Emergency Management Officer
- Classification: Officer
- Union: Exempt
- Department: Provincial Emerg Preparedness
- Primary Location: Southport Tower
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 26-APR-2021
- Date Available: 01-MAY-2021
- Temporary End Date: 01-SEP-2021
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $28.20
- Maximum Salary: $48.45
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
Undergraduate degree preferably in a clinical area (nursing, allied health). A combination of relevant education and experience in Healthcare and Emergency Response Planning may be considered. Five to ten years’ experience within a health care environment in a variety of clinical settings, including supervisory/management experience. In order to ensure Emergency/Disaster Management credibility while working with the extensive range of internal stakeholders, it is critical that the incumbent be knowledgeable of the health care system and have clinical experience, preferably in both acute and community-related health care. In addition, the position requires a wide range of knowledge on current trends and practices in emergency planning, the ability and willingness to keep current in a fast-growing industry and the ability to work efficiently under extremely stressful conditions.
Additional Required Qualifications:Required experience, knowledge and skills: Demonstrated proficiency in the preparation of written reports and papers. Demonstrated ability to lead, directly or indirectly, multidisciplinary project teams. Required Emergency/Disaster Management courses &/or experience to be obtained within 6 months of hiring: Basic Emergency Management. Incident Command System Level 100 & 200. Exercise Design. Business Continuity Management. Public Safety Canada CBRN Awareness Course or equivalent CBRN/Hazmat certification. University of Arizona Basic HazMat Life Support Course for health professionals. Master’s level educational preparation desirable. Experience in a health care field or profession desired. Professional designation and / or registration an asset. Experience in the preparation and delivery of educational/training programs preferred. Experience in emergency management within health care, government or industry desirable.
Preferred Qualifications:Critical thinking; Knowledge of theoretical underpinnings of basic E/ DM set of core competencies, and limitations. Knowledge/ability to identify gaps in emergency/disaster understanding and preparation. Planning; Hazard identification & mitigation, risk assessment and impact analysis. Direction, coordination; knowledge of legislation regulation and codes that impact emergency planning/ response. Exercise design, facilitation, evaluation and follow-up on corrective actions; experience in PM.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
Healthy Albertans. Healthy
Communities. Together.
We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, all across Alberta.
Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first.
We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
