BC HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (HSMS)

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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.

OPERATIONAL LEVEL

PROVINCIAL LEVEL

Ministry of Health and SWITCH BC

Provide system-wide oversight and coordination to support safe and healthy workplaces
Set provincial policies and standards
Develop provincial resources to support HSMS Framework, including standards, adoption, and implementation

Health authorities, affiliates, and other health organizations

Integrate and adopt HSMS
Allocate resources to support implementation
Support data collection to drive improvement
Align organizational policies with provincial standards and HSMS Framework

LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT

Establish clear HSMS governance and stewardship
Define leadership, employee and physician roles and accountabilities for HSMS
Promote awareness of HSMS

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

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

Review, summarize and analyze organizational hazards, risks, and opportunities
Develop appropriate action plans
Implement hazard controls

RISK MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

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

Implement priority programs and standards based on system data
Support and implement training
Implement risk management control strategies

Evaluation and Corrective Action

Confirm priority targets and mechanisms to monitor, measure, and audit HSMS performance
Collaborate to address gaps and opportunities based on reported data