Emergency preparedness coordinator sought for the Emergency Unit

Would you like to help develop, coordinate, and ensure the quality of the health professional emergency preparedness at Esbjerg and Grindsted Hospital? Do you have an eye for both the big picture and practical details, and are you motivated by creating coherence across the organization? Then you might be our new Emergency Preparedness Coordinator.

We are seeking a health professional to a 50% position as Emergency Preparedness Coordinator in the Emergency Unit - Health. The position combines with a 50% appointment in a clinical department at Esbjerg and Grindsted Hospital.

As Emergency Preparedness Coordinator you will play a central role in supporting daily operations, quality assurance, and further development of the hospital's emergency preparedness. You will be part of a cross-cutting function where collaboration, coordination, and communication are crucial to ensuring the hospital is well prepared to handle emergency incidents.

About the Emergency Unit Emergency Unit (link requires access to Intranet) covers the entire Esbjerg and Grindsted Hospital and works across all departments and professional areas to maintain and develop the hospital's emergency preparedness. We now want to strengthen the unit with one more employee.

The work includes, among other things, emergency planning, coordination, training, exercises, and ongoing development of the emergency system. We collaborate closely with, among others, the IT and Technical Department. The hospital also has an Emergency Council with representatives from several hospital departments.

About the position Your main task will be to support and coordinate the health professional emergency preparedness across Esbjerg and Grindsted Hospital. You will contribute to ensuring that emergency plans, instructions, and other emergency material are up-to-date and coherent across the organization.

You will have a broad contact surface and collaborate with departments, managers, and staff across disciplines. You must be able to translate high-level requirements and plans into concrete material and activities that make sense in the daily work of employees.

Your tasks will include, among others

• Coordinate and support the departments' work with local emergency plans and contribute to ensuring they align with the hospital's overall emergency plan.
• Ensure practical handling of emergency documents in Infonet, including creating documents and ensuring systematic follow-up on revisions and updates.
• Assist in planning, conducting, and evaluating emergency drills.
• Support training and teaching of the hospital staff
• Prepare, develop, and maintain introductory and information material about the emergency preparedness.
• Contribute to agendas for meetings in the Emergency Unit and the Emergency Council and follow up on decisions and initiatives.

The tasks are performed in close cooperation with the Emergency Unit's other employees.

We offer We offer an exciting opportunity to influence the development of emergency preparedness at Esbjerg and Grindsted Hospital.

You will receive

• A newly created position with the opportunity to shape task solutions.
• A central role in an important cross-cutting collaboration at the hospital.
• A close collaboration with colleagues in the Emergency Unit.
• A varied workday with planning, coordination, development, and dissemination tasks.
• Opportunity for relevant courses and competence development within emergency preparedness.
• Opportunity to apply your clinical experience and organizational understanding in a new context.

Your working time in the Emergency Unit will be planned in close collaboration with the clinical department, which you will also be affiliated with.

If you do not already have a clinical position at Esbjerg and Grindsted Hospital, we will jointly find a clinical position at 50%. This will be based on your competencies and preferences as well as the possibilities at the hospital.

Your profile We are seeking a health professional colleague who is keen to take responsibility for creating overview, coherence, and momentum in the hospital's emergency preparedness work.

We imagine that you

• Have a health professional education, preferably with a relevant postgraduate qualification.
• Have experience with cross-cutting planning tasks and coordination.
• Have pedagogical and facilitating competencies.
• Have good collaboration skills and thrive working across disciplines and departments.
• Work in a structured and systematic way, and follow up tasks to completion.
• Can communicate plans, procedures, and professional knowledge in a way that is understandable and usable for different target groups.

You do not need extensive experience with emergency work, but you should have an interest in the area.

See the job description for responsibilities and tasks.

Additional information Our physical workplace will be Esbjerg Hospital.

As Emergency Preparedness Coordinator you report to the hospital's Emergency Preparedness Chief Executive.

The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position. You will be told your base salary, centrally fixed allowances, and pension according to your collective agreement. In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include any negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience, and qualifications. See starting salary for positions in the Region of Southern Denmark .

Application deadline: 22/11-26

Interviews: 25/11-26

Expected start: 1/1-27 or by agreement.

If you have questions about the position, you are very welcome to contact

Charlotte Mose, Emergency Preparedness Hospital Director, [email protected] , telephone 2063 8784

or

Susanne Justsen, Emergency Unit, [email protected] , telephone 2174 6862