Emergency Preparedness Specialist

Tower Health•Pottstown, PA

About The Position

The Emergency Preparedness Specialist supports the development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the health system’s Emergency Preparedness program across multiple hospitals and healthcare facilities. Reporting to the Regional Manager, Emergency Preparedness, the role helps ensure organizational readiness for natural disasters, public health emergencies, utility disruptions, security incidents, and other critical events through planning, training, exercises, and regulatory compliance activities. The specialist collaborates with hospital departments, public safety teams, clinical leaders, and community response partners to support emergency operations planning, business continuity initiatives, emergency exercises, and incident response activities. The role serves as a resource for preparedness education, documentation, compliance monitoring, and after-action improvement efforts, helping promote consistency, resilience, and operational readiness throughout the region.

Requirements

Complete and maintain competencies and trainings required for the role.
An associate degree, or a combination of relevant education and experience that may be considered in lieu of an associate degree.
Relevant experience.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
General clerical, multitasking, computer, and customer service skills.
Attention to detail, problem-solving, organizational, and listening skills.
Project management, collaborative, reasoning, and strategic thinking skills.
Microsoft Office applications skills.
Strong team-player and service orientation.
Accountability for maintaining workplace safety.
No licensure or certification required.

Responsibilities

Support the development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the health system’s Emergency Preparedness program.
Assist with organizational readiness for disasters, public health emergencies, utility disruptions, security incidents, and other critical events through planning, training, exercises, and regulatory compliance activities.
Collaborate with hospital departments, public safety teams, clinical leaders, and community response partners.
Support emergency operations planning, business continuity initiatives, emergency exercises, and incident response activities.
Provide preparedness education and support documentation, compliance monitoring, and after-action improvement efforts.
Maintain workplace safety.