Emergency Management Program Manager Jobs in Tennessee

Location: This is a fully onsite position, floating between TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyrna, TN and TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, TN with a minimum of 2 days/week at each facility.

We are seeking an Emergency Management Director with TriStar Health to promote growth and unlock possibilities. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. Share your leadership skills and come make a difference with us!

TriStar Health offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

We are seeking an Emergency Management Director for our team to be an innovator. HCA Healthcare partners with Harvard Pilgrim Institute and the CDC to use our data from more than 26 million patient encounters each year to impact the industry. Come build your career with us!

Under the supervision of the Division Director of Emergency Preparedness, the Director of Business Continuity & Emergency Preparedness will manage business continuity and Emergency Preparedness (EP) activities for the assigned facility, which includes the development, documentation, maintenance, and implementation of plans and procedures, recovery strategies, and solutions, as well as training and exercises. Further, this individual will act as the point person after a disruption to lead the recovery efforts of the organization.

What you will do in this role:

• Implement and manage all Business Continuity and EP program activities.
• Chair the Emergency Preparedness Steering committee.
• Act as the point person on incident command center operations and planning.
• Conduct annual hazard vulnerability analysis (HVA), business impact analysis and business process analysis.
• Identify mission-essential services or departments.
• Develop and maintain the facility-wide business continuity plan (BCP).
• Consult with senior business managers and team leaders on the development, implementation and maintenance of department-specific BCPs.
• Identify and implement the BCP update schedule.
• Maintain all hospital accreditation & licensing emergency management standards and requirements as it pertains to business continuity.
• Facilitate implementation of HEICS Plan.
• Ensure the privacy of our patients and confidentiality of their Protected Health Information (PHI).
• Promote customer service initiatives.
• Maintain disaster readiness supplies and equipment with a clean working environment.
• Actively seek ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care or the services delivered.
• Develop and implement annual training and exercise schedule.
• Serve as hospital liaison to the Tennessee Highland Rim Healthcare Coalition.
• Conduct trainings and exercises to evaluate the plans.
• Maintain all training and exercise records.
• If activated, participate in the Hospital Incident Command Center.
• Be the point person on all BCP and EP activations.
• Manage the after-action report development and review.
• Receive advanced training & updates on: Code Ready; HCA Alert; HEICS; B-NICE and Decontamination.
• Meet mutually agreed upon performance goals/objectives established annually as listed on the Performance Management Plan.
• Correspond with other TriStar Division and Healthcare Coalition Emergency Preparedness coordinators to plan education calendar and develop class objectives.
• Provide education per training calendar on all training elements listed.
• Act as liaison with community organizations.
• As appropriate, provide community education.
• Attend in-service presentations and complete mandatory education, including, but not limited to, infection control, patient safety, quality improvement, MSDS and OSHA standards.
• Use Performance Improvement Plan to improve patient safety.

What qualifications you will need:

• Knowledge of hospital operations and interactions.
• Experience with the coordination of preparedness, response, and recovery processes associated with healthcare emergency management and business continuity.
• 3-5 years of professional experience in business continuity, emergency management/disaster preparedness, or related field.
• Experience conducting BIAs, BPAs, interviews, and writing BC plans.
• Knowledge of the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) structure.
• Hospital Disaster Management Training (HDMT).
• Experience with Regional Mutual Aid Plan / Hospital Preparedness Program / Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (EMS/HPP/ASPR) audits and HSEEP exercise planning structure.
• Joint Commission EM chapter knowledge.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Current license in Tennessee as a Registered Nurse, Emergency Medical Technician or Emergency Medical Technician – P.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

Join our family of over 180 hospitals and about 2,000 sites of care to drive excellence and raise the bar for our over 35 million annual patient encounters.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.