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Description

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics-recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States-is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. More than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together daily to 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 a Director of Emergency Readiness and Response to direct the execution of all planning, mitigation, response, and recovery of UI Health Care's emergency preparedness program. This role provides guidance to senior leaders and executives regarding activities and overall readiness for emergency response and the institution's 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 Care's emergency preparedness program. Ensure the emergency operations plan aligns with community plans. Review and update annually.
• Collaborate with departmental leaders on designing and implementing department-specific emergency response plans.
• Collaborate with University personnel on campus-wide emergency preparedness activities and responses and the direction of healthcare Senior leadership
• Provide leadership in designing and conducting tests of UI Health Care's emergency response plans at least twice annually.
• Manage business continuity plan, ensuring the institution 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 the success 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 the process for writing and submitting after-action reports in a timely manner. Convenes a multidisciplinary team to review and critique each drill by documenting recommendations and lessons learned. Creates and manages work plans to mitigate and address issues identified in after-action reports with appropriate follow-through 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 disaster-related 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 co-chair for the Emergency Management Working Group as part of the Clinical 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.

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Application Process : To be considered, applicants must upload a cover letter and resume (under the submission of relevant materials) that clearly address how they meet the listed required and desired qualifications of this position. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days. Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential / education verification.

Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process. For questions, contact Sharon Walther at [email protected].

This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization.