Experience Summary
Roberta Smith, Senior Project Manager, holds board certifications as a Certified Industrial Hygienist and also is a Registered Nurse in the State of Colorado. Roberta has over seven years of experience working in the healthcare industry where she specialized in Infection Control and Occupational Health management. Her technical expertise is industrial hygiene monitoring, healthcare construction, respiratory protection programs, workers’ compensation, epidemiological investigations, noise, and IAQ investigations.
Related Projects
· Facilitated the development of a hospital occupational health program to meet AAOHN guidelines for occupational health practice.
· Provided oversight for OSHA compliance, workers’ compensation, ergonomics, and wellness programs and provided clinical oversight of an employee health clinic.
· Redeveloped a hospital respiratory protection program including respiratory protection supply and inventory, fit testing and education.
· Developed and maintained blood borne pathogen programs.
· Experience with hospital construction projects from an infection control nursing role. Proficient in the use of Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) tools, ensuring that barriers, industrial hygiene sampling, ventilation, and other engineering controls were in place for minor to major construction activities within the healthcare setting.
· Experience with water intrusion events and facility mold management programs.
· Participated in outbreak and epidemiological investigations at a state and international levels. Skilled in active and passive disease surveillance systems.
· Developed and implemented an internal auditing tool for OSHA and infection control compliance in a healthcare setting.
· Experience in emergency management planning, including Influenza pandemic plans and hazard vulnerability risk assessments.
· Experience in food service and dairy facility inspections. Strong public speaking, adult learning, and stakeholder building skills.
· Program evaluation and questionnaire design skills.
Presentations
· Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP) Rocky Mountain Section Webinar: Prevention and Detection of Tuberculosis for at Risk Professionals. May 7, 2014.
· Nevada APIC meeting. Las Vegas, NV. “Moving Forward with Your Flu Program”. August 2013.
· V Jornada Nacional Y II Jornada: Internacional de actualización en enfermería. Bogota, Colombia. “Role of the Nurse in Infection Prevention in the ICU” &” International Standards in Infection Control”. August 2 & 3, 2012.
· Teaching record: EPID 6635: Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Spring 2010, University of Colorado School of Public Health. Aurora, CO 80045. Guest lecturer in 2012 and 2014.
· APIC Webinar Presenter: “Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel as a Condition of Employment- A ‘How to’ Presentation for Infection Preventionists. April 27, 2011.
· Smith RL, Crane LA, Byers T, Nelson-Marten P. An Evaluation of the Man to Man Self-Help Group in Colorado and Utah. Cancer Pract. 2002 Sept-Oct 10(5):234-9.