Emergency Management Assistant

Overview :

Founded in 1887 Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center is a 318-bed acute care nonprofit hospital located in downtown Los Angeles.

The hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II trauma center the Los Angeles Center for Womens Health obstetrics and pediatric services and comprehensive cardiac and surgical services.

The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health one of the nations five largest health care systems. Visit (url removed) for more information.

Responsibilities :

This position will assist of DRC in all emergency management duties and interface with hospital staff & management as well as local EMS agencies.

Traveling to all necessary meetings is a requirement of this position.

Assist with coordination and attendance of all the monthly mandatory meetings at LA County EMS agency.

Assist with Business Continuity LA County meetings.

Assist with writing of the annual Hazard Vulnerability Analysis as well as the annual updates to the Emergency Management Plan.

Attend the monthly Environment of Care Committee meetings and do safety rounds for EOC committee in the hospital.

Assist with decontamination training as well as safety in-services for emergency management program.

Assist with Hospital Orientation monthly in-servicing to new employees new grad programs and CME department for new interns and residents.

Assist with coordination of large scale drills with Fire and Police Departments to include Active Shooter Drills and Mass Casualty drills.

Assist with education and training of local college emergency management programs.

Assist with teaching of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) trainings.

Attend the monthly DRC umbrella meetings taking minutes.

Assist with preparation for American College of Surgeon The Joint Commission and CMS Emergency Management surveys.

Assist with inventory of equipment. Maintain the truck and trailers and emergency management gear for all tents shelters surge capacity equipment DRC parking garage equipment HAZMAT equipment.

Assist with coordination of the regional decontamination drill and mass casualty drills off site. 1.14 Assist with inventory of pharmaceuticals and monthly checks on Purified Air Powered Respirators.

Report in to the medical center during real time events and assist with setting up the Hospital Emergency Operations Command Center fill out Incident Command forms and After Action reports.

Attend bimonthly conference calls with Dignity Health Emergency Management teams and attend bi-annual meetings at Glendale Headquarters for Dignity Health in Emergency Management.

Qualifications :

Knowledge of the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) structure. Experience with the coordination of mitigation planning response and recovery processes associated with healthcare emergency management.

Familiarity with Hospital Incident Command Systems Mass Casualty Triage ICS (phone number removed) and 800 Familiarity with HAZMAT gear and HAZWOPER standards of Emergency Management

ICS 100 200 and 700 courses required

ICS 800 (within 6 months of hire)

Proficient Computer Skills

Knowledge of disaster preparedness decontamination procedures (or obtain training within 6 months - Los Angeles County approved decontamination training (within 6 months of hire)

Hospital Disaster Management Training (HDMT) (within 6 months of hire)

Preferred :

Three years of professional experience in emergency management / disaster preparedness or related field (environmental safety public safety emergency department or risk management).

Experience with Los Angeles County Hospital Preparedness Program / Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (HPP / ASPR) audits.

Teaching and training experience preferred.

Bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration or Emergency Management preferred.