Emergency Management Coordinator | Safety Coordinator

Emergency Management Coordinator | Safety Coordinator

Work Shift: Primarily days with night, weekend and holiday on-call involvement (United States of America)

Pay Range: $47,320.00 - $72,280.00

Required:

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) - Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) Certification in clinical or safety specialty within first five years of employment.
• Associate's in Safety, Security, Industrial Hygiene or equivalent experience
• Responsible for assisting the Director of Security and Emergency Preparedness in the planning, organizing, and directing of the Environment of Care (EC) programs for Avera.

Duties: Assists the Department Director in managing the planning, coordination and evaluation of the Avera's Management Plans as mandated by the Joint Commission Standards:
Safety, Hazardous Materials and Waste, and Fire Prevention. Assists the Department Director to plan and coordinate the curriculum and presentation of safety training in both new employee orientation and annual review. Prepares agendas finalized minutes, trending sheets and oversees publication of information to staff.

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

Accountable for disaster preparedness for Avera. The position will develop and oversee solutions to provide timely and effective emergency preparedness. Major functions include developing emergency management plan drafts, organizing and maintaining emergency response assets, and providing related educational programs.

• Performs preventative maintenance and testing on emergency response assets including decontamination equipment, command center systems, and emergency communications equipment.
• Responds as available to emergency situations including external and internal disasters, evacuation, hazardous material spills, patient decontamination events, and fires.
• Prepares and presents emergency management education programs.
• Assures compliance with federal regulations for NIMS and IC in regards to facility emergency preparedness and response.
• Inventories and audits emergency response supplies and equipment as required by the Healthcare Resources Service Administration (HRSA) grant participation requirements.
• Implements emergency management corrective action plans as directed.
• Prepares written policy and program drafts for consideration by Leadership and approval of the Emergency Preparedness and Environment of Care Committees.
• Prepares and conducts emergency exercises, coordination with local, regional and state organizations as appropriate.
• Implements compliance initiatives for The Joint Commission Emergency Management Standards.
• Investigates emergency management grant opportunities.

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

• Drivers License - Licensing Board
• 1-3 years experience in Incident Command Systems for emergency response

• Associate's in Emergency/Disaster Management or related field
• Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) - International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)
• ICS-300 Intermediate IC for Expanding Incidents Course Completion - Federal Emergency Management Institute (FEMA)
• ICS-400 Advanced IC for Command and General Staff Course Completion - Federal Emergency Management Institute (FEMA)
• IS-700 NIMS Course…