Emergency Management Director

This position is incentive eligible and fully onsite, 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.

About the role

We are seeking an Emergency Management Director to promote growth and unlock possibilities at HCA Healthcare, where we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. This role will manage business continuity and Emergency Preparedness (EP) activities for the assigned facility, including the development, documentation, maintenance, and implementation of plans and procedures, recovery strategies, and solutions, as well as training and exercises. The Director will act as the point person after a disruption to lead recovery efforts.

HCA Healthcare partners with Harvard Pilgrim Institute and the CDC, using data from more than 26 million patient encounters each year to impact the industry.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage all Business Continuity and Emergency Preparedness (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 and licensing emergency management standards and requirements as they pertain to business continuity.
• Facilitate implementation of the HEICS Plan.
• Ensure the privacy of patients and confidentiality of their Protected Health Information (PHI).
• Promote customer service initiatives.
• Maintain disaster readiness supplies and equipment in a clean working environment.
• Actively seek ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care, or services delivered.
• Develop and implement an annual training and exercise schedule.
• Serve as hospital liaison to the Tennessee Highland Rim Healthcare Coalition.
• Conduct trainings and exercises to evaluate plans and maintain all training and exercise records.
• Participate in the Hospital Incident Command Center if activated.
• Be the point person on all BCP and EP activations.
• Manage the after-action report development and review.
• Receive advanced training and 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 calendars and develop class objectives.
• Provide education per training calendar on all listed training elements.
• Act as liaison with community organizations and provide community education as appropriate.
• Attend in-service presentations and complete mandatory education, including infection control, patient safety, quality improvement, MSDS, and OSHA standards.
• Use the Performance Improvement Plan to improve patient safety.

Requirements

• 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 a 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.

Benefits

TriStar Health offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay, including prescription drug and behavioral health coverage, 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, and 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 other discount programs.
• 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.