Emergency Preparedness Specialist - Emergency Preparedness

Women's College Hospital, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Job Description

Posted Friday, October 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM | Expires Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 4:59 AM

Women's College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario with a focus on health for women, health equity and health system solutions. If you're ready to be part of a team that is revolutionizing the future of healthcare, then you will want to join an institution where the possibilities for innovation, new discovery and system thinking are limitless. Women's College Hospital is committed to equity, quality and patient safety as key professional values and essential components of daily practice.

Healthcare Revolutionized 2030 is our roadmap to the future. Our strategy is built on the pledge that the founders of our hospital made 140 years ago and reaffirms our commitment to providing equitable, accessible, best‑in‑class healthcare for everyone – meeting people where they are on their healthcare journey and partnering with them to reach their goals of living their healthiest lives possible. The stage has been set for Women’s to accelerate our priorities and capture the momentum to catapult our system forward to revolutionize healthcare for everyone.

Applicants must reside and be legally eligible to work in Ontario.

This is a Regular Full-Time Opportunity

Type: Replacement

Job Description

The Department of Facilities & Operations is a corporate portfolio of functional areas which provide leadership and operational support for the achievement of strategic directions and corporate objectives of Women’s College Hospital. The principal functional areas include enterprise risk management, claims management, and emergency preparedness and management. The department serves as the corporate catalyst that enables the advancement of a comprehensive and continuous enterprise risk process in which risks are identified, analyzed, and mitigated within acceptable risk tolerances.

Summary of Duties, but not limited to:

• Conduct system level planning, analysis, and implementation of Women’s College Hospital Emergency Management framework (Prevention & Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery) in order to protect the organization’s ability to provide patient care during an emergency
• Being WCH’s subject matter expert and key consultant for Emergency Management
• Development and review of Emergency Management codes, relevant policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with key legislative and regulatory requirements
• Ensuring the Emergency Management Plan and Preparedness are current and aligned with best practices, corporate compliance, including with emergency service providers and authorities
• Subject matter expert for the development of specific department plans across WCH for emergency Codes (code blue, Code white, red, etc.);
• Coordinate and implement Business Continuity Planning at the department and organizational level
• Establishment and implementation of Incident Management System (IMS) Methodology
• Oversee and coordinate compliance to Accreditation and other pertinent standards for the Hospital
• Serve as a key subject matter expert and liaison for the hospital in key internal and external partnerships (e.g. provincial, municipal and regional services, committees, including the provincial Emergency Management Communication Tool
• Facilitate development and evaluation of emergency preparedness education and training for all codes using multiple modalities (e.g. simulations, tabletop exercises, etc.)
• Develops comprehensive Emergency Preparedness related learning resources (including delivering in‑class session and providing e‑learning content) and raises awareness of the program and its initiatives.
• Works collaboratively with Quality, Patient Safety Risk Management, Facilities & Operations Security and various departments on Emergency Preparedness
• Participates in activities that support the function of the Joint Health and Safety Committee, including providing reports and relevant statistics
• Member of the Ontario Health Toronto Emergency Preparedness Quality Improvement Committee (THEPQIC)
• Member of the Hospitals’ Emergency Preparedness Committee

As a role model and champion, you will work to identify and integrate safe, best practices into daily activities to foster the delivery of safe and exemplary care.

The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all‑inclusive.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Emergency or Disaster Management, Science or related discipline is required.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Designation Certificate or a professional designation in Disaster and Emergency Management is an asset.
• Hospital sector and clinical experience, or other related field or equivalent experience, are strongly preferred.
• Three (3) years of experience with disaster planning, emergency management, or business continuity planning is required.
• In‑depth knowledge of hospital operations and/or a good functional knowledge of the health sector is required.
• Knowledge about a wide range of natural and technological hazards impacting hospital and health sector operations
• Demonstrated ability to advise and implement operational plans in a large, complex organization is an asset.
• Experience in exercise design, implementation, and evaluation is an asset.
• Experience leading qualitative research and/or data analysis is an asset.
• Demonstrated record of good performance and acceptable attendance will be considered as part of the selection criteria
• Self‑motivated with exceptional facilitation, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
• Excellent conflict resolution skills.
• Great organizational and time‑management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal/written communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work effectively in a fast‑paced, high‑activity work environment.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with a variety of organizations and multidisciplinary individuals.
• Advanced knowledge of the following software: Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Professional behaviour and communication that meets the standards of the professional regulatory college or association, as applicable, and the standards of Women’s College Hospital.
• This position plays a critical role in acting as an advocate for safety and will demonstrate principles, practices and processes that will optimize a safe environment for all.

Why Choose Us?

• Be part of a dedicated team committed to excellence.
• Shape the future of healthcare in a supportive environment.
• Enjoy competitive benefits and an excellent defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP).

Women’s College Hospital may use artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision‑making tools during various points in the recruitment and selection processes. Please note that third‑party job boards may apply their own automated features when displaying or promoting this posting. Women’s College Hospital has no control over these external platform tools.

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Employment at Women’s College Hospital is conditional upon the verification of credentials, completion of a health review, and proof of immunity and vaccination status for vaccine‑preventable diseases, in alignment with WCH Communicable Disease Surveillance protocols. Successful candidates will be required to complete the Employee, Physician and Volunteer Immunization Record Submission Form and the Pre‑Placement Health Review Form prior to commencing employment. Submission instructions will be provided in the new hire package and all requirements must be satisfied prior to commencing employment.

Women’s College Hospital is a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto and is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy. Applicants need to make their requirements known in advance.

Women's College Hospital, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada