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Emergency Operations Plan - Managing Staff Roles & Responsiblities
STAFFING CRITICAL AREAS: RESPONSIBILITIES & IDENTIFICATION
The Bluffton Regional Medical Center will assure that critical staff functions will be performed for the rapid, effective implementation of any emergency response.  In addition, it is the policy of the Bluffton Regional Medical Center to assure adequate staff is available to perform these critical functions at any time of the day or night.  The staff identified in the critical areas will receive the appropriate training in HICS and NIMS prior to an event.  This training will also include the licensed practitioners.
When the Incident Command System (ICS) is established, the Bluffton Regional Medical Center ICS Organization Chart and Job Action Sheets are used to assure critical task positions are filled first, and as other staff members become available, they are assigned to the most critical jobs remaining. Human Resource personnel will man the Personnel Pool in the 4th floor conference room.

The Incident Command Staff is responsible for assuring that the critical tasks they manage are filled by the most appropriate available staff member and to assure that the tasks are performed as quickly and effectively as possible. 

If staff is not available for handling critical tasks defined by the Job Actions Sheets, staff will be drawn from the appropriate departments or, if none are available, from the labor pool.

As staff is called, they will replace personnel at tasks they are better qualified to perform.  If questions arise, the ICS Section Leaders will determine who will perform the task.  The tasks are evaluated frequently to assure the most appropriate staff members available are being used, burnout or incident stress problems are identified, and staff members in these jobs are rotated as soon as possible. 

The hospital communicates in writing to licensed independent practitioners (LIP) their roles in emergency response and to whom they report in an emergency. LIPs are managed through the HCC and specifically under control of the Personnel Tracking Manager.  

CRITICAL STAFF ASSIGNMENTS