The Program Director of SaferU and SupportingYou leads workforce safety, well-being, and peer support initiatives across UCLA Health, with demonstrated organizational impact. This role provides strategic leadership, program oversight, and expansion of key initiatives that promote a culture of safety, compassion, resilience, and professional accountability across the healthcare workforce.
The Program Director oversees A Safer U, an interprofessional and multidisciplinary program focused on workforce safety, staff well-being, and creating a healthy environment for patients, families, and healthcare professionals throughout UCLA Health. The Director also leads implementation and expansion of the SupportingYou peer-to-peer (P2P) support program, workforce violence prevention initiatives, and organizational learning systems aligned with institutional goals related to workforce well-being, culture of safety, and CiCare principles. In addition, the Director convenes interdisciplinary stakeholders to identify and address operational barriers, workforce concerns, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
Serving as the business owner and subject matter expert for workforce safety and peer support initiatives, the Program Director acts as the primary liaison among UCLA Health executive sponsors, interdisciplinary leaders, and frontline teams to ensure alignment and integration of SaferU priorities, workforce violence prevention strategies, and SupportingYou initiatives across UCLA Health and all healthcare professional groups.
Salary Range: $61.54 - $142.77/Hourly
For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.
Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.
Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.
