Program Specialist

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Position Summary:

The Injury Prevention Coordinator supports the Pediatric Burn & Trauma Program by developing, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating evidence-based injury prevention initiatives across the hospital and community. The Injury Prevention Coordinator is expected to independently manage multiple initiatives, serve as a subject matter resource for pediatric injury prevention, and promote a consistent culture of safety across the Children's Center and surrounding community.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based pediatric injury prevention programs and initiatives.
• Serve as a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST) and provide car seat education, installation assistance, car seat checks, and staff education.
• Coordinate and support hospital-wide injury prevention initiatives, including safe sleep, medication ingestion/poison prevention, home safety, fall prevention, burn prevention, and other emerging injury trends.
• Provide bicycle and helmet safety education, including proper helmet fit and safe helmet use, and oversee helmet distribution programs.
• Coordinate community outreach, health education events, presentations, and injury prevention campaigns.
• Maintain and regularly update the program's website and online injury prevention resources to ensure information is current, accurate, and evidence-based.
• Maintain the program's social media presence, including development, review, scheduling, and dissemination of injury prevention content.
• Develop and maintain patient, family, staff, and community education materials and resources.
• Use injury data and program metrics to identify prevention priorities, evaluate impact, and support reporting requirements.
• Build and maintain partnerships with hospital departments, community organizations, schools, public safety agencies, and injury prevention coalitions.
• Support injury prevention research, grants, quality improvement initiatives, and related program projects.
• Ensure appropriate documentation, reporting, supply management, and program compliance with hospital, regulatory, and trauma/burn center requirements.
• Collaborate with the Pediatric Burn & Trauma Program Manager and Medical Directors to advance hospital-wide and community injury prevention priorities.

Qualifications
* Bachelor's Degree (Required)
* One year of relevant education may be substituted for one year of required work experience, or one year of relevant professional-level work experience may be substituted for one year of required education.
* Minimum 2 Years of Experience (Required)
* Must successfully pass the required JHM-approved designated language assessment prior to job offer. Upon Hire (Required)
* New employees must complete all required training. within 30 Days (Required)

Salary Range: Minimum 26.51/hour - Maximum 43.51/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.