Position Summary:
The Regional Director of Public Safety and Emergency Management will ensure high-quality, cost-effective services are delivered to support the department's goals and objectives as well as the region's strategic plan. The Regional Director will focus on Public Safety and Emergency Management core initiatives and capabilities that include program management, 24/7 operations and response structure, emergency plans, emergency notification, physical security, education, training and emergency exercises, workplace violence prevention, and other enhanced protection programs. The Regional Director will have oversite of Public Safety and Emergency Management for The Hospital of Central Connecticut, MidState Medical Center, the Bradley Memorial and Plainville campuses.
Key Accountabilities:
- Ensures a safe and secure environment for patients, colleagues and the community. Provides opportunities for engagement and management during risk assessments, goal setting, improvement priorities, monitoring progress and further evaluation of the effectiveness of the department
- Ensures the Public Safety and Emergency Management strategy protects regional assets and simultaneously balances and ensures a consumer driven focus related to patients, support service colleagues, clinicians and physicians. Implement education, training, tools and resources
- Provides routine updates, important and timely information to all constituent groups. Establishes and maintains open communication with colleagues, and other department leaders to foster trust, understanding and respect
- Develops business cases, seeks approval and funding to address safety and emergency projects focusing on improvements in systems, people strength, processes, and technology. All designed to provide a safe and secure environment in an ever-changing environment
- Serves as the leader for protection, preparedness, response and resiliency activities. These activities may include workplace violence, threats, security events, emergencies, or catastrophic disasters
- Provides training in partnership with HHC Public Safety Training by delivering training programs that empower our community to be safer and more secure. Training includes but not limited to: CPI, GHO, ALICE, OC, Guard Card Instructor, etc.
- Develops and ensures regulatory compliance with all department policies, processes, guidelines and standards in addition to CMS, Joint Commission, CT DPH, among others. Participate and provide updates including compliance data during Environment of Care, Safety and other related committee meetings
- Develops and prepares an annual operating budget and ensures department operates within allocated funds. Maintain records and statistics for administrative and regulatory purposes
- Ensures colleague engagement and action plans are achieved successfully; establishes performance expectations; coaches, develops and evaluates performance to enable colleagues to be successful in contributing to the achievement of individual and department objectives, and to ensure high-quality services are delivered
- Develops and maintains internal and external relationships that may include local, state, federal and other public and private partners in law enforcement and emergency management
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in public, healthcare or business administration, program management, leadership, criminal justice or criminology, emergency management, risk management, non-profit management or other related fields is required. Master's Degree is preferred
- Seven plus years of public safety, security and emergency management leadership experience and/or command or executive level leadership in local, state or federal law enforcement is required
- Leading crisis response or crisis intervention experience is strongly preferred
- ICS 100, ICS 200, NIMS 700 and NIMS 800 certification either at time of hire or ability to obtain post hire
- Knowledge of the principles and practice of healthcare, emergency management, safety, security, and public safety
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, grow engagement, manage multiple and diverse relationships, and influence both internal and external organizations, leaders, and colleagues
- Ability to partner with leaders to identify opportunity areas, lead improvement projects and ensure the implementation of standard work is completed across the organization
- Able to prioritize work by making informed judgments and to develop solutions for complex problems
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to prepare and present material, documents and instill confidence in the content that is being provided to Executive Leaders, other leaders and colleagues
- Independently analyze, manage change in a fast-paced environment and solve a variety of difficult situations, problem events, and emergencie
- Strong skills in Microsoft Office, general technology and electronic public safety and emergency management tools, resources and equipment
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements such as CMS, Joint Commission, OSHA, NFPA, IAHSS, ASIS, among others
