaders and members in hospital study sites as they implement a participatory, "Total Worker Health" program. The Site Coach will teach the Health and Safety Committee (“Design Team”) how to use the CPH-NEW Intervention Design and Analysis (IDEAS) tool for participatory design of integrated safety/well-being interventions. The site coach will also assist with a variety of data collection/evaluation activities.

BACKGROUND Since 2014, CPH-NEW has been disseminating the Healthy Workplace Participatory Program (HWPP) Toolkit to guide workplace implementation of Total Worker Health programs. Prior field tests established the HWPP toolkit as feasible and worthwhile for engaging non-managerial staff in problem identification and solution building to key workplace barriers to health and safety. The “SHIFT” intervention research study will formally test the effectiveness of the IDEAS tool for increasing safety committee outcomes (e.g., injury reduction) and improving climate and organizational learning. This study is being supported by MassCOSH (Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety & Health), a 40- year old workers’ safety and health rights nonprofit advocacy organization.

JOB DUTIES Attend and assist with study site training and other preparation at two study sites  Introductory meetings and interviews  Kick-off stakeholder training meeting  Periodic information-sharing sessions with key stakeholders  Other on-going communication as needed with safety committee facilitators, facility champion, etc. Assist safety committee co-facilitators to prepare for and facilitate the use of the IDEAS tool process for participatory intervention planning by the Design Teams  Attend meetings in person; support facilitators to develop good group process; build capacity of team members and leaders.  Maintain regular communication with committee team leader; provide telephone technical assistance as needed. Assist project manager with implementation of data collection activities  Liaise with facility champion to arrange surveys, interview, etc.  Monitor incoming communications from each facility, including use of smartphone app to track meeting calendars and feedback.  Log process documentation; maintain records of site personnel for follow-up surveys and interviews. Project management and communications  Attend SHIFT project team meetings in-person, twice monthly.  E-mail and/or phone communication as needed with the project manager, including logs of work time, accomplishments and pending items.  Documentation and reports related to process evaluation: onsite activities, time, process evaluation tracking form, etc. Participate in job training  View CPH-NEW webinar training videos for HWPP; review training program materials on website and short courses.  Read CPH-NEW and other publications, as indicated.  Attend in-person training sessions to learn HWPP procedures and practice onsite training /coaching activities.

QUALIFICATIONS  Content knowledge of occupational health and safety. Master’s degree in health or safety or related field (labor relations, community psychology, etc.) or equivalent work experience.  Strong interpersonal skills—can build rapport and trust with range of stakeholders; anticipates and deals with obstacles while maintaining relationships  Demonstrated experience interacting with people from diverse backgrounds  Understands importance of maintaining fidelity of the intervention protocol  Detail-oriented and well-organized; able to write clearly and concisely  Mature, positive, and professional demeanor  Competence in basic word processing software, MS PowerPoint and Excel

TIME REQUIRED Average 10 hours/week for 5 years (estimated) to liaise with one pair of study sites, serving as Site Coach for one study site at a time. - More time will likely be needed in the first six months, for training and for stud start- up activities

Also contribute (as requested & when available) to Center translational research activities through CPH-NEW Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Hub, and to preparation of reports to funding agency.

COMPENSATION $38 per hour for an average of 10 hours per week – payment for all work will be provided by partnering organization, MassCOSH For more info or to send in cover letter and resumes please contact: Laura Punnett, Co-Director Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW) University of Massachusetts Lowell - College of Health Sciences 1 University Avenue Lowell, MA 01854 tel 978-934-3269 fax 978-934-2042 [email protected]

BACKGROUND INFORMATION CPH-NEW: www.uml.edu/Research/cph-new/ HWPP Toolkit: www.uml.edu/Research/CPH-NEW/Healthy-Work-Participatory- Program/ MassCOSH: www.MassCOSH.org