BC HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (HSMS)
A health and safety management system (HSMS) is a set of plans, actions, and systems to support the creation of a culture of safety. SWITCH BC will play a lead role in collaborating and supporting HSMS in alignment with Canadian Standards Association (CSA) standards to promote the health, safety and wellbeing of anyone working in the healthcare sector. An effective health and safety management system helps organizations provide safe and healthy workplaces, prevent work related injury, and continually improve on occupational health and safety performance.
LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT
Provincial Level
- Establish clear HSMS governance and stewardship
- Define leadership, employee and physician roles and accountabilities for HSMS
- Promote awareness of HSMS
LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT
Operational Level
- Communicate HSMS Framework and objectives assign HSMS roles across organization
- Offer leadership, physician, employee training
- Establish and maintain OHS policies and JOHS committees
- Provide mechanisms for worker consultation and participation
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT
Provincial Level
- Identify and share effective leading practices and objectives in hazard evaluation
- Coordinate provincial Hazard incident and tracking
- Identify and assess emerging provincial hazards, risks, and opportunities
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT
Operational Level
- Review, summarize and analyze organizational hazards, risks, and opportunities
- Develop appropriate action plans
- Implement hazard controls
RISK MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
Provincial Level
- Identify priority programs and standards informed by system data, best practice, and system excellence
- Support provincial training using competency-based learning
- Develop risk control strategies
- Collaborate with organizations to identify and understand safety and risk profiles
RISK MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
Operational Level
- Implement priority programs and standards based on system data
- Support and implement training
- Implement risk management control strategies
EVALUATION AND CORRECTIVE ACTION
Provincial Level
- Confirm priority targets and mechanisms to monitor, measure, and audit HSMS performance
- Collaborate to address gaps and opportunities based on reported data
EVALUATION AND CORRECTIVE ACTION
Operational Level
- Establish, implement, and maintain processes for local evaluation of HSMS
- Support investigations and corrective actions
- Ensure timely reporting on HSMS performance
Strategic Review and Continuous Improvement
Provincial Level
- Review HSMS annually, communicate successes and improvement opportunities
- Seek and adopt continuous improvements and innovations in health safety management
- Integrate identified improvements into HSMS
Strategic Review and Continuous Improvement
Operational Level
- Communicate and track organization health, safety, and wellness goals
- Assess organization opportunities for continual improvement
- Integrate and implement improvements
