Emergency Management Specialist

Position Summary

Plans, develops, coordinates, conducts, trains, implements, and maintains systemwide emergency management activities.Interprets, applies, and provides technical guidance to support Orlando Health’s compliance with provisions of emergency management regulations, standards, and requirements.

Responsibilities

 Assists with ensuring compliance on regulatory, statutory, and other emergency management and homeland security

requirements including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), The Joint Commission (TJC), Agency for Healthcare

Administration (AHCA), Department of Health (DOH) Trauma Program, American College of Surgeons (ACS), Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN), Central Florida Disaster Medical Coalition (CFDMC), National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Department of Homeland Security.

 Participates in AHCA, TJC, DOH, RITN, ACS surveys and inspections on emergency and disaster management.

 Completes annual documentation reviews in accordance with industry, national, state, regional and local regulations, standards, and guidelines for healthcare emergency management.

 Assists with ensuring all Orlando Health member hospitals, free standing emergency departments, ambulatory surgical centers, skilled nursing centers, and non-hospital locations are aligned with the Corporate Emergency Management program and vision by providing oversight and support to ensure compliance and a culture readiness.

 Coordinates the oversight and implementation of system-wide solutions and coordinates emergency management activities to include mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery efforts.

 Coordinates and collaborates by providing warnings and emergency data to the organization and providing operational and technical support to leadership before, during, and after emergency situations that affect the organization’s personnel,property, brand name, and equipment.

 Coordinates and assists with the development of systemwide comprehensive emergency management plan and emergency operations plans (policies and procedures). Writes additional emergency operations plans as needed to meet regulatory and operational standards.

 Develops, maintains, and conducts annual comprehensive Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA).

 Develops, maintains, and conducts inventories of disaster supplies for rapid deployment in an emergency, to include periodic moving/maneuvering heavy equipment.

 Assists with the implementation and organizational buy-in for a systemwide patient decontamination program to meet national standards.

 Develops, maintains, and conducts a systemwide emergency management training program. Ensures the organization’scompliance with NIMS.

 Coordinates and assists internal and external stakeholders with the design, implementation, and assessment of emergency management exercises to improve safety and organizational, as well as community, preparedness in accordance with The Joint Commission, regional healthcare coalition, and Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program (HSEEP) criteria.

 Conducts and assists with the development and completion of after action reports/improvement plans following emergency management exercises and real incidents, to include the investigation of emergency incidents to improve work practices and reduce risk to Orlando Health, Inc.

 Coordinates and supports partnerships with community stakeholders to include various private entities, local, regional, state, federal, and international agencies/organizations/governments to ensure assets are incorporated into hospital plans and notification systems, and to assist with real incidents. Includes attending and participating in local (city, county and regional) emergency planning and exercises.

 Collaborates with the management of the region’s healthcare coalition grant contract and supports the development and sustainment of healthcare emergency management capabilities in the region in order to respond to, and rapidly cover from, and mitigate future health threats and other emergencies.

Qualifications

Education/Training

Associates degree in Emergency Management/Preparedness, Crisis Management, Disaster Management, Criminal Justice, Public

Administration, Public Safety, Security, Safety, or closely related field required. Completion of FEMA I.S. 100, 200, 700, and 800 level

courses. Completion of NIMS 300 and 400 level courses within one year of hire. Must be willing to go to training courses locally,

regionally, and nationally to ensure knowledge, skills and abilities are appropriate to job performance.

Licensure/Certification

Must have a Florida Driver’s License at time of hire or within the first 60 days of employment.

Experience

Two (2) years of experience in emergency management, emergency preparedness, emergency operations, crisis management, security, fire safety, safety, or related field. Knowledge of hospital Emergency Management, safety, security, emergency response

practices, The Joint Commission, NIMS, and homeland security guidelines (local, regional, state, federal, and accreditation). Experience in program development, program implementation, training and development, customer service, auditing, and inspections. Two (2) years of experience maybe substituted for a higher level educational degree (i.e., bachelors or master’s degrees). Able to integrate and apply the concepts of comprehensive emergency management (mitigation, preparedness, response & recovery). Microsoft office products specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, Edge; or related.