First Tier Second Tier HICS Position Essential (Business Hours) (Non-Business Hours) Lead and provide overall strategic direction for hospital incident management and support Emergency Management Program activities, including emergency response and INCIDENT COMMANDER Director Nursing Supervisor recovery. Organize and direct the Hospital Command Center (HCC). Authorize total facility evacuation if warranted. Ensure safety of staff, patients, and visitors, monitor and correct hazardous conditions. Have Safety Officer Environmental Safety Officer Safety & Security Supervisor authority to halt any activity that poses immediate threat to life and health. VP Clinical Regulatory Compliance Administrator On-Call via Function as the incident contact person in the for Liaison Officer representatives from other agencies. Telephone until response to site Serve as the conduit for information to internal and external stakeholders, including staff, visitors and Public Information Officer Public Relations POCR families, and the news media, as approved by the Incident Commander. Medical/Technical (assigned as needed) Specialist(s): Advise the Incident Commander and/or Operations Biological/ Director of Infectious Diseases POCR Section Chief, as assigned, on issues related to Infectious Disease biological/infectious disease emergency response. Advise the Incident Commander or Operations Section Chief, as assigned, on issues related to specific chemical incidents and emergency response. In conjunction with the Medical Care Branch Director, and Hazmat Branch Director Chemical Haz-Mat Coordinator POCR organize and prepare the Emergency Department to receive chemical exposure casualties in a manner consistent with hospital procedures and best practices to preserve the operational integrity of the Emergency Department and other areas in the hospital receiving patients. Advise the Incident Commander or Operations Section Chief, as assigned, on issues related to specific radiological incidents and emergency response. In conjunction with the Medical Care Branch Director, organize and prepare the Radiological Radiation Safety Officer POCR Emergency Department to receive radiation exposure casualties in a manner consistent with hospital procedures and best practices to preserve the operational integrity of the Emergency Department.
HICS Position Essential First Tier (Business Hours) Second Tier (Non-Business Hours) INCIDENT COMMANDER Lead and provide overall strategic direction for hospital incident management and support activities, including emergency response and recovery. Organize and direct the Hospital Command Center (HCC). Authorize total facility evacuation if warranted. Emergency Management Program Director Nursing Supervisor Safety Officer Ensure safety of staff, patients, and visitors, monitor and correct hazardous conditions. Have authority to halt any activity that poses immediate threat to life and health. Environmental Safety Officer Safety & Security Supervisor Liaison Officer Function as the incident contact person in the for representatives from other agencies. VP Clinical Regulatory Compliance Administrator On-Call via Telephone until response to site Public Information Officer Serve as the conduit for information to internal and external stakeholders, including staff, visitors and families, and the news media, as approved by the Incident Commander. Public Relations POCR Medical/Technical Specialist(s): (assigned as needed) Biological/ Infectious Disease Advise the Incident Commander and/or Operations Section Chief, as assigned, on issues related to biological/infectious disease emergency response. Director of Infectious Diseases POCR Chemical Advise the Incident Commander or Operations Section Chief, as assigned, on issues related to specific chemical incidents and emergency response. In conjunction with the Medical Care Branch Director, and Hazmat Branch Director organize and prepare the Emergency Department to receive chemical exposure casualties in a manner consistent with hospital procedures and best practices to preserve the operational integrity of the Emergency Department and other areas in the hospital receiving patients. Haz-Mat Coordinator POCR Radiological Advise the Incident Commander or Operations Section Chief, as assigned, on issues related to specific radiological incidents and emergency response. In conjunction with the Medical Care Branch Director, organize and prepare the Emergency Department to receive radiation exposure casualties in a manner consistent with hospital procedures and best practices to preserve the operational integrity of the Emergency Department. Radiation Safety Officer POCR
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