Registered Nurse (RN) - Manager, ED - Emergency Department
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL

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Join our team at Memorial Hospital-Belleville in the Emergency & Healthcare Coalition Manager! This role requires at least 5 years of experience and certifications in Hazardous Materials, Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program and Incident Command System. A strong background in disaster preparedness, emergency management preferred.

Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Memorial Hospital Shiloh, a 94-bed, all-private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.

Role Purpose

The Emergency & Healthcare Coalition Manager develops and maintains emergency management (EM) programs in accordance with BJC, local, state, federal agencies, and accreditation bodies. This position also serves as the assistant Healthcare Coalition Readiness and Response Coordinator, which facilitates the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Hospital Preparedness Program primary capabilities, which include but are not limited to medical readiness, response coordination, healthcare service delivery and medical surge. This position also facilitates the implementation of effective preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery from all-hazards that adversely impact the healthcare coalition’s (HCC) healthcare system, which includes planning, training, exercising, operational readiness, evaluation, and ongoing development of the HCC. The organization’s EM program supports two geographically separated hospital campuses (Memorial Hospital Belleville and Memorial East Shiloh) and the HCC spans 11-Counties and includes 19-Hospitals. HCC membership exceeds 80 active members and incorporates 17 healthcare provider types, EMS agencies across Illinois EMS regions (3, 4 and 5), local health departments and Emergency Management Agencies.

Responsibilities

• Develops, implements and evaluates emergency management program, policies and procedures including healthcare disaster preparedness, and responses to events that have the potential to interrupt hospital operations; develops and executes regional exercises; write regional plans.
• Maintains organization and regional response supplies and equipment; conducts routine inventory checks and preventative maintenance on assigned equipment and supplies in accordance with BJC policies, manufacturer’s guidance, and the federal procurement standard 2 CFR 200.
• Conducts organization and region wide Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA); leads capabilities-based planning to mitigate identified gaps in preparedness and response plans.
• Maintains organization and regional communications platforms such as common operation picture (COP), mass notification systems, land mobile and HAM radios, bed reporting and patient tracking software.
• Facilitates organizational and HCC post-incident debriefings; develops action reports and improvement plans (AAR/IP); maintains documentation for review upon request.
• Supports the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) and the Regional Hospital Coordination Center which serves as the region’s ESF-8 Multi Agency Coordination System (MACS).
• BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Minimum Requirements

Experience

• 5-10 years

Supervisor Experience

• 2-5 years

Licenses & Certifications

• Hazardous Materials Cert
• Incident Command System

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree

- Emergency Management

Experience

• 10+ years

Supervisor Experience

• 5-10 years

Licenses & Certifications

• Certified Emergency Manager
• Homeland Sec Exerc & Eval Prog

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

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*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer