REGIONAL HEALTHCARE COORDINATOR - 74750

Executive Service

For more information, visit the link below:
https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/program-areas/careers/01%2023%202025%20RHC%20job%20ad.pdf

Background Check:

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Who we are and what we do:

TDH incorporates our values into the work we do each day to achieve our mission, live our vision and address our strategic priorities.

• Mission: Protect, promote and improve the health and well-being of all people in Tennessee.
• Vision: Healthy People, Healthy Communities, Healthy Tennessee
• Our Values: Trust, Compassion, Service, Excellence
• Strategic Priorities: Prevention, Access, Efficiency, Engagement, Equity, Workforce, Excellence, Innovation

Job Overview:

• This position requires high levels of responsibility, accountability, and independent self-motivated work charged with the development, implementation, and maintenance of a comprehensive regional healthcare preparedness and response program through the Healthcare Coalition (HCC) and the Healthcare Preparedness Program (HPP).
• Under the direction and oversight of the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) Healthcare Preparedness Program (HPP) Coordinator and Central Office staff, this position will coordinate preparedness, response, and recovery activities that support the state's Healthcare Preparedness Program initiative.
• The goal of this initiative is to strengthen the ability of health and medical agencies to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies including naturally occurring, accidental, or intentional incidents that impact healthcare delivery and community resilience.
• The RHC will serve as a regional liaison and subject matter resource for partners of the Mid-South Emergency Planning Coalition (MSEPC), with assigned work counties including Shelby, Fayette, Lauderdale, and Tipton, and collaborative engagement across the West Tennessee Region as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• General Preparedness
• Assessment/Planning
• Response and Recovery

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in public health, Emergency Management, Hospital Administration, or a related field (master's preferred).
• Minimum 35 years of experience in healthcare administration, emergency preparedness, or public health program management (may substitute relevant experience for education per TDH policy). * ICS 100, 200, 700, 800 (required); ICS 300/400 within 24 months of hire.
• Valid TN driver's license; ability to travel regionally and statewide.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.