Emergency Preparedness Specialist

Women's College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario with a focus on health for women, health equity and health system solutions. If you're ready to be part of a team that is revolutionizing the future of healthcare, then you will want to join an institution where the possibilities for innovation, new discovery and system thinking are limitless. Women's College Hospital is committed to equity, quality and patient safety as key professional values and essential components of daily practice.

With the mobilization of our 2018-2022 Strategic Plan, WCH has entered an exciting phase of its history – strengthening its bond with partners and introducing a new and inspiring vision: Healthcare revolutionized for a healthier and more equitable world.

FOR EXTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY:

In this role you will mainly be working on-site with the ability to work remotely at times based on operational requirements. Your remote work location must be located within the province of Ontario and you must be legally eligible to work in Canada and reside in Ontario.

Job Description

The Department of Facilities & Operations is a corporate portfolio of functional areas which provide leadership and operational support for the achievement of strategic directions and corporate objectives of Women’s College Hospital. The principal functional areas include enterprise risk management, claims management, and emergency preparedness and management. The department serves as the corporate catalyst that enables the advancement of a comprehensive and continuous enterprise risk process in which risks are identified, analyzed, and mitigated within acceptable risk tolerances.

Summary of Duties, but not limited to:

• Conduct system level planning, analysis, and implementation of Women’s College Hospital Emergency Management framework (Prevention & Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery) in order to protect the organization’s ability to provide patient care during an emergency
• Being WCH’s subject matter expert and key consultant for Emergency Management
• Development and review of Emergency Management codes, relevant policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with key legislative and regulatory requirements
• Ensuring the Emergency Management Plan and Preparedness are current and aligned with best practices, corporate compliance, including with emergency service providers and authorities
• Subject matter expert for the development of specific department plans across WCH for emergency Codes (code blue, Code white, red, etc.);
• Coordinate and implement Business Continuity Planning at the department and organizational level
• Establishment and implementation of Incident Management System (IMS) Methodology
• Oversee and coordinate compliance to Accreditation and other pertinent standards for the Hospital
• Serve as a key subject matter expert and liaison for the hospital in key internal and external partnerships (e.g. provincial, municipal and regional services, committees, including the provincial Emergency Management Communication Tool
• Facilitate development and evaluation of emergency preparedness education and training for all codes using multiple modalities (e.g. simulations, tabletop exercises, etc.)
• Develops comprehensive Emergency Preparedness related learning resources (including delivering in-class session and providing e-learning content) and raises awareness of the program and its initiatives.
• Works collaboratively with Quality, Patient Safety Risk Management, Facilities & Operations, Security and various departments on Emergency Preparedness
• Participates in activities that support the function of the Joint Health and Safety Committee, including providing reports and relevant statistics
• Member of the Ontario Health Toronto Emergency Preparedness Quality Improvement Committee (THEPQIC)
• Member of the Hospitals’ Emergency Preparedness Committee
  
  

As a role model and champion, you will work to identify and integrate safe, best practices into daily activities to foster the delivery of safe and exemplary care.

The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all-inclusive.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related discipline is required. Emergency or Disaster Management, Science or recognized equivalent.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Designation Certificate or a professional designation in Disaster and Emergency Management is an asset.
• Hospital sector and clinical experience, or other related field or equivalent experience, are strongly preferred. Experience
• Three (3) years of experience with disaster planning, emergency management, or business continuity planning is required.
• In-depth knowledge of hospital operations and/or a good functional knowledge of the health sector is required.
• Knowledge about a wide range of natural and technological hazards impacting hospital and health sector operations
• Demonstrated ability to advise and implement operational plans in a large, complex organization is an asset.
• Experience in exercise design, implementation, and evaluation is an asset.
• Experience leading qualitative research and/or data analysis is an asset.
• Demonstrated record of good performance and acceptable attendance will be considered as part of the selection criteria
• Self-motivated with exceptional facilitation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal/written communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work effectively in a fast-paced, high-activity work environment.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with a variety of organizations and multidisciplinary individuals.
• Advanced knowledge of the following software: Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Professional behaviour and communication that meets the standards of the professional regulatory college or association, as applicable, and the standards of Women’s College Hospital
• This position plays a critical role in acting as an advocate for safety and will demonstrate principles, practices and processes that will optimize a safe environment for all
  
  

Women’s College Hospital is a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto and is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy. Applicants need to make their requirements known in advance.