Emergency Preparedness Coordinator

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Responsible for the day-to-day planning, coordination and updates for the Hospital Emergency Management Program and Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) including both internal and external event responses. Additionally, responsible to help plan, resource and execute all hospital-wide EOP training and exercise events in support of WVU Medicine’s overall disaster preparedness. Serve as a key member of the Emergency Preparedness Committee and provides project management and oversight for Emergency Preparedness tasks as assigned by the director. Serve as the Hospital representative to local, state and regional hospital preparedness and association committees as needed.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, EXPERIENCE, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management, Public Health, Public law, Law Enforcement or related field; OR High School Diploma or equivalent AND Four (4) years’ Emergency Management experience in a healthcare setting.

EXPERIENCE:

1. Three (3) years’ experience in an emergency management or disaster preparedness role.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Emergency Management, Public Health, Public law, Law Enforcement or related field.

EXPERIENCE:

1. Working knowledge of FEMA, SEMA CMS and Joint Commission standard compliance preferred.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Assists the director with writing, coordinating and organizing all Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs) and policies to ensure compliance with regulatory agencies and integration with the overall hospital plans and policies.

2. Prepares class materials, tracks attendance, and maintains training records for all EM training. Assist departments and clinics with training staff as needed to maintain EM proficiency.

3. Assists with all drills and exercises including tabletop, functional and full-scale drills in order to test hospital’s preparedness. Participates in a critique of each drill, records lessons learned, and develops improvement plans to address identified shortfalls.

4. Participates in environment of care rounds, site visits and fire drills with a multi-disciplinary team at WVU Medicine and off-site locations as assigned.

5. Ensures all activities and processes are in compliance with Joint Commission, CMS, NFPA, OSHA, and WVU Medicine Campus facilities and associated clinics and practices.

6. Educates and trains leadership and staff as required on the implementation of the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS).

7. Takes part in EM subcommittee groups as assigned and coordinates projects associated with various emergency management scenarios for external events (trauma, bio-terrorism, chemical, nuclear, infectious disease and natural disasters).

8. Participates in the Hospital Emergency Preparedness Committee and any related sub-committees; contributes ideas and assists the Director in the planning process. Proposes project plans and timelines for accomplishing outstanding tasks at the direction of the Director.

9. Collects, reviews and provides edit support to managers for departmental and clinic-level plans and ensure that the plans are comprehensive and cohesive.

10. Serves as the electronic emergency notification system administrator to assist employees with updates, password changes, distribution list maintenance and communication to employees as necessary.

11. Serves as the Primary trainer for the Hospital Decontamination Team.

12. Conducts periodic maintenance and checks on emergency preparedness equipment and supplies to ensure that they are available and in good working condition.

13.Promotes a strong organizational structure through which designated hospitals, EMS agencies, long term care centers and frontline providers in collaboration with WVU Medicine and public health partners can best mitigate, prepare, respond to, and recover from infectious disease threats.

14. In collaboration with WVU Medicine Infection and Prevention Containment Unit (IPCU) leadership, identifies, prioritizes and addresses planning and procedural issues critical to advancing readiness for infectious diseases.

15. Coordinates hazardous waste disposal practices and Tier ll reporting of chemicals. Maintains Safety Data Sheets

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

2. The employee must occasionally lift and or move objects up to 50 pounds.

3. Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

4. Employee must be able to meet the physical requirement to perform tasks while wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) including a powered air-purifying respirator (PARP).

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold or heat; risk of electrical shock; explosives; risk of radiation and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

2. Normal daily work environment is generally in an office setting but can including all possible environments including all those listed in 1 above with little or no notice.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Strong interpersonal, leadership and consensus building skills.

2. Operational problem solving/ decision making skills and experience.

3. Demonstrated ability to multi-task with strong verbal and written communication, presentation, training and teaching skills. Strong ability to facilitate and organize large groups.

4. Demonstrated ability to work independently with little supervision and work equally as well as a member of a team.

Additional Job Description:

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Exempt/Non-Exempt:

United States of America (Exempt)

Company:

BMC Berkeley Medical Center

Cost Center:

51 UH Nursing Emergency Services

Address:

2500 Hospital Drive

Martinsburg

West Virginia

WVU Medicine is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity among our workforce and invite applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender identity and expression, socioeconomic status, language, national origin, religious affiliation, spiritual practice, age, mental and physical ability/disability or Veteran status.