What is a medical safety director and how to become one

Key steps to become a medical safety director

1. Explore medical safety director education requirements

   Most common medical safety director degrees

   Bachelor's

   42.6 %

   Doctorate

   16.4 %

   Associate

   14.8 %

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2. Start to develop specific medical safety director skills

   Skills	Percentages
   Safety Data	13.85%
   Signal Detection	10.85%
   Safety Reports	10.41%
   Safety Issues	10.16%
   Clinical Development	10.05%

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3. Complete relevant medical safety director training and internships

   Accountants spend an average of 1-2 years on post-employment, on-the-job training. New medical safety directors learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a medical safety director based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real medical safety director resumes.

4. Research medical safety director duties and responsibilities

   • Manage interaction and oversight of insurance brokerage, insurance company and third party resources and services.
   • Manage HSE programs for a national corporation specializing in concrete product manufacturing.
   • Investigate accidents and report to MSHA and CAL-OSHA.
   • Distinguish for successfully representing Becton Dickinson through multiple FDA and NSAI audits.

5. Get medical safety director experience

   Generally, it takes 4-6 years to become a medical safety director. The most common roles before becoming a medical safety director include paramedic, emergency medical technician team lead and medic.

6. Apply for medical safety director jobs

   Now it's time to start searching for a medical safety director job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

   1. Browse job boards for relevant postings
   2. Consult your professional network
   3. Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
   4. Watch out for job scams