Director of Emergency Preparedness

Job Summary

The Mass General Brigham system must ensure it is resilient in the face of all hazards - natural, man-made, and technological - in order to fulfill our commitment to patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. The Director of Emergency Preparedness and Continuity oversees the strategy, operations, and management of efforts to ensure that Mass General Brigham is prepared to respond to emergencies and protect patients, staff, visitors, and the system's health care facilities.

Key Responsibilities

Program Management
- Serves as a senior leader implementing, monitoring and overseeing the annual program management framework
- Maintains governance and program structure to ensure the entity EP program meets or exceeds program goals
- Manages and participates in the entity Emergency Preparedness on-call structure to ensure 24/7/365 emergency response support
- Facilitates senior leadership connections and oversight of entity EP activities

Personnel Management
- Manages entity Emergency Preparedness personnel including interns, Program Managers and Senior Program Managers
- Sets and communicates expectations, monitors performance and provides feedback

Project Management
- Oversees the implementation and education of the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS)
- Leads committees responsible for identifying specific needs for various emergency scenarios
- Oversees Hazardous Materials Response Program and Team and Biothreats Response Program
- Works with MGB EP staff and other MGB institutions on joint projects
- Investigates and researches best practices with respect to EP

Plans & Training
- Ensures development and maintenance of the Emergency Operations Plan
- Oversees the training and exercise program, ensuring a minimum of 2 hospital-wide exercises per year
- Oversees process for writing after-action reports and tracks remediation items

Qualifications

Education:
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field required
- Master's degree preferred

Experience:
- Seven to eight years of relevant management level experience required
- Healthcare experience preferred
- Extensive Program and Project management experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Expertise in Emergency Preparedness planning and response
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong leadership skills, interpersonal skills, consensus building skills
- Maturity and operational problem solving/decision making experience
- Personnel management experience preferred