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Facility: CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807 Department: 1655 Emergency Management Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America) CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence: Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times. Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads. Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025). Benefits Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week) For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth Job Description: The “Coordinator” position within the Emergency Management department is a critical component to the success and progress of the department as a whole and to the Programs they each oversee. The coordinator assumes primary responsibility for the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Program(s) in each of their respective fields of expertise. The Programs that exist within the BCEM department require continuous sharing of information; therefore, each of the coordinators must communicate and collaborate amongst each other to fully understand the role each other plays within the department. The Emergency Management Coordinator has primary responsibility for the: ▪ CoxHealth Emergency Management Program (covering the Springfield and CHG campuses) 1. Mitigation 2. Preparedness 3. Response 4. Recovery (shared duties with the Business Continuity Coordinator) The Emergency Management Coordinator also has a secondary/shared responsibility for the: ▪ CoxHealth Patient Decontamination (HazMat) Program (shared duties with the Training & Exercise Coordinator) This role involves coordinating disaster response efforts, conducting risk assessments, developing emergency plans, and providing input on training and drills. The coordinator will collaborate with local, state, and federal agencies, as well as internal departments, to ensure compliance with emergency management regulations and best practices. Education: ▪ Required: • Candidates with 3+ years in Fire, Law Enforcement and/or military training experience OR • Bachelor’s degree in Emergency and Disaster Management, Homeland Security, or related field Experience: ▪ Preferred: 3+ years' health care and/or Emergency Management experience Skills: ▪ Intermediate knowledge of accreditation and regulatory processes ▪ Performance Improvement and/or project management experience with the ability to work on multiple concurrent projects with various deadlines simultaneously ▪ Strong Microsoft Office skills – PowerPoint, Word, and Excel ▪ Excellent communication skills in both written and verbal formats to include public speaking ▪ Proven skills facilitating interactive planning meetings (virtual and in-person) according to an agenda, managing time, and including multiple department leaders ▪ Advanced drill and exercise development skills and background to include evaluating all types of HSEEP level exercises ▪ Previous work with adult learners, including training development and facilitation ▪ Emergency Operations Plan Development ▪ Demonstrated experience in developing discussion-based and operations-based exercises of varying sizes and complexity ▪ Training curriculum development Licensure/Certification/Registration: ▪ Preferred: • Certification in Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) • Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) or Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) certification • Incident Command System (ICS) or HICS 100, 200, 700, and 800 certification • Incident Command System (ICS) 120.a Introduction to Exercises • Incident Command System (ICS) 300 and 400 • Additional ICS related courses of interest: 130, 201, 230.d, 454, and 2001 • Any other Emergency Management related certification Looking for Physician Opportunities? Please follow this link. Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in your community? At CoxHealth, we don’t just provide medical services; we've created an atmosphere where innovation, collaboration, values, and excellence come together to transform lives. Whether you desire to work in a clinical or non-clinical capacity, CoxHealth has the perfect position for you! CoxHealth is the region’s employer of choice because we keep our mission, vision, and values in mind with every decision for our employees and our patients. OUR MISSION To improve the health of the communities we serve. OUR VISION To be the best for those who need us. OUR VALUES Safety, compassion, respect, and integrity. Join our Talent Network and our recruitment team will get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match. CoxHealth is the area leader in health care and community involvement, with six hospitals, more than 80 clinics, five ERs and more than 14,000 employees throughout southwest Missouri. We offer a wide range of treatments and services to help with whatever health needs you might have. Whether you're about to become a parent, have an illness or need medical information, we’re here for you. And if your goal is to live a healthy, balanced life with the best tools available, we can help with that, too. We know that your health and the health of your loved ones are some of the most personal, important parts of your life. That's why we keep our Mission, Vision and Values at the center of everything we do, every day. Thank you for choosing CoxHealth.

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