Safety Manager

General Purpose

The Safety Manager is responsible for delivering PACS's safety programs across a defined set of skilled nursing and post-acute facilities within an assigned region.

The role owns regulatory compliance, audit and corrective action follow-through, facility-level coaching, and incident response across the assigned ops regions.

Safety Managers are decision-makers within their region.

They lead front-line OSHA inspection response, direct corrective actions, build working relationships with Executive Directors and Directors of Nursing, and partner with Workers' Compensation, Clinical Operations, and HR to reduce injury frequency, severity, and regulatory exposure.

This role reports to the Director of Safety.

Assigned region is defined at offer stage and may be adjusted as the PACS portfolio grows.

Essential Duties

Regional Safety Operations


* Own all safety operations across the assigned ops regions — including audits, hazard assessments, training delivery, committee oversight, and corrective action follow-through


* Make day-to-day regulatory and operational decisions within the region without requiring escalation, except where escalation thresholds apply


* Maintain an accurate, current view of risk across all facilities in the region — including injury data, audit findings, open corrective actions, and facility-level safety committee activity


* Travel routinely within the assigned region to conduct on-site audits, deliver training, support incident response, and build facility relationships

Compliance and Regulatory Response


* Serve as the front-line organizational representative for OSHA inspections, complaints, and document requests within the assigned region


* Maintain OSHA-compliant documentation across all assigned facilities — including required programs, training records, OSHA 300 logs, and abatement documentation


* Coordinate with the Director of Safety on citations, informal conferences, and formal regulatory correspondence


* Track and apply state-plan-specific requirements (Cal/OSHA, OR-OSHA, WISHA, KY OSH, TN OSHA, or others as applicable to the assigned region)


* Prepare and submit document responses to OSHA within defined SLAs

Facility Audits and Corrective Action


* Conduct or oversee structured safety audits across all assigned facilities on a defined cadence


* Identify high-risk facilities through audit findings and injury data; develop and execute facility-specific corrective action plans


* Ensure corrective actions are fully implemented and sustained — not just documented


* Document audit findings, hazards, and corrective action progress in PACS's safety systems and Origami Risk RMIS

Coaching, Training, and Facility Leadership Support


* Build direct working relationships with Executive Directors, Directors of Nursing, and facility Safety Champions across the assigned region


* Deliver OSHA-compliant training modules on-site and...