Emergency Prep, Program Mgr - Somerville, United States - Mass General Brigham Healthcare at Home

Mass General Brigham Healthcare at Home

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Somerville, United States

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Emergency Prep, Program Mgr.

Mass General Brigham Home Care, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community.

We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve.

At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity:

race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.

Description
Mass General Brigham Home Care serves patients from rehabilitation after illness or injury, to chronic disease management.

We are dedicated to providing the highest quality specialized care designed to meet the patients' unique needs with the goal of optimizing independence and quality of life.

Our clinicians are highly skilled and able to function both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team.

We value the uniqueness of our employees who are a reflection of the communities and patients that we serve. Our attractive and comprehensive benefits package is designed to meet the needs of our employees.

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 Department 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.

Coordinates resources to ensure the entity Emergency Operations Plans are updated annually. Manages Emergency Preparedness readiness training, including the execution of a minimum of 2 Hospital-wide Emergency Preparedness Drills per year.

Participates in the leadership of hospital emergency response activities, and is knowledgeable about and familiar with the Hospital Incident Command System.

Maintains employee alert system. Leads and participates in internal and external task forces, committees, and agencies regarding Emergency Preparedness. Investigates, researches, and makes recommendations regarding best practices with respect to Emergency Preparedness.

Responsible for ensuring that all Joint Commission and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services standards for Emergency Preparedness are known and being met.

Program Management

Manages various Emergency Preparedness projects to meet program needs. Manages the implementation and ongoing education of the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) throughout the organization.

Leads and provides project management support for those committees responsible for identifying/developing specific needs associated with various emergency scenarios for external events (ex:
trauma, bio-terrorism, cyber-attack, chemical, nuclear) and internal events (ex: IT downtimes, fire, weather, damaged utilities, etc.).

Serves as on call resource for Emergency Preparedness. Responds to incidents with little or no notice.
Staffs various Emergency Preparedness committee and subcommittee meetings; contributes ideas and monitors the planning process. Supports development of strategic vision for Emergency Management program. Develops project plans and timelines for accomplishing outstanding tasks. Identifies inconsistencies among plans and addresses as necessary. Identifies systems and operational problems and proposes solutions. Works to build consensus when departmental response plans diverge.
Ensures all departments have current information regarding Joint Commission and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Emergency Management standards and that the entity maintains compliance.
Investigates and researches best practices with respect to Emergency Preparedness. Attends seminars; benchmarks with other institutions; and obtains resource material for review.
Participates in monitoring annual program management framework to ensure critical tasks are completed on time. Includes execution of an annual Hazard Vulnerability Analysis, ongoing training and exercise program, annual and ad hoc Emergency Operations Plan updates and other tasks.
Cultivates relationships with clinical and nonclinical stakeholders to ensure active involvement in EP program.
Participates in management of hazardous materials and biothreats response programs and teams if applicable.
Works with MGB EP staff and other MGB institutions on joint projects benefiting the entity program and MGB.
Assists in development of an Annual Report on the Emergency Preparedness Program.
Identifies grant opportunities and participates in the grant submissi