Business Continuity Specialist

Job Title & Specialty Area: Business Continuity Specialist

Department: Trauma Services

Location: Dallas, TX

Shift: Monday - Friday

Job Type: On-Site

Why Children’s Health?

At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.

Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.

Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

Summary

The Business Continuity Specialist (BCS) assists in providing guidance to clinical, ancillary, and business units to complete actionable plans in cases of business disruption. Working under the direction of Director of Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity and the Business Continuity Manager, assists in the development and implementation of departmental Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and campus Continuity of Operations Plans (COOPs) that ensure Children's Health can respond to disasters to make certain that operations resume within a defined period of time and the amount of infrastructure and revenue loss is minimized. The BCS partners in the maintenance of and exercising departmental specific BCP processes, implementing organizational changes into the COOPs, assists with training staff on plans and procedures, and maintaining continuity program documentation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with the Business Continuity and Emergency Preparedness Team, ensures operational readiness by supporting mitigation and recovery efforts across the system.
• Coordinates with Emergency Preparedness/Business Continuity leaders in the planning and facilitating of exercises at the system and departmental level at least annually, or after a significant event leading to necessary revisions to the plans.
• Schedules and organizes various aspects of the business impact analysis (BIA) planning sessions, documenting identified recovery time objectives, and establishing resources required in order to return to normal business operations.
• Works in partnership with the Emergency Management Program to research information based on best practices or opportunities identified for Children's Health emergency response plans and incident response guidelines.
• Develops and documents business continuity training for personnel. Supports departmental leaders in ensuring BCPs are accurate, and all disaster call back contacts, order of succession, exercises, actual events and plan revisions are documented in the BCPs.
• Works with Emergency Preparedness and specialized departments to maintain a list of Memorandums of Understanding (MOU's) for alternate care sites.
• Partners with the Emergency Preparedness team, Children's Health IS and the disaster recovery team to implement best practices to protect, respond through downtime efforts, and restore data and systems after an event.
• Identifies and implements recovery operations and methods to allow the company to function at limited or partial capacity if part of all of the infrastructure is damaged or destroyed.
• Serves on select CHST committees and initiatives to maintain a culture of preparedness.
• Supports the overall Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity portfolio and other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
  
  

Other Information

How You’ll Be Successful:

Work Experience

At least 2 years Healthcare Business Continuity or Emergency Management experience Required

EDUCATION

• Four-year bachelor's degree or equivalent experience Business Continuity, Emergency Management, Healthcare administration or related field Required
  
  

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Business Continuity Certified Planner (BCCP) or Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Level 1 Professional Continuity Practitioner 1 Year Required
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Level 2 Master Continuity Practitioner within 3 years Required
  
  

A Place Where You Belong

We put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children’s Health a place where everyone can contribute.

Holistic Benefits – How We’ll Care For You

• Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.
• 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure
• Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)
• Caregiver Leave
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
  
  

As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.