Director Emergency Readiness and Response

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinicsrecognized as one of the best hospitals in the United Statesis Iowas only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. More than 12000 employees students and volunteers work together dailyto provide safe quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.

University of Iowa Health Care seeks aDirector of Emergency Readiness and Response to direct the of all planning mitigation response and recovery of UI Health Cares emergency preparedness program. This role provides guidance to senior leaders and executives regarding activities and overall readiness for emergency response and the institutions capability to continue services. The director will address internal and external emergency event responses to minimize risk to patients visitors employees and property while maintaining quality patient care during a crisis. This role stays current on applicable state and national standards including the Incident Management System Hospital Preparedness Program CMS and Joint Commission Emergency Management.

Responsibilities:

Program Management

• Plan coordinate maintain and update UI Health Cares emergency preparedness program. Ensure the emergency operations plan alignswith community plans. Review and update annually.
• Collaborate with departmental leaders on designing and implementing departmentspecific emergency response plans.
• Collaborate with University personnel on campuswide emergency preparedness activities and responses and the direction of healthcare Senior leadership
• Provide leadership in designing and conducting tests of UI Health Cares emergency response plans at least twice annually.
• Manage business continuity plan ensuring theinstitution can access critical supplies and resources. Develop protocols to ensure appropriate and equitable resource allocation.
• Manage frequent and consistent disaster planning and preparedness exercises or drills. Capture data to assess thesuccess of drills and implement response improvements.
• Manage the Iowa Health Care Special Pathogen Unit capability and liaise with response partners involved in emerging pathogens while maintaining awareness of emerging threats.
• Manage theprocess for writing and submitting afteraction reports in a timely manner. Convenes a multidisciplinary team to review and critique each drill by documenting recommendations and lessons learned. Creates andmanages work plans to mitigate and address issues identified in afteraction reports with appropriate followthrough to project completion.
• Develop ad hoc specific drills for areas identified at the request of the Emergency Management Working Group.
• Assists in pursuing and developing disasterrelated Memos of Understanding (MOUs).
• Coordinate hazard vulnerability analysis (HVA) for Iowa Health Care hospitals ambulatory clinics and offsite & outreach clinics around the state.
• Facilitate training related to Hazmat Decontamination HICS MRI Safety emerging pathogens and biocontamination evacuation sled training natural disasters and other emergency preparedness activities.
• Serve on Hospital Incident Command Structure
• Serve as cochair for the Emergency Management Working Group as part of theClinical Systems Committee structure.
• Participates in the Hospital Alliance for Preparedness in Iowa (HAPI) group.
• Other emergency preparedness activities are assigned by senior leadership and the Incident Command structure.

Communication

• Establishes and maintains effective communications and working relationships with other University leaders Local State and Federal emergency management agencies and civic and business groups to ensure effective communications preparedness coordination and response to emergency situations; and provides guidance and expertise to campus leadership regarding emergency management operations.
• Serve as liaison to Joint Commission Emergency Management and other disaster preparedness response groups in disaster planning and actual incident responses.
• Represent UI Health Care at meetings of the Johnson County Public Health and Emergency Management Agency State EMS and IDPHrelated committees and business and public sector planning groups.
• Coordinate integrated communications plan with Hospital Administration and Marketing and Communications
• Maintain relationships with related external agencies at the federal state and local levels.
• Serve as a resource for key stakeholders.

Compliance

• Assure that UI Health Care Emergency Operation Plans and activities remain in compliance with Joint Commission guidelines for Emergency Management standards and other applicable standards including IMS CMS and Hospital Preparedness Program.
• Ensure continuous compliance to all required standards for Emergency Management.

Financial Management

• Maintain emergency preparedness operating budget.
• Identify and manage federal and state grants and other funding opportunities for emergency preparedness.

HR Management

• Develop and manage theperformance of direct reports (if applicable)