Job Description

Job Description

When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it?s just one of the many reasons we?ve achieved our six-consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence. From working with a team of premier healthcare professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you?ll have everything you need to do something incredible-for yourself, and for others. Join us, and discover why we are #1 in California and nine years in a row on the "Best Hospitals" Honor Roll.

As a full time Business Continuity Manager at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, you will lead all aspects of business continuity in our Radiation & Environmental Health & Safety department and disaster recovery programs across the organization, including hospitals, clinics, research, educational, and administrative functions. This includes planning, developing, implementing, and testing of the business continuity emergency management programs. The manager will work closely with leadership, clinical and non-clinical departments, and external partners to ensure the healthcare system's resilience in the face of disruptions and emergencies.

Oversees and collaborates with community, city, county, state, and federal agencies involved with continuity planning and disaster response, such as FEMA, Red Cross, local Police, Fire and EMS departments, and others.

Days/Hours: Day shift, Monday - Friday, onsite role. Does include oncall rotation 3-5x a year.

What's this role all about?

• Provides leadership and direction to the business continuity team, ensuring the development of staff and the effective execution of departmental goals.
• Oversees the creation, implementation, and maintenance of business continuity plans for the healthcare system, including clinical care, administrative, research, and other service line departments
• Manages and assembles high-level risk assessments and business impact analyses to identify critical functions, dependencies, and vulnerabilities within the healthcare system. Manages the development and updates to business continuity interdependency language for common services, such as lab, imaging, pharmacy, information technology, and other areas.
• Manages and leads the coordination and execution of complex continuity drills and disaster recovery exercises at the departmental and organizational level. Monitors and evaluate the effectiveness of business continuity programs, using data-driven insights to recommend and implement continuous improvements.
• Analyzes metric tracking on business continuity plans, drill, and exercises in order advise on improvements. Conducts after-action reports on emergency and business continuity drills and exercises. Develops formal written after-action reports.
• Manages the development and training on business continuity and recovery.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for business continuity during crises, leading the response and recovery efforts to minimize operational disruptions and ensure patient safety. Strategic advisor to executive leadership on matters related to organizational resilience, risk management, and emergency preparedness.
• Coordinates and collaborates in planning, developing and implementation of the emergency management/disaster response programs, such as mass decontamination and mass causality. Assists in maintaining the emergency mass-notification system, including customizations to facilitate business continuity.
• Coordinates and liaison with community, city, county, state, and federal agencies involved with disaster response and continuity, such as FEMA, Red Cross, local public safety, police, fire and emergency medical services departments, vendors, non-governmental organizations, and others.
• Responsible for the design, implementation, and presentation of management and employee preparedness programs.
• Oversees, in collaboration with the Director, the coordination of efforts for Department of Health Services, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and The Joint Commission accreditation as it relates to emergency management and business continuity planning.

Qualifications

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree - Emergency Management, Safety, Healthcare, or other related field.
• Master's Degree - Emergency management, business continuity, safety, health sciences, or related field.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Incident Command System Training is required
• Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) training with Incident Action Planning -preferred
• Incident Command System Training (IS - 300, 400) - preferred
• Certificate in business continuity or emergency management such as Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), Associate Business Continuity Professional (ABCP), Healthcare Business Continuity Management (HBCB), Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) or Associate Emergency Manager - preferred
• CA drivers license is required

What else are we looking for?

• 5 experience with comprehensive Emergency Management, Business Continuity, Risk Management, or Continuity of Operations Planning, preferably in a healthcare setting

Why work here?

Beyond outstanding employee benefits (including health, vision, dental and life and insurance) we take pride in hiring the best employees. Our accomplished and compassionate staff reflects the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation.

Req ID : 8374

Working Title : Manager, Business Continuity - Radiation & Environmental Health

Department : Radiation and Environ Safety

Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Job Category : Compliance / Quality

Job Specialty : Health Safety Environment

Overtime Status : EXEMPT

Primary Shift : Day

Shift Duration : 8 hour

Base Pay : $54.23 - $94.90

Job Tags

Full time, Local area, Shift work, Day shift, Monday to Friday,

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