Senior Director Office of Emergency Management

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Are you a visionary leader in emergency management with a passion for ensuring the safety and resilience of healthcare systems Join Stanford Health Care (SHC) as the Senior Director of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and play a pivotal role in advancing our commitment to providing exceptional care especially during times of crisis.

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley SHCs mission is to heal humanity through science and compassion one patient at a time. The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is responsible for disaster mitigation preparedness response and recovery programs to ensure that the highest level of quality care and service to our patients is maintained during any type of disaster.

As the Senior Director you will lead the enterprise emergency management program advancing operational resiliency to ensure uninterrupted delivery of safe high-quality patient care. Your responsibilities will include designing and implementing a comprehensive emergency management program leading readiness and response initiatives engaging with stakeholders for risk assessments and managing the OEMs finances and resources. You will also coach and mentor the OEM team fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

We seek candidates with a bachelors degree and at least ten years of progressively responsible experience in emergency management including supervisory roles. A background in healthcare is preferred. Strong leadership skills and the ability to develop long-term strategies are essential.

If you are ready to make a significant impact in emergency management and lead a dedicated team at a leading healthcare institution we invite you to apply for the Senior Director position at Stanford Health Care. Together the organization can be prepared for any challenge maintaining a commitment to quality patient care. Join in the effort to transform healthcare and make a difference in the lives of patients and the community!

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
The Senior Director of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) has administrative responsibility for the Stanford Medicine enterprise emergency management program. The Senior Director advances operational resiliency to maintain uninterrupted delivery of safe high-quality patient care during area-wide or local emergencies and manages OEMs finances resources and operations. This role leads the programs strategic plan and initiatives in alignment with the organizations missions visions goals plans and policies and contributes to the emerging discipline of Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine. The Senior Director reports directly to the Vice President (VP) of Facilities Infrastructure & Safety (FIS) the Senior Vice President (SVP) of Facilities Services applicable executive leaders and governance bodies. The Senior Director represents Stanford Medicine by actively engaging with emergency management partners at Stanford University; other academic medical centers and health systems; public safety officials; community nonprofit organizations; and city county regional state and federal governmental agencies.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• The essential functions listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties tasks and responsibilities. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned. Employees must abide by all Joint Commission Requirements including but not limited to sensitivity to cultural diversity patient care patients rights and ethical treatment safety and security of physical environments emergency management teamwork respect for others participation in ongoing education and training communication and adherence to safety and quality programs sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals and licensure and health screenings.
• Performs all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the Service Standards of the Hospital(s).
• Designs and energizes the long-term vision and incremental annual goals to progress toward an integrated Stanford Medicine enterprise-wide emergency management program delivered as a shared service across hospitals ambulatory sites and other care settings.
• Forges relationships with the VP of FIS the SVP of Facilities Services clinical and operational leaders and applicable leaders and governance bodies to cultivate interdisciplinary collaboration influence prioritization and secure resources for program directives.
• Leads enterprise readiness response and recovery for planned and unplanned incidents by facilitating development and execution of Incident Response Guides establishing and supporting Hospital Command Center(s) and enterprise command/coordination structures and composing and training leaders who serve on the Hospital Incident Management Team(s).
• Manages the Facilities Services on-call program which addresses off-hour escalations facilitates communication related to these issues and evaluates the necessity for on-site leadership presence as needed.
• Evaluates and improves program performance in alignment with evolving organizational needs to ensure the program supports its constituents and maintains compliance with regulatory standards across all covered sites.
• Explores evaluates and applies the latest technology research and regulations to maintain the programs advancement as an industry leader.
• Develops and implements guiding plans and program policies/procedures in support of emergency management/disaster preparedness ensuring compatibility with operations and goals as well as applicable regulatory requirements.
• Selects designs and maintains enterprise emergency management information systems including the emergency notification system business continuity planning platform and virtual incident management system to meet program requirements and facilitate data accessibility integrity and interdependencies.
• Leads organizational risk assessment processes with internal and external stakeholders that evaluate the frequency probability impacts and preparedness for hazards that could affect the organizations ability to continue safe quality patient care; utilizes results to inform improvement projects.
• Coaches staff and supports career growth opportunities for the OEM team and interested colleagues across the enterprise to strengthen understanding and application of healthcare incident response emergency management disaster preparedness and business continuity.
• Engages with academic research and internal/external subject matter experts including colleagues at other top academic medical centers to drive quality outcomes and program enhancements.
• Maintains efficient and effective program operations to ensure business continuity and disaster preparedness across the enterprise.
• Monitors and adheres to financial targets. Reviews variance reports and financial statements on a pay period and monthly basis. Provides justifications for variances or unusual expenditures as requested.
• Represents the institution and promotes shared goals of the program in professional activities memberships and associations at federal national state regional and local level meetings committees conferences seminars conventions and community affairs.
• Establishes objective performance measures and provides analysis to executive leadership including the VP of FIS the SVP of Facilities Services and applicable leaders and governance bodies regarding Emergency Management program outcomes and decisions having an impact on patient care services business continuity and disaster management requirements.
• Identifies and procures resources required by the program to meet imperatives/goals/requirements.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university. Required

Experience Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience including at least six (6) years with work-lead or supervisory responsibility. Required
• Experience working in a medical setting or clinical background preferred Preferred

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Ability to act decisively.
• Ability to develop long-range business plans and strategies.
• Ability to effectively plan/prepare an annual program budget addressing capital equipment personnel/labor cost inventories supplies/caches grant availabilities and other program costs while considering institutional priorities long range financial goals and reimbursement constraints.
• Ability to expand program services without increasing labor and/or non-labor costs.
• Ability to foster effective working relationships and build consensus.
• Ability to make effective oral presentations and prepare concise written reports to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to manage a function or multiple departments.
• Ability to provide leadership and influence others.
• Ability to recognize prioritize and address administrative issues in a prompt professional manner.
• Ability to solve problems and identify solutions.
• Ability to supervise coach mentor train and evaluate work results.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to maintain on-site presence across enterprise locations and respond to emergencies after hours.
• Knowledge of technologies used in the functional area.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of emergency management/disaster preparedness.
• Knowledge of the legal social economic and political forces which influence the health care system.

Licenses and Certifications

• None .

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SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanfords patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars from the patient and familys perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

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Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination inall ofits policies and practices including the area of employment. Accordingly SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race color sex sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression religion age national or ethnic origin political beliefs marital status medical condition genetic information veteran status or disability or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders members of all racial and ethnic groups people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $83.98 - $111.27 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity experience education specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.