Clinical & Support Services Ecm Specialist - Hsc - Winnipeg, Canada - Shared Health

Shared Health

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Winnipeg, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Requisition ID: 353880

Position Number:

Posting End Date:
March 1, 2024

City:
Winnipeg

Employer:
Shared Health

Site:
Shared Health - Winnipeg Shared Health

Department / Unit:
SH - Emergency and Continuity Management

Job Stream:
Non-Clinical

Union:
Non Union

Anticipated Start Date - End Date:ASAP
- 02/09/2025

Reason for Term:
Other Leave

FTE:1.00

Anticipated Shift:
Days;Standby coverage as required

Daily Hours Worked:7.75

Annual Base Hours:2015

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.

Position Overview:

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba's health system.

Health Sciences Centre (HSC) is a Shared Health facility and teaching hospital.

HSC is Manitoba's provincial tertiary centre for trauma, transplants, burns, neurosciences, complex cancer care and pediatric care HSC offers diagnostic, outpatient and inpatient services to adults and children across Manitoba, north-western Ontario, and Nunavut.

Main Function:

This position collaborates with the HSC Executive Team and receives direction from the HSC Chief Operations Officer and the Emergency and Continuity Management (ECM) Provincial Emergency Preparedness Manager.

The Shared Health ECM Program directly supports this position to provide best practice for HSC's Emergency and Continuity Management activities.

Working as part of a team, the Clinical and Support Services ECM Specialist will anticipate and respond to events that threaten continuity of health services delivery at HSC.

These events include any events that impact the standard of patient care, high media interest, clinical and non-clinical functions, natural disasters such as extreme weather and flooding, public health emergencies; mass casualty incidents; environmental emergencies and critical infrastructure failures.

The position maintains emergency response plans, conducts simulation exercises, liaises with key stakeholders and programs, and monitors and assesses potential risks and vulnerabilities.

In the event of an extraordinary circumstance, threat, or any situation that has the potential to compromise normal operations, the Clinical and Support Services ECM Specialist provides guidance and support to HSC in their activation and coordination of all resources necessary to sustain health service activities.

Depending on the scope and complexity of the circumstance or threat, HSC may activate an Emergency Operations Centre and use the Incident Command System to support planning, response, and recovery efforts.

An extensive Emergency Management network is sustained involving partners from Service Delivery Organizations, Provincial and Federal Emergency Management agencies and not for profit Emergency Management organizations.

These relationships can be used to help coordinate a response.

The scale and scope of the emergency event will determine the level of involvement from each of the network partners, allowing flexibility in the use of the most appropriate resources.

This provides an effective state of readiness to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a range of potential events that could affect HSC and the population of Manitoba.

Experience:

A minimum of 3 years' experience in healthcare is required; preferably in an acute healthcare environment.
Emergency Management or Risk Management experience is desired.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate):

Undergraduate degree or postgraduate qualification in Emergency Management or Risk Management discipline preferred.
Clinical / Nursing experience is considered an asset.

Certification/Licensure/Registration:

Valid Manitoba Class 5 Full Driver's License (or provincial equivalent) required.
IAEM Canada AEM or CEM designation would be an asset.
Business Continuity designation such as ABCP, CBCP, MBCP, BCI or MBCI would be an asset.
Canadian Risk Management designation (CRM) or equivalent would be an asset.
ICS 100, 200, 300 or 400 certificate designations would be an asset.

Qualifications and Skills:

Experience in healthcare, preferably from a clinical program.
Ability to act proactively and communicate effectively with health system leaders.
Ability to work as a member of a small team and collaboratively with a wide range of partners and stakeholders.
Capacity to stay calm and be creative in stressful emergency/high pressure situations.
Able to adapt to unforeseen changes in sched