System Director, Security and Emergency Management

BHS•Jeffersontown, KY

About The Position

Baptist Health is seeking a System Director, Security and Emergency Management to join its team in Louisville, Kentucky. The description outlines responsibility for developing, executing, evaluating, and continually improving clinical, business, and technological continuity and recovery plans, including plans addressing high-consequence clinical and business risks and services. The position manages preparedness activities and deliverables and advances emergency management strategies to support preparedness and response goals across business and clinical units. The role develops, maintains, or implements business continuity and disaster recovery strategies and solutions. This includes risk assessments, business impact analyses, strategy selection, and documenting continuity and recovery procedures. The position works with the IT Operations Business Continuity Coordinator and related committees or teams spanning IT, Risk, Facilities, Emergency Management, HR, internal subject matter experts, and care teams. In partnership with administrators and physician leadership, the role advances continuity and disaster recovery plans and strategies that support strategic objectives. It assists with developing, implementing, evaluating, and improving Emergency Operations Plans; responds to continuity and disaster recovery events; and participates in incident action planning. It also plans and debriefs mock-disaster exercises, updates plans and procedures, and designs or delivers preparedness and response orientation and refresher education. The position may manage continuity or restoration efforts before, during, and after a disruption. System-wide work includes sharing best practices, creating a drill calendar for facilities, developing training based on identified gaps, and creating repeatable drill formats.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or 10 years of applicable experience in lieu of a degree.
Travel is required.

Nice To Haves

Professional license or certification in healthcare professional organizations, information technology organizations, disaster recovery or emergency management organizations, or project management organizations is encouraged.

Responsibilities

Develop, execute, evaluate, and continually improve clinical, business, and technological continuity and recovery plans.
Manage preparedness activities and deliverables for high-consequence clinical and business risks and services.
Advance emergency management strategies to achieve preparedness and response goals for business and clinical units.
Develop, maintain, or implement business continuity and disaster recovery strategies and solutions, including risk assessments, business impact analyses, strategy selection, and documented procedures.
Coordinate continuity activities with the IT Operations Business Continuity Coordinator and committees or teams across IT, Risk, Facilities, Emergency Management, HR, internal subject matter experts, and care teams.
Partner with administrators and physician leadership to develop and implement continuity and disaster recovery plans and strategies supporting strategic objectives.
Assist with development, implementation, evaluation, and improvement of Emergency Operations Plans.
Respond to continuity and disaster recovery events and participate in developing and executing incident action plans as appropriate.
Plan, conduct, and debrief mock-disaster exercises; assess existing plans and strategies and update procedures and plans regularly.
Design and conduct preparedness and response orientation and refresher education programs and materials as directed.
Design, conduct, or evaluate response plan exercises.
Manage continuity or restoration efforts before, during, and after a disruption event.
Share best practices, create a drill calendar for facilities, develop training based on identified gaps, and create repeatable drill formats across the system.